In the Republic of Ireland, Met Éireann has issued an orange wind warning due to a "vigorous Atlantic storm" over the country from late on Monday night.
And yet, she said, "the state mounts the least vigorous response at the storm center of the homicide problem".
More than his flirtation with a Presidential run earlier this year, more than his speech at the Republican Convention in Tampa, Christie's vigorous response to the storm — and his vigorous embrace of President Obama — turned him into a national figure.
Despite the conditions, the storm maintained vigorous convection over the eastern portion of the circulation, and it quickly intensified on September 3 to reach peak winds of 55 mph (90 km/h).
The storm sparked a vigorous debate on the island about the effects of global climate change, how they will affect the islands, and how these effects can be avoided.
The storm is really a multi-cell storm with new, more vigorous cells that form on the upwind side, replacing older cells that continue to drift downwind.
"This warming effect becomes stronger as the storm becomes stronger, because stronger storms can generate more vigorous mixing and thereby pump more heat into the ocean and to a greater depth," Mei continued. .
Shortly thereafter, vigorous deep convection developed, allowing the storm to deepen further.
They swoop down on the jet stream, tracking across open water, and when they hit the coast — and California is essentially all coast — they are fresh and vigorous, carrying all the energies of a storm surge with them.
Arlene remained vigorous for most of its existence; the storm peaked in intensity on June 30, just before making landfall on the coast of Veracruz.
