jollystomper
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Does anyone understand what "feeds" a storm like Ida so that it is still so destructive after crossing such a long distance? I sort of understand the energy source over warm oceans, but what about "dry" land? What allows a storm to remain so destructive? I know that the moisture is drawn up just like any major weather system from either the gulf or the atlantic. But what "powers" the storm itself?
In Ida's case, what I got from the weather channel was that there was another rain front moving east from the midwest across the Ohio Valley, and when the remnants of Ida combined with that front, it intensified the rainfall for the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. I think the combination also slowed down, which t meant more rain for areas since it was not moving as fast.