Comments on: A word of caution about Hurricane Patricia https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/10/23/a-word-of-caution-about-hurricane-patricia/ Mon, 26 Oct 2015 23:10:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Desertphile https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/10/23/a-word-of-caution-about-hurricane-patricia/#comment-473297 Mon, 26 Oct 2015 23:10:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21710#comment-473297 A few minutes ago on facebook I saw an image claiming it was comparing the size of Katrina to Patricia; Katrina looked much smaller than Patricia— I suspect the person who made the image reversed the labels.

]]> By: Mark Schooley MD https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/10/23/a-word-of-caution-about-hurricane-patricia/#comment-473296 Mon, 26 Oct 2015 22:57:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21710#comment-473296 Greg,

Nice post!

Patricia’s max winds and minimum pressure were based on modern aircraft reckons, which weren’t available in the Western Pacific until the 1970s. Strongest western hemisphere hurricane in history is a bit different from strongest western hemisphere hurricane since 1975.

Also Patricia weakened a lot near shore due to dry winds drawn in from the mountains, and then dropped further hitting mountains.

Mark

]]> By: Donal https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/10/23/a-word-of-caution-about-hurricane-patricia/#comment-473295 Mon, 26 Oct 2015 15:07:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21710#comment-473295 Even 538 played up Patricia:
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/hurricane-patricia-did-little-damage/

]]> By: Strongest NWS Hurricane Ever Recorded: Patricia (UPDATED) – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/10/23/a-word-of-caution-about-hurricane-patricia/#comment-473294 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 14:29:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21710#comment-473294 […] had the highest sustained winds, and the lowest pressure ever observed for a hurricane, but again, Patricia was a small hurricane, not a monster. It was almost like Patricia was pretending to be a […]

]]> By: Desertphile https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/10/23/a-word-of-caution-about-hurricane-patricia/#comment-473293 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:18:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21710#comment-473293 Thank you for the explanations, above. The worse storm I dealt with off shore has a wind speed of a mere 45 knots, and that was spooky.

]]> By: Tom https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/10/23/a-word-of-caution-about-hurricane-patricia/#comment-473292 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 02:10:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21710#comment-473292 Thank you for the perspective. I’m amazed at the water temps.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/10/23/a-word-of-caution-about-hurricane-patricia/#comment-473291 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 01:06:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21710#comment-473291 Right!

On one web page I actually saw the word “largest” used several ways… largest wind speed, largest low pressure, largest size.

LARGE IS NOT THAT

]]> By: Bryan Price https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/10/23/a-word-of-caution-about-hurricane-patricia/#comment-473290 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 01:04:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21710#comment-473290 I wouldn’t want Patricia, Haiyan, or Katrina, nor even Andrew hitting my nearest coast!

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