Hurricane Strangeness
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:59 pm
Hurricane Fay has been doing some really weird things for a hurricane. Here's a lsit of what it's done so far.
- Fay struggled as a tropical disturbance yet skipped the depression stage and went directly to a tropical storm as it moved over Hispanola.
- Instead of being torn apart by the mountains of Hispanola, Fay maintained its strength.
- Instead of gaining strength as it traversed the Caribbean, Fay stubbornly clung to its status as a middlin' tropical storm before striking Cuba.
- Fay was predicted to become a hurricane once it crossed into the Gulf of Mexico, but it was having none of that forecast. Fay struck southwest Florida as a 60-knot tropical storm.
- Fay did gain strength over land, a feat that baffled forecasters. The storm produced 65-knot winds and may have momentarily reached hurricane strength as it crossed Central Florida.
- Instead of following the rules and moving into the Atlantic, Fay stalled. Then it lanced back to the West North-west hitting florida twice more for a total of 4 landfalls in Florida.
- Now Fay is lingering as a tropical depression over Louisiana.
All this is just making me wonder about what happened when PSC and I visited the bayou country. I am wondering if this is all a part of whatever was going on that got PSC killed.
- Fay struggled as a tropical disturbance yet skipped the depression stage and went directly to a tropical storm as it moved over Hispanola.
- Instead of being torn apart by the mountains of Hispanola, Fay maintained its strength.
- Instead of gaining strength as it traversed the Caribbean, Fay stubbornly clung to its status as a middlin' tropical storm before striking Cuba.
- Fay was predicted to become a hurricane once it crossed into the Gulf of Mexico, but it was having none of that forecast. Fay struck southwest Florida as a 60-knot tropical storm.
- Fay did gain strength over land, a feat that baffled forecasters. The storm produced 65-knot winds and may have momentarily reached hurricane strength as it crossed Central Florida.
- Instead of following the rules and moving into the Atlantic, Fay stalled. Then it lanced back to the West North-west hitting florida twice more for a total of 4 landfalls in Florida.
- Now Fay is lingering as a tropical depression over Louisiana.
All this is just making me wonder about what happened when PSC and I visited the bayou country. I am wondering if this is all a part of whatever was going on that got PSC killed.