Tropical Atlantic quiet; Southern California fire event possible Friday
The remains of Hurricane Paloma continue to spin over the Caribbean waters just south of Cuba, but wind shear is a high 30 knots, and there is virtually no chance that Paloma will regenerate. Elsewhere in the tropical Atlantic, there are no threat areas to discuss, and none of our reliable models are predicting tropical storm formation over the next seven days. There is an extratropical low pressure system that is expected to separate from the jet stream in the middle Atlantic just south of the Azores Islands 5-7 days from now, and it is possible this low could gradually acquire some tropical characteristics and become a subtropical storm late next week as it wanders over the open Atlantic Ocean. Such a storm would only be a threat to shipping interests, and I am not expecting any more tropical storms this season that will threaten land areas. With wind shear expected to rise over the Caribbean later this week, and continue to remain at high levels until late November, it is likely that the Atlantic hurricane season of 2008 is finally over in the Caribbean.
Paloma clean-up continues
The recovery effort from Hurricane Paloma continues in the Cayman Islands and Cuba. Paloma roared through the Cayman Islands Friday night and Saturday morning as a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds, brushing Grand Cayman Island, but pounding the "Sister Islands" to the northeast--Little Cayman and Cayman Brac--with its northern eyewall. The hardest-hit Cayman island was Cayman Brac, population 2,000. About half of the island's population is homeless, and 95% of the structures on the island are damaged and 30% missing their roofs. The Cayman Compass reports that electricity is still out to most of the island, though Internet and cell phone service have been restored. Damage was also very heavy on Little Cayman Island, which suffered damage to approximately 90% of its buildings.
In Cuba, leader Raul Castro said yesterday that Cuba had suffered at least $10 billion in damage from Hurricanes Ike, Gustav, and Paloma. Paloma was the least damaging of the three, accounting for $1.4 billion of the damage total. This year was the first time on record that three major hurricanes have hit Cuba.
Figure 1. Hurricane Paloma near maximum intensity at 1:35 pm EST November 8, 2008. At the time, Paloma was a Category 4 hurricane with 140-145 mph winds. Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory.
Southern California fire event possible this week
A moderate to strong Santa Ana wind event is shaping up for Southern California Friday and Saturday, as high pressure builds in to the north and east. The clockwise flow of air around this high pressure system will drive strong east-to-west offshore winds from the mountains to the ocean over the Los Angeles and San Diego metropolitan areas. A Fire Weather Watch has already been posted for the mountain regions near Los Angeles, where wind gusts up to 60 mph are expected Friday and Saturday. Very windy, dry, and hot conditions are expected Friday and Saturday over Southern California, and the San Diego area will see near record temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above average.
Jeff Masters
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Tropical Weather Summary (1800z 12NOV)
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TROPICAL DEPRESSION, FORMER MAYSAK (T0819)
11.0ºN 115.0ºE - 25 knots 1004 hPa
reported as moving south slowly
Philippines Atmospherical Geophyical Astronomical Services and Administration
Tropical Depression "SIONY" has maintained its strength as it moves towards Pagasa Island.
Tropical Cyclone Bulletin #2
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At 11:00 PM PhST, Tropical Depression Siony located at 11.0ºN 115.2ºE or 400 km west-northwest of Puerto Princesa City has 10 minute sustained winds of 30 knots.
Additional Information
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Tropical Depression "SIONY" is expected to bring rains over Palawan area which may trigger flash floods and landslides.
Meanwhile, a Low Pressure Area was estimated at 760 km East of Northern Luzon (17.4°N 130.5°E). The public and the disaster coordinating councils concerned are advised to take appropriate actions and watch for the next bulletin to be issued at 11 a.m. tomorrow or earlier.
I was watching it on ESPN last night and fell asleep before it ended. My son has played in tournaments.
It is enjoyable to watch.
2nd place earned over 6 million.
thats a job I could get used to LOL
Main Event Entrants and First Place Prizes
Year Number of Entrants First Place Prize
2000 512 $ 1,500,000
2001 613 $ 1,500,000
2002 631 $ 2,000,000
2003 839 $ 2,500,000
2004 2576 $ 5,000,000
2005 5619 $ 7,500,000
2006 8773 $12,000,000
2007 6358 $ 8,250,000
2008 6844 $ 9,152,416
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Palawan and maybe Vietnam may have the redeveloping 24W.
oil prices are even lower then that
$55.81
▼0.35 0.62%
NEWS
Dow ends with 400-point loss, pushing the 3-day drop to about 650, on concerns about retail and banking sectors
DOW
411.30
-4.73%
8,282.66
OIL
3.17
-5.34%
$56.16
Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled down $3.17 to $56.16 a barrel Wednesday. The last time prices traded at this level was Jan. 29, 2007.
Wednesday is also the second day in a row during which oil traded below $60 a barrel, bringing the two-day loss to nearly $7.
The price of oil has steadily been declining for months, falling about 60% from July's all-time high above $147 a barrel as fears about global economic weakness continue to undermine demand for gasoline and other petroleum products.
pretty cool meteoriod explosion over Huntsville. Exploded with the power of 500lbs TNT
That is a cool video.
besides terrestrial weather I also watch outer space.
Thanks!
Okay IKE, I like you again! (LOL)
Thanks....
I know, but wanted to let you know I really appreciate it when somebody here with similar interest hooks me up with something cool like that.
Am a big fan of science and science fiction, esp anything space or robotics. When someone ask me how I know so many things about so many topics, I tell them I learned half of it from reading (good) science fiction since I was a wee lad. Politics, economics, physics, it's all there. That interest in reading led to to the point that I read anything I get my hands on. Still wish I could get out there (space) one day!
Welcome!
Good question, he has been scarce...
From His Blog:Dated 11/10/08:
"I will be out of the office most of the week, but will be in the monitoring mode. I will update the blog should anything arise."
"Storm"
He doesn't post near as much in the winter time.
Hi Bone, Yes it was somewhat funny that the price of oil went up the last two years and right after the election it started to drop! I wonder who was in the majority the last two years and did nothing to control it. Wonder if someone wanted the economy to get bad just before the election??
This image of the northern polar region of Saturn shows both the aurora and underlying atmosphere(hexagon storm), seen at two different wavelengths of infrared light as captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
I do not think he would benefit from the price of oil, but there were many countries that did! In addition, they try to say, “We are your friend”!! Please give me a break!!
October is often a volitile month for the markets, with the remainder of the year governed by how the markets perceive consumer confidence. This being an election year also contributes to the uncertainty of the markets, which will continue until the markets figure out "what to make" of Obama's policies. The bank crisis has been coming for a long time. Add to this the media hyping any bad economic news, it's pretty much a self fulfilling prophecy.
Not so much a conspiracy, but a convergence of events upon a point in time.
In my eyes its all realitive. If your the one making the money your loving this time, if your loosing your shirt you looking for the tallest building. If your somewhere in the middle your just looking to survive until it rebounds.
Thats the only light and silver lining.. our economy will rebound. when? who knows but eventually it will.
Another reason all hell has broken loose is due to the over inflated preices on everything. eventually that bubble was bound to burst and everything will come back into equallibrum and settle, albeit at where prices should have been all along and not at the inflated prices.
I know what you are talking about when you talk of the wife having a theory about things, as my wife thinks that the air conditioner technician is conspiring with the power co. to detune the A/C unit so the power bill is higher! I cannot win!!
Time to figure out what's for dinner. Will check in later if anythings going on.
Yeah...I know. MichaelSTL told me so the other day. I like the 850mb because it's easier to see the troughs.
Thanks though.
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