TD-27 up and at 'em, soon to be Gamma

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » November 14, 2005, 5:53 am

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...TD-27 is up and running with good odds of becoming TS Γ...Several models have this one blowing up to Cat 3 in the long term.

Initial guidance is 10mph WNW from its current placement "NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 63.2 WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES... 240 KM... WEST OF ST. LUCIA," for the next 24 hours...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphic ... shtml?5day

I'd say Nicaragua/Honduras again for landfall, given the pressure over the US right now...but its early yet...

Xanupox · Post by **Xanupox** » November 14, 2005, 4:50 pm

Personal predictions?

Did you factor in for coriolis force? 200-500 milibar steering flow?

Are you one of those "I know better than the NHC" kinda guys?

Show us some credintials!

Hoarmurath · Post by **Hoarmurath** » November 14, 2005, 5:40 pm

Upper level wind shear FTW!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 14, 2005, 6:51 pm

...when weather hobbyists collide!

The first one that can tell me why weather is abbreviated WX wins!

Hoarmurath · Post by **Hoarmurath** » November 14, 2005, 8:27 pm

Wins what? The "I can use Google" award or the "I actually *use* wikipedia" award?

I suppose I'm eligible for both...

At any rate, WX was a telegraph abbreviation for "weather".

Wikipedia wrote:WX was the common telegraph abbreviation for weather. It was used primarily with Morse code, but its use still continues even today.

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » November 14, 2005, 9:50 pm

I'd say God is angry at us and is sending all this shit, but I'm not religious, so screw that.

I'd say Global Warming is causing it, except I don't believe in that shit either.

It has been a fun year.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 14, 2005, 10:10 pm

Hoarmurath wrote:Wins what? The "I can use Google" award or the "I actually *use* wikipedia" award?

I suppose I'm eligible for both...

At any rate, WX was a telegraph abbreviation for "weather".

Wikipedia wrote:WX was the common telegraph abbreviation for weather. It was used primarily with Morse code, but its use still continues even today.

We already know WX is the abbreviation. The question is why is the abbreviation WX.

Your weather rating has dropped to partly cloudy status!

I thought there might be a more interesting explanation but it looks like it's just a first letter-X abbreviation. Lame.

blank-x abbreviations

It's interesting to see how the medical profession uses a letter plus X to abbreviate. The same thing occurs in the live local news business. When I worked as a producer in a couple of commercial TV network affiliates here in Salt Lake, they used WX for the Weather, TX for Traffic, SX for Sports, and so on.

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » November 14, 2005, 11:05 pm

Dunno I'd guess its in reference to Horus' all seeing eye as in Rx, Dx, Tx...from the egyptians via the greeks then the romans...but that's speculation...x = hope for wisdom in prognostication basically in that context. It may be something more mundane though...

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 14, 2005, 11:47 pm

Arborealus wrote:Dunno I'd guess its in reference to Horus' all seeing eye as in Rx, Dx, Tx...from the egyptians via the greeks then the romans...but that's speculation...x = hope for wisdom in prognostication basically in that context. It may be something more mundane though...

If this was the Liars Club, I'd pick your answer even if it was wrong!