Isabel from space (NOAA)

[Dover]

[demnan]

1. Holy S*it

That's a bad one, so well formed so early.


Gee it's something though how the state lines are visible through space!

<sarcasm off>

How much is doctored on these photos?

[SoCalDem]

9. UPDATE 9/10.. She's getting nastier by the minute ...YIKES

Hurricane ISABEL

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WTNT33 KNHC 102025
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE ISABEL ADVISORY NUMBER 19
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED SEP 10 2003

...DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ISABEL STRENGTHENS...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF INTENSE HURRICANE ISABEL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 51.9 WEST OR ABOUT
685 MILES ...1100 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS.

ISABEL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 140 MPH...220 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE
NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO...WITH POSSIBLE FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY
AFTERWARDS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 185 MILES...295 KM.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 942 MB...27.82 INCHES.

LARGE OCEAN SWELLS...CREATING HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS...WILL BEGIN
TO AFFECT THE LEEWARD ISLANDS BY THURSDAY.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...21.2 N... 51.9 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...140 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 942 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 PM AST.

FORECASTER STEWART

[Dover]

2. Category 4 and climbing

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/081430.shtml?

...ISABEL REMAINS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISABEL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 47.8 WEST OR ABOUT 930
MILES...1495 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

ISABEL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12 TO
24 HOURS...WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST EXPECTED AFTERWARDS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 135 MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...MAKING ISABEL A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 948 MB...27.99 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...20.3 N... 47.8 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...135 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 948 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 PM AST.

[Dookus]

3. It looks like...

the Earth's bellybutton!

*poke*

[Dover]

4. An inny or an outy?.................lol!

..

[SoCalDem]

5. That would make great wallpaper..

I'm gonna save it.. As sson as I get tired of my icebergs, I'm gonna use it :)Thanks for posting it :)

[ForrestGump]

6. More pretty pictures of not-so-pretty climactic events...

Hurricane Fabian steamrolls Bermuda:



Hurricane Fabian seen from the International Space Station:



Oooooooooo.....

[fishnfla]

7. **shudder**

Go away little girl! HEX HEX HEX. RABBIT RABBIT RABBIT

[newyawker99]

8. Congrats fishnfla!! 600 posts

:toast:

[Maddy McCall]

10. What's the significance of milibars?

My mom and I disagreed. I said the lower, the more powerful a storm. She said the higher the number, the more powerful.

In layman's terms, what is the significance? Someone please explain, because if this thing hits the gulf, I will be paying LOTS of attention to it.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

11. Gilbert 1988 went as low as 888 mili's

and yielded winds of 190 MPH. I was just looking over the stats at NOAA. Another indicator is diameter of the eye. Gilbert's went down to less than 10 miles, and Hugo 1989, went down to 12 miles and 918 mb. also yielding winds of 190 MPH.

So you're right, lower milibars indicates strength. It's the measure of atmospheric pressure (a "low") which powers the storm.

[Maddy McCall]

12. Thanks NYFM!

I had always wondered about it, and can't stand to feel left in the dark on something.

I am watching this because I live near the Gulf Coast in Mississippi...well, about 100 miles inland, but when the last BIG hurricane hit the alabama coast, it caused havok several hundred miles inland.

Again, thanks :-)

[SoCalDem]

13. more from noaa