Dennis Now A Category Four

July 7, 2005, 8:06 pm
Posted by James Spann in Tropical Weather
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NHC reports Dennis will be upgraded to a category four on the 10:00 p.m. advisory.

Pressure down to 951 mb, max recon flight level winds 131 mph. This thing is a monster now...

GFDL and GFS shifting west... increasing the threat of a direct hit to the Alabama coast...

Full package will out soon... see our tropical page

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Posted by  
on July 7, 2005, 8:11 pm
Looks like this thing is getting meaner and stronger. Was at lowes this evening getting supplies before the big rush tommorrow and saturday, generators are not available at any lowes in alabama as of 500pm today.

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Posted by  
on July 7, 2005, 8:18 pm
I think right now is the time we all PRAY that this thing will NOT COME. The Alabama coast does NOT need this, So let's hope this thing won,t come or fall apart.

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Posted by  
on July 7, 2005, 8:20 pm
I meant to say that let,s pray this storm will not come, and if it does it will fall apart.

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Posted by  
on July 7, 2005, 8:25 pm
This is really looking bad not only for the coast, but for central AL also. Worse than Ivan, hopefully not. And yes, the time to pray for safety is now.

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Posted by Al911dispatcher  
on July 7, 2005, 8:36 pm
Bad for the bama coast either way. Worse for bham if it moves east towards Pensacola. I'm sure over the next 48 to 72 hours there will be more shifts to the east and west

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Posted by  
on July 7, 2005, 8:38 pm
For those interested, I keep up with the development and intensity of hurricanes as it relates to increased sunspot activity. At this time, sunspots are increasing (have been over the past 48 hours) and historically this sometimes seem to have an effect on tropical systems. Many may "poo-poo" this concept, but the compare & contrast can be revealing.

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Posted by  
on July 7, 2005, 8:43 pm
What effect does increase sun-spots have on tropical systems?

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Posted by  
on July 7, 2005, 8:45 pm
Hey Kerry good point.

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Posted by Margie Richardson - Rainbow City  
on July 7, 2005, 8:52 pm
I know that the people of the Florida Panhandle are in a shopping frenzy. My parents live in Destin and my mother said everyone is at the Walmart buying supplies :). My parents are leaving out early Saturday morning heading this way. Please pray for traveling grace for them and everyone who flees the storm... Thanks and God Bless

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Posted by Jason  
on July 7, 2005, 8:56 pm
i doubt that they know what effect sunspots have but, that doesn't mean there is no effect. i'm sure a sunspot the size of jupiter could have atleast some effect.

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Posted by   www
on July 7, 2005, 9:12 pm
I believe the Farmers Almanac uses the sunspot activity to predict the weather as well as moon phases.


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Posted by  
on July 7, 2005, 9:34 pm
RE: Hurricanes & Sunspots . . . Trends seem to indicate that more often than not, the more numerous the sunspots and as a result the higher likelihood of solar flares, then the greater chance of rapid intensification of tropical systems. It's based on the premise that all these things are at their root electrical/magnetic in nature (most would accept that from the solar activity) but the controversial tie-in is the hypothesis that both lunar cycles and solar activity produce various far-reaching electrical effects and both these impact the way tropical systems energize themselves. I believe mainstream science will one day incorporate all this into future forecasting but it will likely be many years down the road.

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Posted by  
on July 7, 2005, 9:41 pm
I don,t know about anybody else but I just looked at the lastest sat pitctures and it looks to me that in the last frame the storm was turning a little north.

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