Fujiwhara

[Puzzled]

It is an interesting storm pattern that has developed along the coastal area of the Pacific Northwest. It is a bit windy
and noticeably wet. But it has warmed up once the snow level went back up.

When two hurricanes spinning in the same direction pass close enough to each other, they begin an intense dance around their common center. If one hurricane is a lot stronger than the other, the smaller one will orbit it and eventually come crashing into its vortex to be absorbed. Two storms closer in strength can gravitate towards each other until they reach a common point and merge, or merely spin each other around for a while before shooting off on their own paths. In rare occasions, the effect is additive when the hurricanes come together, resulting in one larger storm instead of two smaller ones.

 

[webfoot]

This is fine but where was all this rain back in September when I would have done some good.

 

[Puzzled]

It certainly would have been welcome and appreciated then.

 

[Puzzled]

This is what they predicted these storms would do. The low on the left was the first storm that went up along the coast, it basically would drop back down do a circle, and came back up along the coast following the first route it traveled and merge with the second storm, the low on the left.

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