Ivan Part II

[Dr Mordrid]

You aren't gonna believe this one: Ivan has returned

After ravaging the Gulf Cost Ivan ran through the south, up the US Eastern Seaboard then to the Canadian Maritimes. From there Ivan was pushed far to the south by other weather systems until now;

IVAN IS BACK IN THE GULF OF MEXICO where it's reconstituted back into a tropical storm and is predicted to hit the Gulf Coast AGAIN within 24 hours

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TROPICAL STORM IVAN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 68A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2004

...TROPICAL STORM IVAN IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LOUISIANA WESTWARD TO SARGENT TEXAS.

AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE POORLY-ORGANIZED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IVAN WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.8 WEST OR ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST.

IVAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...BRINGING THE CENTER NEAR THE COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAINLY IN SQUALLS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

WATER LEVELS HAVE BEEN RUNNING .5 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. IVAN WILL GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE THESE EXISTING WATER LEVELS. THEREFORE... WATER ELEVATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE PATH OF IVAN

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh.../230244.shtml?

Sheeshhh.....this SOB is freakin' PERSISTANT

Dr. Mordrid

[schmosef]

I don't understand. It went as far north as Canada and then looped back?

[Dr Mordrid]

That's right.....a big piece of Ivan did a circle in the Atlantic, passed over Florida in a weakened condition then strengthened back into a tropical storm in the Gulf....again.

Now it's targeting the coast a little more west than the first time around.

NOAA debated internally quite a while before deciding to re-cycle the name, mainly because this fragment was such a large part of the original storm.

Seems they're as confused as you are

Here's todays satellite lineup of the 4 currently active storms;



White is the name of the storm and red is its current track.

Jeanne actually tracked to the mid-Atlantic then did a full clockwise circle before starting to track for the SE US again, so Ivan isn't the only storm doing piroettes.

Dr. Mordrid

[UtwigMU]

I think it's about time you learned that ratifying Kyoto is a good thing .



(This is a joke.)

[DukeP]

Allright, Ill let the above statement slide from joke to nonjoke,m then.

BUY SOME MORE DANISH WINDMILLSS!!

BUILD SOME MORE NUCLEAR PLANTS!!

UP THE GASOLINE PRICE BY A FACTOR OF 8!!


Ah, ehm..

Stress, I think. Sorry.

~~DukeP~~

[Novdid]

We had some jet streams caused by Ivan passing through here the last couple of days, it's been quite windy.

[KvHagedorn]

This is just weird.. it's no joke.

[DGhost]

was that what was responsible for the really bizarre weather the last 2 days? I'm in Colorado, and it was kinda wierd even for us...

[xortam]

Maybe God is threatening to wipe out Florida before this election. (sorry for those living there ).

[Greebe]

it's not headed this way... now a few days ago our weather was influenced by Ivan II, but al we got was a little rain, clouds and cooler temps. Was a nice change from the blistering sun & 90 degree temps.

hehe had to say that

[Technoid]

rofl