Chinook Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago Supertyphoon Champi earlier with over 120kt of base velocity near Guam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WxWatcher007 Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago Narrowly escaped a big time hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortex95 Posted 45 minutes ago Share Posted 45 minutes ago 10 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said: Narrowly escaped a big time hit. Sometimes the tightness/RI *saves* and area from a bigger hit. Melissa over Jamaica was similar. If Melissa had be a long-tracked Cabo Verde, it would have been much larger when striking Jamaica. Sure, it may not have been as intense since multiple ERCs would preclude its sub-900 mb intensity, but a large Cat 4 impacting the entire island vs. only 1/3 of the islands getting Cat 3+ winds is not the same. Also, the wrn 1/3 of Jamaica is significantly less populated, and one of its main airports went largely unscathed, and the other being on the N coast on the wrn side of the island had sig less impact than if it were on the S side. Compare to Gilbert at cat 3 in Sep 1988 that cut down the full length of the Jamaica E-W w/ the entire land devastated. 80% of home lost their roofs. At least w/ Melissa on about 1/2 of the island, one could find relief, relatively speaking, short-term before full aid arrived and was distributed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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