All of the storms want to go north and then loop back east. Early
season storms tend to go into the Gulf of Mexico and expend themselves
over land in Mexico or the US. Later season storms start turning north
earlier and earlier, some hitting the US east coast and some running up
the Atlantic and turning east back toward Europe. Very few actually hit
the UK but a lot of them try.
Here are the historical tracks of about 150 hurricanes.
<https://coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes/>
Click on the link and then at upper right click on "Hurricanes". That
will populate the map with all the tracks. Use your mouse scroll wheel
up or down to change the magnification. Left click on the map and drag
it left to be able to see the UK and other parts of Europe.
If you click on "Hurricanes" again it will turn the tracks off. If you
then click on "County Strikes" it will shade the counties in the US with
various shades of pink and red indicating the relative frequency of
hurricane strikes in those counties. All of the counties along the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts have been hit at one time or another.
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/6/2016 10:28 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
I believe they do originate over here, much as our hurricanes tend to
form up off the coast of Africa. Piers told me about some impressive
winds last winter along the road from Ullapool to Inverness. I wonder
if this year's storms have topped those. Just a few days ago I was
exchanging emails with the fellow who runs the B&B we like in
Fionnphort, and he testified to the strength of the storms this
winter. I believe that video was shot along the B8035(?) between
Salen and Bunessan.
Sent from my iPhone 6s Plus. This is a perfect mobile device. Any
perceived errors in spelling, grammar, or logic are figments of your
imagination.
On Feb 6, 2016, at 1:28 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I wondered whether you had, Bob.
And those winds were sent over from the East Coast of the US,
weren’t they? You didn’t want them but they had to go somewhere .
. .
Chris
On 5 Feb 16, at 17:11, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Seen that very thing, and I believe in that very spot, in
September 2013. We went to Mull instead of Lewis because of a
ripping big storm that was forecast. Figured Inner Hebrides
rather than Outer might be more clement. Winds were raging. We
barely could walk from the Columba Centre in Fionnphort to the
ferry landing for Iona. Didn't make it. Cal-Mac couldn't
guarantee to get us back from the island. I may have some pics
tucked away somewhere. (Not sure the reversal was complete, but
it was spectacular.)
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