[lewtz]

Looks like there is a hurricane in.. south dakota.

http://weather.cod.edu/analysis/loop...entral&type=ir
http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/..._animated.html

read something about reported 80mph winds and such...

 

[PSmith08]

Looks like a powerful, well-defined low pressure system. That's all hurricanes are, too.

 

[lewtz]

after more reading, it's just a cyclone, but damn neat either way. Really well defined.

 

[johnmatrix]

Good thing no one lives in South Dakota.

 

[rsaavedra]

Wow the hurricane season this year is already starting with pretty wild surprises.

 

[jbloudg20]

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnmatrix Good thing no one lives in South Dakota.

LOL. Still quite interesting for it to hit up there!

 

[redshifter]

the sat pictures reminded me of "the day after tomorrow" aka "stand back, i'm a paleoclimatologist!"

 

[sisenor]

Its a mid-latitude cyclone not interacting w/ other pressure systems and part of a mesoscale convective system. Most weather in the US is cyclonic but its quite different from a hurricane.

 

[steel102]

the day after tommorrow.

 

[ScubaSteve87]

dammit, why did that butterfly have to flap its wings in tokyo!!! aggh

 

[solbergg]

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnmatrix Good thing no one lives in South Dakota.

Hey, I used to live in SD! But yeah, good thing I don't live there anymore

 

[johnmatrix]

Quote:

Originally Posted by solbergg Hey, I used to live in SD! But yeah, good thing I don't live there anymore

Did you turn off the lights before you left?

 

[3DCadman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sisenor Its a mid-latitude cyclone not interacting w/ other pressure systems and part of a mesoscale convective system. Most weather in the US is cyclonic but its quite different from a hurricane.

GASP! That's exactly what I was going to say!!