How do hurricanes effect weather in the Capital?

[GnuLoCo]

Dumb question but, I always wondered if the D.C ever has any effects from hurricanes in the southeast. Tropical storms, downpour etc...?

I just read this atricle and was curious..

Chris

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3 Intense Hurricanes Forecasted in 2004

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The Atlantic will probably see 14 named storms this year, eight of them hurricanes and three of them intense hurricanes, a storm researcher said Friday.

The revised forecast by William Gray and his team at Colorado State University includes one more named storm than the previous forecast.

The long-term average is 9.6 named storms, 5.9 hurricanes and 2.3 intense hurricanes.

The Colorado State team also warned the chances of at least one intense hurricane making landfall in the United States is 71 percent, much higher than the long-term average of 52 percent.

For the East Coast, including Florida Peninsula, the probability of an intense hurricane making landfall is 52 percent, compared with a long-term average of 31 percent.

For the Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle to Brownsville, Texas, the probability is 40 percent, compared with a long-term average of 30 percent, Gray's team said.

Higher hurricane numbers over the past seven to nine years indicate the United States has entered a period of increased storms that will last two or three decades, said Philip Klotzbach, an atmospheric research scientist and a member of the forecast team.

The change correlates to an increase in surface temperatures in the North Atlantic and a decline in surface pressure in the tropical Atlantic.

The team said it didn't attribute the changes to human-caused global warming.

[tnkgurl]

We got hit pretty hard with Isabel last year, but if we seen any effects from hurricanes, it's generally rain. Not too much wind or anything like that. Good thing you are moving to DC and not to VA Beach or NC! :)

[GnuLoCo]

Interesting.... plus Falls Church is up the hill from DC. That could be better or worse I suppose. I am used to wind tho. Everyone always calls Chicago the windy city. Well in fact Milwaukees average wind speeds are 1 - 3 mph higher than chicago.

The wind seemed pretty tame in the D.C area when I was there. A lot less that at home. My parents live about an hour NorthWest of Milwaukee, They are considering starting a wind farm sometime soon. Initial costs are probably to high to become a reality but, they never seem to get a break from it. 15 - 50 MPH all day almost every single day.

[skater]

Isabel, when it hit us, was a weak cat 2 hurricane. My friend (who survived the destruction of her house with her in it during Hurricane Hugo, a cat 5 hurricane) described cat 2 as "some wind and rain". And that's about all it was. It did take trees down and knock out power all over the place, but that's about the extent of the damage. Some flooding damaged homes in low-lying areas like Old Town Alexandria, but again it wasn't really that bad.

Hurricanes don't hit DC often. In the 5 years I've been here, that's the first one. There was a tropical storm (downgraded from a hurricane) that hit us in the fall of 99 (I think), but damage there was basically limited to large branches falling down.

--RJ

[GnuLoCo]

So whats the probability of flooding here? I think it would be hella fun to watch. I would be the stupid jackass walking around outside with a 40oz of mickeys enjoying the storm. :biggrin:

[GnuLoCo]

National Weather Service

"TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH SCATTERED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO RAISE SMALL STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND CREATE OTHER FLOODING PROBLEMS."

Woohoo!

[skater]

Plus, there are plenty of roads that don't drain well. :disgust:

Cool sig, btw.

--RJ

[GnuLoCo]

Yea I noticed the drainage is bad, lots of garbage clogs up the sewer system to.

Thanks, I just whipped it up.

[Thinkmoto]

Originally posted by: GnuLoCo
National Weather Service

"TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH SCATTERED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO RAISE SMALL STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND CREATE OTHER FLOODING PROBLEMS."

Woohoo!

You're gonna DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:evil:bwahahahahahahahahahahah ahaha
[censored] dude you remmeber this spring IN WI it couldn't stop raining here:disgust:Now it won't friggin rain..we go from floods to drought:rolleyes:have fun walking in the remains of a hurricane beeotch and oh enjoy the 40oz of Mickeys:thumbsdn:

Oh yeah I gots a TIG welder now and it its pimpeeeeeeeee:tongue: