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The Atlantic’s Third Storm Has Formed in Record Time, and It’s a Threat

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday June 04 2020, @11:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the and-the-rain-rain-rain-came-down-down-down dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:

The Atlantic's third storm has formed in record time, and it's a threat:

Last year's Atlantic hurricane season ranked among the top five most-active years on record. Its third named storm, Chantal, did not form until August 20.

By contrast, today is June 2, and the Atlantic's third named storm of the year just formed. [...]

This is the earliest ever in the Atlantic season (which, however imperfect, has records dating back to 1851) that the third named storm has formed in a given year. The previous earliest "C" storm was Colin, on June 5, 2016.

[...] The storm is trapped within a large oceanic circulation, known as a gyre, and high pressure over the northern Gulf of Mexico is also inhibiting its motion. As a result, Cristobal will probably wobble around the Bay of Campeche until at least Friday. This will cause torrential rainfall in Southern Mexico and parts of Central America this week.

[...] The bottom line is that a tropical system is likely to be in the Gulf of Mexico late this week, bound for the United States, over waters warm enough to sustain intensification. The time for preparations is definitely now.

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  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Thursday June 04 2020, @10:07PM (3 children)

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 04 2020, @10:07PM (#1003386)

    If that's indeed the case, as most global warming folks claim, it would be entirely pointless to panic or even calmly try to fix things.

    Heh. "Why are people bothering to head for the lifeboats? We're 200 feet above the water!! If by some chance we really are sinking we've got plenty of time."

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday June 04 2020, @11:45PM (2 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday June 04 2020, @11:45PM (#1003440) Homepage Journal

    Bad analogy. We're talking about folks saying "we're fucked and there's nothing we can do about it". If they're right, it's party time, because it's too late so why not? If they're wrong, they're making the folks who're saying "we're not fucked yet but that may very well be in our future" look like alarmist idiots by association.

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