Chris Deflates

And we’re not shedding any tears:

CHRIS IS BECOMING DISORGANIZED IN A HURRY. SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE
THAT THE LOW-LEVEL CENTER HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY DUE TO NORTHWESTERLY SHEAR…AND THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY
FIXES FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE. THE MINIMUM PRESSURE
HAS RISEN TO 1010 MB AND THE MAXIMUM FLIGHT LEVEL WIND REPORTED SO
FAR IS ONLY 38 KNOTS. HOWEVER…ASSUMING THAT THE ENTIRE
CIRCULATION HAS NOT BEEN SAMPLED…THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS
ADJUSTED TO 40 KNOTS… AND THIS IS VERY GENEROUS. I WAS TEMPTED
TO FORECAST WEAKENING AND EVEN DISSIPATION OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS…BUT THE BEST OPTION AT THIS TIME IS TO KEEP THE CYCLONE ON A
STEADY STATE CONSIDERING THAT THE SHEAR COULD DECREASE…AS
SUGGESTED BY THE SHIPS MODEL.

categories World Stuff | | datetime August 3, 2006 7:57 am

3 Responses to “Chris Deflates”

  1. Chris says:
    August 3, 2006 at 11:04 am

    Lies! All lies, I tell you! I am as virile as ever!

  2. tree hugging sister says:
    August 3, 2006 at 11:09 am

    See “left nut” post above.

  3. tree hugging sister says:
    August 3, 2006 at 11:46 am

    And Weather Underground had a cheerful little note on Chris yesterday:

    The “curse” of Chris
    This is not the first time a tropical storm named Chris has come. There were storms named Chris in 1982, 1988, 1994, and 2000. Each time, Chris has been an insignificant storm that either never made it to hurricane strength, or in one case, barely made it to hurricane strength but stayed out to sea and never had a nice photogenic appearance. However, the 2000 incarnation of Chris did set a record–shortest amount of time as a tropical storm. Chris in 2000 lasted just one advisory before wind shear tore it apart. I’ve happily needled my friend Dr. Chris Landsea, Science and Operations Officer at the National Hurricane Center, every six years about this “curse” of Chris. He’s always pretty cheerful about it, saying it was a good curse to have. Well, I’m hoping that the “curse” of storms named Chris continues this year, and I can happily tell Chris he’ll have to wait until 2012 to get that nice-looking eye that a storm named Chris has never had!

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