Must see: Comparison photo of typhoon "Haiyan” to "Katrina"

[onestepforward]

http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/oh-no-haiyan-the-super-typhoon-about-to-hit-the-philippines-is-even-bigger-than-katrina/

It really shows the intensity of Haiyan.

My heart's with all the folks being hit by this.

[CherokeeDem]

1. Unbelievable....

I grew up in South Carolina and lived in Miami for ten years... I've never seen a radar that nasty.

My heart is with these folks as well....

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Holley shit? First cat 6???

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, onestepforward.

[seabeyond]

4. why do i net get it. well, i know it is cause i know nothing about this. but, it looks

like katrina is more intense to me. more storm. more wrapped around. the other looks more broken up. explain please, if anyone knows.

[WCLinolVir]

8. The eye is not having to re-center, or put it another way, is not wobbling.

It means that the storm does not lose intensity like a storm where the center has to regroup, or regain momentum. I believe the dark area represents the most energy, the potential for damage is much higher because it's so much bigger than Katrina.

[seabeyond]

10. that is so interesting. thank you. nt

[petronius]

11. The size is very different - for Katrina, that's 'just' southern Louisiana

in the top of the picture, but with Haiyan it's most of the Philippines (>2x the size of LA) under the storm (On edit - looking closer, actually, maybe the images are the same scale). The darker red/purple colors indicate higher/colder cloud tops - more intense convection - and there's a lot more of that in the Haiyan image...

[seabeyond]

15. thank you for the information. i am going to look closer at this in the morning. appreciate. nt

[DLnyc]

19. Yes, colder (and therefore higher) cloud tops, I believe

And higher tops seemed to correlate extremely well with more intensity.

[onestepforward]

12. The dark grey area is the most intense and strongest part of the storm.

It's hard to see the color key on the photo, but compare the sizes of the center, dark grey part.

[seabeyond]

16. oh. and see, i was seeing that all as inactive. i couldnt get why it was more when

there was all that not doing anything in the middle. thank you.

[pinboy3niner]

17. Be sure to read the article at the OP link

That explains how the images compare and what that means. Katrina covered a bigger area, but Haiyan is more intense and powerful.

[seabeyond]

18. that might help. you think? geeez. late and so tired. i will read it. that is the

info i want. why i did not think to click on the link, i do not know.

ya, tired.

thanks

[petronius]

5. Here's a loop of that imagery:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/floaters/31W/flash-avn-long.html

On edit: this version will embed?

[onestepforward]

13. Thanks you for posting this! n/t

[Tree-Hugger]

23. That convection is insane

I have never seen anything like it.

[fadedrose]

6. Mine too...

And this is right above the Mariana Trench, deepest part of the world...I wonder if the resulting tsunami will be affected by it. It's all so scary...

[WCLinolVir]

9. Wow. Huge.

[lpbk2713]

14. That's a storm from hell.

I wouldn't want to be anywhere near a monster like that.
Those poor people are taking one hell of a beating.

[boomer55]

20. 230 mph gusts. 230....holy hell!!!

[seabeyond]

21. that is what i keep thinking. THAT number i can recognize. and understand. something, huh... nt

[sakabatou]

25. I know!

[Rhiannon12866]

29. I can't imagine anything - or anyone - standing up to that

[sakabatou]

24. They look about the same size

but the eye is much larger in Hayan and the wall, windier. It may even be worse than Katrina.

[AgingAmerican]

26. Really it should be compared to Andrew

Andrew had sustained winds of 165, far worse that Katrina.

[onestepforward]

27. Here's a photo of Andrew:

It's not an exact comparison to the other picture, but gives a little idea.

[Recursion]

28. And both are near-perfect Archimides/Fibonacci spirals (nt)