Tha National Hurricane Center needs more personnel on duty. People are really stupid to vote for Republicans. They are a do nothing party catering to their wealthy financiers.

September 4, 2010
2230.15z
UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite


Interesting statistics on the Lee-Katia dynamic, but, Katia is only being measured every six hours.  That's not good.


People need to complain about the underfunding of their government, it shows.

Below are the statistics regarding the two storms.  Kindly note the central pressures.

LEE

 11  29.60  -92.50 09/04/09Z   40   987 TROPICAL STORM

11A  29.70  -92.00 09/04/12Z   40   986 TROPICAL STORM

 12  29.90  -91.90 09/04/15Z   40   986 TROPICAL STORM

12A  30.40  -91.80 09/04/18Z   40   987 TROPICAL STORM

 13  30.60  -91.80 09/04/21Z   40   987 TROPICAL STORM

13A  30.90  -91.80 09/05/00Z   35   989 TROPICAL STORM

 14  31.00  -91.40 09/05/03Z   30   990 TROPICAL DEPRESSION

September 5, 2011

1130.13z

UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite (click title to entry - thank you)

The time mark 09/04/09z for both storms show two tropical storms with Lee's central pressure actually lower than Katia.

At time mark 09/04/12z which is three hours later for Lee.  (Each time mark is NORMALLY 3 hours apart to monitor the severity of the storm.)  But, for Lee there was  a millibar of change in pressure of 1 to 986 milibars.  That continued through time mark 09/04/15z.

In the same time marks in Katia there were alarming changes.

Katia

 25  21.40  -58.50 09/04/09Z   60   992 TROPICAL STORM

 26  21.90  -59.20 09/04/15Z   85     - HURRICANE-2

 27  22.70  -60.10 09/04/21Z   90   965 HURRICANE-2

 28  23.40  -61.00 09/05/03Z   90   965 HURRICANE-2

 29  23.90  -62.00 09/05/09Z   85   972 HURRICANE-2

At time mark 09//04/09z Katia was a Tropical Storm at a central pressure of 992.  Six hours later, not three hours, but six hours at 09/04/15z Katia had dropped its central pressure 

with no record made, but, its winds escalated 15 mph to 85 mph.  

The entire transition of this storm at what normally would have been time mark 09/04/12z was missed.  At that point Katia would have been recorded and NOTED to be changing 

dyanmics quickly to a Cat 1 hurricane.

By the time central pressure measurements resumed at mark 09/04/21z the Cat 2 hurricane had dropped its central pressure by a whooping 27 millibars and Katia was now screaming in the Atlantic with a central pressure of 965 and winds of 90 mph AND A VERY CLEAR AND 

DISCERNIBLE EYE.

The reason this is significant beyond the negligence of proper funding for sufficient and

QUALIFIED personnel it that it clarifies the Climate Crisis dynamic of these huge storms.  To say this is more than obvious is important, but, to realize both storms dropped their central

pressures at the same time is hugely significant. 

THEY MOVE AS if ONE and that is DANGEROUS and a new prediction science, because the future holds storms on both coasts at the same time increasing dangers together.

Katia will have a similar pattern as Earl from the 2010 season.  FOR NOW.  

And to realize 'the sameness' of two seasons running is an important factor to 

note.