tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572154923785712186.post7460923005783147663..comments2024-01-22T12:51:39.817-05:00Comments on Professor Quibb: Hurricane Names List-2011Louishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15382160997783595665noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572154923785712186.post-46187579839521514612011-06-18T13:40:10.246-04:002011-06-18T13:40:10.246-04:00Thank you for your comment. I have done some rese...Thank you for your comment. I have done some research in that particular area, and much of it pertains to the El Nino and La Nina Oscillations, which I have a post on (at http://quibb.blogspot.com/2008/06/el-nino-and-la-nina.html). <br /><br />We are currently in a La Nina event, (low pressure situated over the Eastern Pacific Ocean) which began in 2010, causing the unusually active 2010 Hurricane Season. An additional effect of a La Nina event is a jet stream over the U.S. that is weak, and displaced to the north. <br /><br />Since frontal systems often move with the jet stream, storms this year have often missed the south U.S., causing severe drought, and since the jet stream is slow and weak, powerful storms have stalled over the Midwest. This causes continued rain, along with increased tornado risk, which account for many of the weather events that you have described.<br /><br />Finally, La Nina events lead to relative absence of wind shear, which provides a favorable environment for tropical cyclone formation. Coupled with warm ocean temperatures, there is a potential for much activity in the Atlantic Basin, and this is reflected in my predictions for the 2011 season.Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10746982398555711955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572154923785712186.post-54764227483548133872011-06-18T10:50:18.080-04:002011-06-18T10:50:18.080-04:00Dear P.Q.
In lieu of the horrendous weather we ha...Dear P.Q.<br /><br />In lieu of the horrendous weather we have already experienced this spring, i.e. deadly tornados, severe flooding, droughts, etc., do you feel this unstable weather will also affect the hurricane season?<br /><br />A.J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572154923785712186.post-32523775400518218682011-05-22T14:07:13.004-04:002011-05-22T14:07:13.004-04:00you are invited to follow my blogyou are invited to follow my blogSteve Finnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041851737677873347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572154923785712186.post-67535458061894782582011-05-19T18:25:33.365-04:002011-05-19T18:25:33.365-04:00Thank you for your comment. Hurricane names are r...Thank you for your comment. Hurricane names are retired only if they cause significant damage or have a large death toll. Otherwise, the name stays in the circulating names list. Most of the time only the most powerful hurricanes merit retirement, but, in the Atlantic Basin, a single tropical storm has qualified for retirement, namely Tropical Storm Allison in 2001, retired for causing significant flooding damage in the south central United States.Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15382160997783595665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572154923785712186.post-41255940725833358872011-05-19T08:23:55.701-04:002011-05-19T08:23:55.701-04:00Hi Louis
You mentioned that names are retired aft...Hi Louis<br /><br />You mentioned that names are retired after they become hurricanes. Is this also true of tropical storms that are named?<br /><br />Thank you<br /><br />Aunt JanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com