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Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-05-2019, 11:58
Replies: 63
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Posted By AllenRbrts
Re: Named storm Andrea May 2019

Surface wind speeds are not extrapolated from wind speeds at 40,000 ft. If you want to learn the science behind surface wind speed measurements by hurricane aircraft, read...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-05-2019, 22:30
Replies: 63
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Posted By AllenRbrts
Re: Named storm Andrea May 2019

Apparently bomb cyclone has been a term for quite awhile in meteorology... 70 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_cyclogenesis
But interestingly use in New Zealand is outside the usual...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-05-2019, 22:24
Replies: 63
Views: 6,685
Posted By AllenRbrts
Re: Named storm Andrea May 2019

That conclusion is only applicable for data before 1970, most storms after that were probably noticed by satellites. That said, the graph I posted earlier didn't seem to have obvious trend of...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-05-2019, 17:03
Replies: 63
Views: 6,685
Posted By AllenRbrts
Re: Named storm Andrea May 2019

It apparently has not changed in a long time. They use the following definition of maximum sustained wind, which some might consider gusts.

Maximum Sustained Surface Wind:
The standard measure...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-05-2019, 12:27
Replies: 63
Views: 6,685
Posted By AllenRbrts
Re: Named storm Andrea May 2019

Not sure I see a pattern.192553
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-05-2019, 07:31
Replies: 63
Views: 6,685
Posted By AllenRbrts
Re: Named storm Andrea May 2019

This particular thread was about tropical storms and some implied that the standard had changed. That is incorrect, the standard hasn’t changed. Yes the weather channel started routinely naming...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-05-2019, 00:40
Replies: 63
Views: 6,685
Posted By AllenRbrts
Re: Named storm Andrea May 2019

I don't think there is a conspiracy here or that the standards have changed.
From Wikipedia "Within the North*Atlantic Ocean, tropical or subtropical cyclones are named by the*National Hurricane...
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