snowleopard
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is due to arrive at the weekend according to the beeb. oh joy!
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Hurricane Alex..
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Neraida
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I think you'll find he's normally refered to as "hurricane higgins". Derrrr /forums/images/icons/smile.gif
Seriously though... I found this...
...ALEX ACCELERATING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC...
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALEX WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 40.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 61.5 WEST OR ABOUT 625 MILES...
1005 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
ALEX IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH...46 KM/HR.
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES ALEX A CATEGORY THREE OR MAJOR HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. WEAKENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS ALEX MOVES OVER COLDER WATERS NORTH OF
THE GULF STREAM.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...40.0 N... 61.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...120 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 957 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM EDT.
So it looks like he's petering out and heading north of the UK, as is normal this time of year, it tends to be end of aug/early september when we get the weakened systems appear in the channel. I havent seen forcasts for all areas, but no more than a 5 is expected this weekend in the channel.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Neraida on 05/08/2004 14:21 (server time).</FONT></P>
Seriously though... I found this...
...ALEX ACCELERATING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC...
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALEX WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 40.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 61.5 WEST OR ABOUT 625 MILES...
1005 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
ALEX IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH...46 KM/HR.
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES ALEX A CATEGORY THREE OR MAJOR HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. WEAKENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS ALEX MOVES OVER COLDER WATERS NORTH OF
THE GULF STREAM.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...40.0 N... 61.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...120 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 957 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM EDT.
So it looks like he's petering out and heading north of the UK, as is normal this time of year, it tends to be end of aug/early september when we get the weakened systems appear in the channel. I havent seen forcasts for all areas, but no more than a 5 is expected this weekend in the channel.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Neraida on 05/08/2004 14:21 (server time).</FONT></P>
Swampyhotdog
Member
Surely they are referred to as "she", because when they come they are wet and wild, and when they leave, they take your house and car?
Stu
<hr width=100% size=1>As with most posts here - my personal opinion - take it or leave it.
Stu
Stu
<hr width=100% size=1>As with most posts here - my personal opinion - take it or leave it.
Stu
Sybarite
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Just wondering if Stingo's route clears him of the hurricane zone?
John
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Neraida
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He SHOULD be swooping down underneath the zone... but it is Stingo so we don't really know do we?!
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VicS
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Maybe i'm wrong but i thought they named them alternately as male or female. Alex could be either. Perhaps they now have to have names which could be either in order to be p.c.
<hr width=100% size=1><font color=purple>Ne te confundant illegitimi.</font color=purple>
<hr width=100% size=1><font color=purple>Ne te confundant illegitimi.</font color=purple>
Neraida
New member
They are alternating sexes of them this year, like this...
Alex
Bonnie
Charley
Danielle
Earl
Frances
Gaston
Hermine
Ivan
Jeanne
Karl
Lisa
Matthew
Nicole
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tomas
Virginie
Walter
there you go...
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Alex
Bonnie
Charley
Danielle
Earl
Frances
Gaston
Hermine
Ivan
Jeanne
Karl
Lisa
Matthew
Nicole
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tomas
Virginie
Walter
there you go...
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Jools_of_Top_Cat
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is due to arrive at the weekend according to the beeb. oh joy!
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cool, have not seen him play since the eighties when he won the world championship!
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is due to arrive at the weekend according to the beeb. oh joy!
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cool, have not seen him play since the eighties when he won the world championship!
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BustinAround
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Hahahaha, I was wondering when someone would pick up on that one 
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Stingo
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It should just nip past the northern tip of my bow by about 1 500 miles.
<hr width=100% size=1><font color=blue><A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.stingo.co.uk>http://www.stingo.co.uk</A> - now cruising nowhere near you</font color=blue>
<hr width=100% size=1><font color=blue><A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.stingo.co.uk>http://www.stingo.co.uk</A> - now cruising nowhere near you</font color=blue>
DavidofMersea
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Do you think that it will be enough to blow that little bit of sellotape out of my wind speed indicator?
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pragmatist
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Hey hey - sexist ?!
<hr width=100% size=1>a pragmatist is an optimist with a boat in the UK
<hr width=100% size=1>a pragmatist is an optimist with a boat in the UK
Swampyhotdog
Member
No, no, not at all, just a realist, with a pragmatic view of the whole thing! <smiley face>
p.s. Ok, so I was wrong about the female thing, I didn't realise they alternated. You live and learn.
<hr width=100% size=1>As with most posts here - my personal opinion - take it or leave it.
Stu
p.s. Ok, so I was wrong about the female thing, I didn't realise they alternated. You live and learn.
<hr width=100% size=1>As with most posts here - my personal opinion - take it or leave it.
Stu
