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"More Things on Heaven and Earth...Than Are Dreamt of in Your Meteorology"

Category: Hurricanes
Posted on: April 14, 2008 10:08 AM, by Chris C. Mooney

I just did my latest Daily Green item about Tropical Storm Erin--the last 2007 Atlantic storm to have its definitive report (PDF) emerge from the bowels of the National Hurricane Center.

Suffice it to say that the delay seems well justified--meteorologists still don't really have a clue what Erin was. I mean, we're talking about a storm that barely attained tropical storm status over the Gulf, but that developed an eye, 995 mb central pressure, and 50 knot winds over Oklahoma!

Read here for more on this very, very wacky weather phenomenon....

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Wasn't there a "Thingamabobbercane" in the Bay area of CA last winter, too? It was dramatically windy, and half-assed organized, but not entirely classifiable?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/us/05calif.html

Eh, I don't know. Not my field. Maybe everyone knew what it was. But my SF friends thought it was mighty odd.

Posted by: Mary | April 14, 2008 8:45 PM