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UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite (click here for 12 hour loop - thank you)
Three major storms at once. There isn't any room for any more, is there? That is a major difference between the Pacific and Atlantic; surface area.
That means when there are three major storms in the Atlantic Ocean there is lots and lots of heat energy seeking relief to maintain the troposphere that supports life. Does anyone ever pause to realize how dearly precious Earth is?
There is only one Earth and it has physics. Earth doesn't measure it's physics, it simply plays it out. The troposphere is very hot if there are three major storms in the Atlantic Ocean.
Katia (The storm near Mexico; nice name, mean girl)
22.40 -96.70 09/05/18Z 30 1008 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
22.20 -96.40 09/06/00Z 30 1008 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
22.10 -96.30 09/06/06Z 35 1006 TROPICAL STORM
Jose (The storm near Africa, but, headed east in the direction of North America.)
12.30 -39.10 09/05/12Z 35 1008 TROPICAL STORM
12.50 -40.60 09/05/18Z 40 1006 TROPICAL STORM
12.30 -41.70 09/06/00Z 45 1004 TROPICAL STORM
12.50 -42.80 09/06/06Z 50 1002 TROPICAL STORM
Sometimes I just wish the hurricanes would go in the opposite direction and end the stupid civil wars once and for all.
Irma (It doesn't need a description, does it? Everyone knows Irma.)
16.70 -55.60 09/05/00Z 120 943 HURRICANE-4
16.60 -57.00 09/05/06Z 130 937 HURRICANE-4
16.70 -57.70 09/05/06Z 150 929 HURRICANE-5
16.80 -58.40 09/05/12Z 155 931 HURRICANE-5
17.10 -59.80 09/05/18Z 160 926 HURRICANE-5
17.40 -61.10 09/06/00Z 160 916 HURRICANE-5
17.90 -62.60 09/06/06Z 160 914 HURRICANE-5
I would expect these numbers are familiar already, but, just to clarify. The number to the far right; in this case 17.90 is the latitude on Earth where Irma can be found. The next number is the longitude to EXACT the location of Irma along latitude 17.90. The next set of numbers, 09/06/06Z, is the date and time. The date is September 6th. There is no need for the year because this information is filed under the year 2017. 06 is the time of day. Military time. 06 is 6 AM, 12 is noon, 18 is 6 PM and 00 is midnight. The next number is wind speed in KNOTS. In this case it is 160 knots or 184.1 mph. The next number is the storms central pressure in millibars (abbreviation mbar). Most people have barometers in their homes that measure in mmHg (millimeters of mercury). Usually, the barometers read 30 when the weather is nice. Right? Well, with hurricanes the numbers on the barometer falls toward 29 or 28. Lower pressure systems where there is turbulence because low pressure invites air into it's circulation to EQUALIZE it's pressure. That is what makes hurricanes so dangerous. The air surrounding has higher pressure than the center of the hurricane. Physics. The extreme of that dynamic is tornadoes. Tornadoes are low-pressure centers. The next expression is the classification/categorization of the destructive ability of the storm. Irma is now a Hurricane that falls into the category of five. It is highly destructive. The categorization is really for the public to understand. It has a scientific basis, but, interprets the destructive nature of the storm into terms the public can relate that is then interpreted into action, Yes? The public takes action based upon the category of the storm. The category system was set up to benefit the public and allow for an understanding of all the silly numbers scientists examine.
The science of predicting the category is a consistent range of destruction known to scientists because they visit the site and know their category system is still correct and accurate. All this happens to protect life on Earth. There was a time when hurricanes would kill thousands of people at a time. I think we are doing better now.
The failure of Katrina speaks for itself. The hurricane reporting system works if all pay attention to it. Let's keep Irma's destruction of life to a minimum, okay?
The investment by the USA into science has a benevolent purpose. Saving lives is a benevolent nature of the USA. It is important to have a moral face on the USA.
