Crazy, hurricane over Central Europe and here snowstorm

HummuH1 · 16 Dec 2011 at 17:06

willhub said:
No, it's not a hurricane.

A windgust of 150km/h does not mean hurricane, the wind hit 165MPH in Scotland the other day, and that was not a hurricane.

C'mon, let us have our moment of fame/fun!

It was a hurricane, Hurricane Bawbag!*

* clearly I know it wasn't actually a hurricane, but, meh...

willhub · 16 Dec 2011 at 17:06

cumulus1978 said:
when happens a hurricane the category also depends from gusts, if a hurricane have a wind of 120 km/h but gusts over 240 km/h the hurricane take part of a certain category ( from 1 to 5 I think ), so gusts are important.

In this case the wind is out the Beaufort scale ( 12 levels ) because gusts are already of a hurricane ( over 120 km/h )

Clear that we can have a hurricane in Europe but atlantic cyclone like this are very dangerous and can create damages as a hurricane.

Europe has never had a hurricane as long as humans have being on the continents that's for sure.

cumulus1978 · 16 Dec 2011 at 17:09

willhub said:
Europe has never had a hurricane as long as humans have being on the continents that's for sure.

I wrote wrong, sure that we CAN'T have a hurricane like in the USA or other regions, but atlantic cyclone at the end are the same thing in a certain way because they have winds over 120 km/h a create damages.

HummuH1 · 16 Dec 2011 at 17:14

Fair play to you, It's hard to fight your corner in your 2nd language!

cumulus1978 · 16 Dec 2011 at 17:14

willhub · 16 Dec 2011 at 19:23

cumulus1978 said:
I wrote wrong, sure that we CAN'T have a hurricane like in the USA or other regions, but atlantic cyclone at the end are the same thing in a certain way because they have winds over 120 km/h a create damages.

Atlantic cyclones don't touch land in Europe, at the very most we get the hurricane come over land when it's no longer a hurricane, all it is is a normal storm, or we might get whipped by a hurricanes tail.

cumulus1978 · 16 Dec 2011 at 19:29

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cheets64 · 16 Dec 2011 at 19:48

Always thought hurricanes tend to be in tropical climates, hence we Europe has never and will never have a hurricane, strong winds yes but not a hurricane.

Scuzi · 16 Dec 2011 at 19:57

cheets64 said:
Always thought hurricanes tend to be in tropical climates, hence we Europe has never and will never have a hurricane, strong winds yes but not a hurricane.

A hurricane is a tropical revolving storm which typically forms around the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific. We don't get them in Europe.

cumulus1978 · 20 Dec 2011 at 09:37

again heavy snowfall....on the ground this morning 60 cm, now already 67 cm

GJ02 · 20 Dec 2011 at 10:15

so wish i was there

panthro · 20 Dec 2011 at 10:47

I'm in Kazakhstan at the moment and the wind gusts are mental. Not sure how fast they are but the wind chill is -13 and you can barely walk in a straight line.