Re: Hurricane Ian
Freyja <[email protected]>
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On 10/5/2022 22:22, Barry Gold wrote: > On 10/5/2022 8:38 PM, Tim Merrigan wrote: >>> No. Designations like Nor'Easter refer to the direction the wind is >>> blowing from at the speaker's location. Hurricanes have a circular wind >>> pattern, and are usually counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. >>> >>> So if Ian is sitting in the Atlantic somewhere off the coast of New >>> York, the most likely direction of winds in NYC is from the Northeast. >>> Hence... >> Is/was it still a hurricane when it got to the North East? > > I don't think so, but the difference between a "tropical storm" and a > "hurricane" is wind velocity, not direction or pattern. > IIRC, that is the determiner. That and originating in the tropics. They just don't have to stay there. -- Freyja the NurseWench http://freyjaw.dreamwidth.org Twitter: @FreyjaRN @DuchessHonor Speak sharply to your little toy / And boot it when it freezes. / It only does it to annoy / Because it knows it teases. -Steve Savitsky