On Jan 17, 11:37 am, Weatherlawyer <Weatherlaw...@hotmail.com> wrote:> On Jan 17, 10:44 am, Petra <petras...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_mfa2_t.html
6.5 2008/01/15 17:52:16 -21.905 -179.524 596.4 FIJI REGION
Venezuela is smack in the Shadow zone of Fijian quakes. And so is most
of America and a slice of Africa. And whilst western Europe escapes,
the source of our Atlantic weather doesn't.
I should expect severe storms in these places if the quake had been in
the mid sevens.
As it was in the Mid 6's (the equivalent of an F1 Hurricane in
meteorological terms) and considering the weather we have had in the
zone, I'd say that you are wrong.
Sorry.
Looks like it's me that is wrong.
Still I suppose it could have been worse, we could have had an F2
Hurricane over the weekend. One point to look for however is that the
shadow zone starts on the North American "Great Divide".
Not the so called great divide but the real one, the Mississippi
watershed.
Perhaps explaining to disbelievers the reason why there is drought in
California and high temperatures when us on the dark side are flooded
and freezing?
Or not as the case may be.
It might be worth looking at that site again for the next Fijian
quake. And as if by some strange coincidence:
It looks like there is another High Pressure area stepping off the
carpet over on the Unisys site:
http://weather.unisys.com/images/sat_sfc_map_loop.html
De nada, but:
Funa is set to be a supercyclone hitting the waters near Fiji:
http://205.85.40.22/jtwc/warnings/sh1208.gif
http://satellite.ehabich.info/hurricane-watch.htm
I wonder what is to be made of the idea I am promulgating about the
Unisys site?
