Two tropical cyclones could collide into monster storm — triggering rare Fujiwhara Effect and threatening East Coast

Two tropical cyclones are barreling through the Atlantic on a potential collision course — and if they clash, a freak weather event merging them into one monster storm could wreak havoc along the East Coast.

But if these two storms get too close, they could trigger the rare phenomenon known as the Fujiwhara Effect.

What is the Fujiwhara Effect?​

The wild weather anomaly — named after Japanese meteorologist Sakuhei Fujiwhara in 1921 — sparks when two cyclones come within 900 miles of each other and begin spinning around a shared center in what meteorologists liken to an erratic dance.

What happens next depends on each system’s size and strength — but in rare cases, they can smash together and create one giant super-storm, according to the National Weather Service.

However, if the storms are evenly matched, they’ll whirl around a shared point before breaking apart and fading — just like Pacific Hurricanes Hilary and Irwin in 2017.

Two tropical cyclones could combine into monster storm — triggering rare Fujiwhara Effect and threatening East Coast

If these two storms get too close, they could trigger the rare phenomenon known as the Fujiwhara Effect.

nypost.com

 

[Baby Yoda]

I need to track these for work, to make sure no properties getting ready to go to loan closing are affected.


Funny I must have read 2 thread titles together, because I thought it was "Comey Indicted Triggering Rare Fujiwara Effect"

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Wonder if the incoming weather will hit when all those Flag Officers are at Quantico

Hoping and praying President Trump doesn't divide The Land or do anything else that would hurt Israel.

 

[Kem]

I am praying that the storms both turn out to sea and dissipate. May God be merciful to us.

 

[Andy C]

Hurricane Humberto will not come anywhere near the US East Coast

The other system could impact the East Coast as a tropical storm, or as a cat 1 Hurricane.

National Hurricane Center

 

[1LoverofGod]

Five homes collapse into the surf of the Outer Banks as hurricanes rumble in Atlantic​

Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the ocean on Tuesday as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic, the National Park Service said, marking the latest private beachfront structures to fall into the surf there in recent years.

The homes, once propped on high stilts, collapsed in the afternoon in Buxton, a community on one of a string of islands that make up the Outer Banks, said Mike Barber, a spokesperson for the park service.

Portions of eastern North Carolina were subject to coastal flood advisories and warnings, the National Weather Service said, while dangerous surf conditions were expected in the area through the rest of the week.

Ocean overwash on Tuesday also prompted the state Transportation Department to close a portion of North Carolina Highway 12 on Ocracoke Island. The ferry connecting Ocracoke and Hatteras islands also was suspended Tuesday, the department said.

Five homes collapse into the surf of the Outer Banks as hurricanes rumble in Atlantic

Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks have collapsed into the ocean. Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic on Tuesday, causing the damage.

apnews.com

 

[pixelpusher]

Five homes collapse into the surf of the Outer Banks as hurricanes rumble in Atlantic​

Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the ocean on Tuesday as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic, the National Park Service said, marking the latest private beachfront structures to fall into the surf there in recent years.

The homes, once propped on high stilts, collapsed in the afternoon in Buxton, a community on one of a string of islands that make up the Outer Banks, said Mike Barber, a spokesperson for the park service.

Portions of eastern North Carolina were subject to coastal flood advisories and warnings, the National Weather Service said, while dangerous surf conditions were expected in the area through the rest of the week.

Ocean overwash on Tuesday also prompted the state Transportation Department to close a portion of North Carolina Highway 12 on Ocracoke Island. The ferry connecting Ocracoke and Hatteras islands also was suspended Tuesday, the department said.

Five homes collapse into the surf of the Outer Banks as hurricanes rumble in Atlantic

Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks have collapsed into the ocean. Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic on Tuesday, causing the damage.

apnews.com

Matthew 7:24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Both Humberto and Imelda are hurricanes now.

National Hurricane Center

National Hurricane Center

Multiple warnings for both

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#Humberto

On the interactive cone, Humberto looks like it's just waiting in the Atlantic for TPTB to do something wrong with regard to Israel.

On the interactive cone for Imelda, it looks like it's going to head northeast, perhaps toward Great Britain.

The warnings/forecasts don't match the cones [sigh]

 

[Andy C]

Thankfully, there are no TS or hurricane alerts for the east coast as they have turned far away from making USA landfall.

 

[Baby Yoda]

Thankfully, there are no TS or hurricane alerts for the east coast as they have turned far away from making USA landfall.

Yes, less for my team to do on the disaster aspect, but now we are swamped with instructions for handling things during the shutdown.