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Offline Mr. Rainman

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Tropical Storm Franklin
« on: August 12, 2011, 04:58:04 PM »
That invest near Bermuda has now become a tropical depression, and should become Tropical Storm Franklin later tonight or tomorrow. Just another fish storm.

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Tropical Depression Six
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2011, 04:58:14 PM »
Just formed...will update as more information becomes available.

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Re: Tropical Depression Six
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2011, 05:33:58 PM »
Looks like the system will keep going north east... Yet again another fish storm. Maybe some increased surf and heavy rain, but only a threat (barely) to shipping.
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Re: Tropical Depression Six
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2011, 05:49:38 PM »
Come on! By 10 seconds! :P I can't delete the topic, but I'm sure that Patrick, Martin, or Tyler will delete it when they stumble across it.
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Re: Tropical Depression Six
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2011, 06:13:23 PM »
It's always a race to see who can post the top story first. :P Merging is always an option too.
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Re: Tropical Depression Six
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2011, 06:20:33 PM »
I'm in favor of merging.  I see no reason why non-irrelevant information should be removed simply because it duplicates another topic.
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Re: Tropical Depression Six
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2011, 06:31:33 PM »
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Images moved. Admins can shut my topic down.
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Re: Tropical Depression Six
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2011, 06:32:47 PM »
Admins may delete this topic as they see fit. Topic merged with Trevor's.
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Re: Tropical Depression Six
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2011, 10:34:19 PM »
We've merged the topics together here, so no deletions are necessary.  This little depression only has a 36-48 hour window to do anything before it returns back to an extratropical state.
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Re: Tropical Depression Six
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2011, 11:00:56 PM »
If this gets named, then Franklin will definitely be a wasted name.
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Re: Tropical Depression Six
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2011, 11:32:17 PM »
Why do names need to be rationed?! :blink:
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Re: Tropical Depression Six
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2011, 11:42:47 PM »
Quote from: twcc_ericdn on August 12, 2011, 11:32:17 PM
Why do names need to be rationed?! :blink:

Patrick can do a better job of explaining this than I can, and I am probably taking this a little overboard, but I do recall him getting a little upset once that such weak storms, barely a storm at all, even received a name.

EDIT: Here's proof. This storm will probably go the way of Cindy, if even that.
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Re: Tropical Depression Six
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2011, 06:38:53 AM »
Quote from: twcc_ericdn on August 12, 2011, 11:32:17 PM
Why do names need to be rationed?! :blink:

It is beginning to feel like the NHC is just naming storms just to validate their forecast, but I'm not going to get into a debate over this matter. Ironically, Franklin from 2005 took a similar path OTS, but it formed much further south near the Bahamas.
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Re: Tropical Depression Six
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2011, 09:58:30 AM »
Really? I actually like it when we use names fast. How else are we ever supposed to get to the Greek alphabet? Lol.

Franklin isn't much, but we're level pegging with 2008 so far. Fay formed August 15th, if I call correctly. Franklin on the 13th. The way it's looking now, this season is sure gonna be interesting.

We could use some landfalling topical systems in the US--not strong enough to destroy lives, but enough to not let our guard down...not to mention the drought relief they can bring that so much of the south is in dire need of.
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Re: Tropical Depression Six
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2011, 12:33:35 PM »
Quote from: StuckonStoop-id on August 13, 2011, 06:38:53 AM
Quote from: twcc_ericdn on August 12, 2011, 11:32:17 PM
Why do names need to be rationed?! :blink:

It is beginning to feel like the NHC is just naming storms just to validate their forecast, but I'm not going to get into a debate over this matter. Ironically, Franklin from 2005 took a similar path OTS, but it formed much further south near the Bahamas.

I still don't get this!  A tropical storm is a tropical storm, period.  It meets certain characteristics and guidelines.  One of the rules is that it gets a name.  The NHC isn't creating tropical cyclones out of whole cloth, and I see no evidence that it's chomping at the bit to use as many names as possible.
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