Weather & Hurricanes

Remember Hurricane Emily 2005 EMILY
Time       Date         Lat     Lon  Wind(mph) Pressure    Storm type
18 GMT  07/13/05  11.4N   58.9W      65    1003     Tropical Storm       
00 GMT  07/14/05  11.6N   60.2W      80     999     Category 1 Hurricane 
06 GMT  07/14/05  11.9N   61.5W      85     991     Category 1 Hurricane 
12 GMT  07/14/05  12.4N   63.2W     100     980     Category 2 Hurricane 
18 GMT  07/14/05  12.9N   64.9W     115     971     Category 3 Hurricane  

Remember Hurricane Dennis 2005
Time      Date        Lat     Lon  Wind(mph) Pressure    Storm type
18 GMT  07/04/05  12.0N   60.8W      30    1010     Tropical Depression  
00 GMT  07/05/05  12.2N   62.5W      35    1009     Tropical Depression  
06 GMT  07/05/05  12.5N   64.2W      35    1008     Tropical Depression  

Remember Hurricane Ivan 2004 IVAN 
Time      Date        Lat     Lon  Wind(mph) Pressure    Storm type
00 GMT  09/07/04  11.2N   56.1W     105     964     Category 2 Hurricane 
06 GMT  09/07/04  11.3N   57.8W     110     965     Category 2 Hurricane 
12 GMT  09/07/04  11.6N   59.4W     115     963     Category 3 Hurricane 
18 GMT  09/07/04  11.8N   61.1W     120     956     Category 3 Hurricane 
00 GMT  09/08/04  12.0N   62.6W     135     950     Category 4 Hurricane 
06 GMT  09/08/04  12.3N   64.1W     140     946     Category 4 Hurricane 
12 GMT  09/08/04  12.6N   65.5W     140     955     Category 4 Hurricane 

Remember Hurricane Janet 1955    122 dead
Time      Date        Lat     Lon  Wind(mph) Pressure    Storm type
08 GMT  23/09/55 12.3N   64.4W     175     938     Category 3 Hurricane 

BOMB hurricanes with Carbon soot

Moshe Alamaro, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), says,
"With small changes to this side or that side of the hurricane
we can nudge it and change its track. We're starting with computer simulations,
then will hopefully experiment on a small weather system."

The theory has so far been tested only in computer simulation
by Mr Alamaro's colleague, Ross Hoffman. Mr Alamaro said:
"With small changes to this side or that side of the hurricane
we can nudge it and change its track.
We're starting with computer simulations,
then will hopefully experiment on a small weather system."

Last month scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced,
that they had simulated the effect of sowing clouds with microscopic dust
to cool the hurricane's base, also weakening it.
The dust would attract water but would form droplets too small to fall as rain.
Instead, they would rise and evaporate, cooling hot air at the hurricane base.

Alamaro added: "The social and legal issues are daunting.
If a hurricane were coming towards Miami with the potential to cause damage and kill people,
and we diverted it, another town or village hit by it would sue us.
They'll say the hurricane is no longer an act of God, but that we caused it."