NoSnowATL
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They are just smaller versions of hurricanesI know most weather has some kind of purpose. Hurricanes for instance i believe transfer warm air from the tropics to the poles and that helps balance things or so i think. But i never understood the purpose of tornadoes.
USGS deploys teams to monitor things like with Isaias. https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-works-predict-and-track-isaias-effectsOn a landfalling hurricane, are there scientists/chasers placing instruments to get accurate readings of what actually happens in the storm's path? As in fastening them to concrete structures, etc? Maybe that's easier said than done?
Do not, i repeat, DO NOT look at americanwxDear God I went into the wxtwitter rabbit hole. My eyes
Dear God I went into the wxtwitter rabbit hole. My eyes
Lol nobody’s here because there hasn’t been pictures of flattened homes and businesses. Half of wxtwitter spent last night crying about it not being a category 5Man this place is quiet, you'd think we just finished tracking a storm or something for the last week........
You never get those gusts onshore. Max gust with Michael (a 157mph storm) was 139 before sensor failureI am shocked that there haven't been reports of 170+ mph gusts. I would think with 150 mph sustained winds that there would be gusts significantly higher.
I wonder how many stations actually survived.I am shocked that there haven't been reports of 170+ mph gusts. I would think with 150 mph sustained winds that there would be gusts significantly higher.
So in other words the maximum sustained winds is a little deceiving. How often does anyone on land actually experience the maximum sustained winds ?You never get those gusts onshore. Max gust with Michael (a 157mph storm) was 139 before sensor failure