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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow LITTLE Dorian has moved today....
Dorian position today, as reported by NHC -
2 am 26.6N 78.1W
5 am 26.6N 78.2W
8 am 26.7N 78.2W
11 am 26.8N 78.3W
12 pm 26.8N 78.4W
2 pm 26.8N 78.4W
5 pm 26.8N 78.4W
9 pm 26.8N 78.4W
triron
(22,020 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)A turtle could out run this monster.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Then settled right back over the island
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)unc70
(6,119 posts)During eyewall replacement, it is tricky determining the center if the storm.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)If so, would be the third in just over a day
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,402 posts)right where it is. No forward movement. Pressure steadily rising. Where is the energy going to come from to get it moving again?
I heard an interesting interview yesterday with a woman scientist who talked about why the pressure is rising due to the churning up of deeper colder water from Dorian staying in place AND the influence of warmer Arctic wind currents rather than cooler ones ( an effect of climate change) apparently make these hurricanes move when the cooler winds meet the warmer tropical winds of the hurricane.
That warm/cold air confrontation fueling movement was something I didn't know.
When you think about basic physics, it takes energy to overcome inertia (of an object). Does that hold true for a stalled hurricane? If so, where is the source of energy to get it moving again?
How long does it have to wait for cooler Arctic air currents to arrive? Will that happen before the pressure rises enough that it no longer becomes anything more than a tropical storm?
Roland99
(53,342 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,402 posts)mentioned in both the linked article and another one referenced in it, without attribution to climate change as a cause. Hmmm, have we stumbled on a mystery? A controversy? A denial of effects of climate change ( look at the source, Forbes)?
Whatever it is, the poor people on Grand Island have been and continue to be hammered by Dorian just sitting there. I can't imagine there will be much left if, when it starts moving again.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Models don't show it burning out.
mnhtnbb
(31,402 posts)of what makes it start moving again.