September 11, 2008
Big Bad Ike
Posted by: Martin : Category: News
This is one of those storms not to be taken lightly. Ike is going to be a big, bad hurricane, quite capable of unleashing devastation where it hits.
The storm is going to feed from the heat energy stored in the Gulf of Mexico. The heat is transferred into the atmosphere through evaporation and then condensation. The release of this energy into the developing storm is what creates the large pressure gradient that in turn drives the powerful winds.
Another factor working in favor of intensification is the light wind field that surrounds the storm.
Taking everything into account, Ike is likely to become a major Category 3 hurricane within the next 36 hours, and it could climb to Category 4 before slamming into the mid-Texas coast early Saturday.
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