It’s The ??? – No It’s The Sun – No It Is A Bloody Straight Line

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1. Andy WeissDC says:

   July 18, 2011 at 1:11 am

   The National Hurricane season just named another imaginary tropical storm, Brett, some little piece of crap east of Florida. They said the pressure is 1009 mb. In the old days, they wouldn’t consider something to be a tropical storm unless the pressure was 1004 mb or less.

   The real tipoff is they admitted in their own discussion that there was a 44 knot wind gust well away from the center of the “storm”. Probably from a typical thunderstom that happens every day. Near the center, winds much lighter. With a tropical storm or hurricane, the strongest winds are normally near the center.

   So our mindless race thru the alphabet has now begun.

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   • stevengoddard says:

     July 18, 2011 at 1:13 am

     It is a very active naming season

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   • Latitude says:

     July 18, 2011 at 1:20 am

     Andy, you’ll love this press release from Reuters…
     Catch the line about “gulf interests”……might as well say Japan
     http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43786123

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2. Andy WeissDC says:

   July 18, 2011 at 1:36 am

   It’s interesting how Bret jumped from a depression to a tropical storm in a matter of a couple hours.
   Yes, the oil rigs look safe in the Gulf for the moment.

   There is some weak rotation of a tiny cloud mass, but 1009 mb is at best a borderline tropical depression.

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