toobfreak
Tungsten/Glass Member
You know, it just stuns me the number of people here who have opinions on Irma who apparently never actually followed the weather data as it happened and apparently know next to nothing about meteorology, yet can stand there and talk about other's "cognitive dissonance" in pointing out actual data! Either you people are too stupid to watch the satellite imagery or just too stupid to interpret it.
FACT: The eye of Irma was going through a process of wall rebuilding when it hit Cuba. It never fully recovered. It briefly built back up to CAT 4 then dropped back to 3 as it crossed from the Keys to the mainland of Florida.
FACT: The entire east coast of the US was covered with extremely dry air. The inrush of that dry air plus the landmass ahead of it collapsed the south wall so Irma only really maintained strong cyclonic structure to the north, east and west.
FACT: By the time it reached about mid-state around Tampa and such, the eye had lost rotation and the structure of an "eye" (clear gap) was losing form and closed quickly. One only needs to have consulted any of the video to see that. The system quickly lost force after that and devolved to CAT 2 and CAT 1 (as announced by the Weather Channel) with central ratings going quickly from 110 to 105 then 100 mph, all in the span of a few hours as it moved into the northern half of Florida crossing towards Jacksonville. As it passed through the area around Tampa, what was left of the eye had collapsed and there was no longer an "eye" in the proper sense and the highest winds were now rotating well outside and around the central region. The area of "calm" wind was now a much-grown area around what used to be the center of the storm. These are not opinions but statements of the meteorological record made at the time it occurred.
That is an IDIOT statement as speeds of 100 mph are NOT CAT 3, Fool! Check your Simpson Scale:
Top wind speeds in the general central Florida region were stated at that time as being between 110 dropping quickly to 100 mph as the system disassociated down to a tropical storm. That you suggest that 100mph is a CAT 3 when it is really at the bottom of CAT 2 just goes to show what an absolute clueless brain-dead jackass you are who talks about 5 miles ahead of what you really know---- like ALL liberals. I NEVER EVER EVER said that a hurricane didn't hit central Florida, just that by then, it was falling apart far more quickly than originally expected! And I NEVER EVER EVER said that Irma never reached central Florida you douche bag!!! I DARE YOU to produce a post where I said that!!! You are nothing but a hapless, stupid LYING jackass who doesn't know the first thing about storms.
The satellite data clear showed that there was no organized eye by the time it reached half way up the state. It was better though of as a calm area of little or no winds at that point. It wasn't even rotating any longer. The funny thing is that this was shown in someone else's video here they provided of close up radar imagery of the region, and STILL you argue the point like a brainless fool!
All I ever said was that the storm fell apart far quicker and weakened much greater than the European Model forecast. And that it tracked from Naples across the state almost in a straight line up towards Jacksonville by which time it had long since dropped to CAT 1, then went up the coast of Georgia to reenter S Carolina as a tropical storm where what had once been the center of the storm quickly disassociated and spread out east and west into a tropical depression.
It isn't a matter of who said what or anyone's opinion, it is merely a matter of stating the observed data that was recorded! That some blind fool as you can argue that for days on end calling others "pathetic" when you and a couple others here don't know your ass from a hole in the ground just goes to show why this country is in trouble. I pray to God the police never need you as a witness because you would see a red car run a stop sign and crash into a blue car with the right of way and tell the poor officer that a white truck ran a red light and sideswiped the red car!
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