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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #100 on: May 30, 2020, 01:35:59 AM »
The CAG (Central American Gyre) may spawn the fourth tropical system in the Atlantic next week, the first official week of Atlantic hurricane season.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #101 on: June 01, 2020, 05:14:30 PM »
The national hurricane center has given it an 80% chance of development.  Its movement is rather uncertain, as it could head northward toward the States, westward towards Mexico, or southward, back to the Pacific.  Should it become a tropical storm, it would be called Cristobal.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #102 on: June 01, 2020, 05:28:51 PM »
Should it become a tropical storm, it would be called Cristobal.

Doesn't it keep its previous name from the EPAC?

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #103 on: June 01, 2020, 06:15:37 PM »
Should it become a tropical storm, it would be called Cristobal.

Doesn't it keep its previous name from the EPAC?

No, once it makes landfall and loses its warm core tropical storm structure it is just considered a remnant. Plus it's going into the Atlantic side which has entirely different names, so in this instance it is given a new one. 
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #104 on: June 01, 2020, 07:50:28 PM »
Should it become a tropical storm, it would be called Cristobal.

Doesn't it keep its previous name from the EPAC?

No, once it makes landfall and loses its warm core tropical storm structure it is just considered a remnant. Plus it's going into the Atlantic side which has entirely different names, so in this instance it is given a new one.

I see, I was confused because storms that redevelop from remnants keep their earlier names, and storms that cross between the pacific to the atlantic also keep their names. IMO it seems inconsistent that both of these properties combined would suddenly mean it does not keep its name.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #105 on: June 01, 2020, 09:11:36 PM »
Should it become a tropical storm, it would be called Cristobal.

Doesn't it keep its previous name from the EPAC?

No, once it makes landfall and loses its warm core tropical storm structure it is just considered a remnant. Plus it's going into the Atlantic side which has entirely different names, so in this instance it is given a new one.

I see, I was confused because storms that redevelop from remnants keep their earlier names, and storms that cross between the pacific to the atlantic also keep their names. IMO it seems inconsistent that both of these properties combined would suddenly mean it does not keep its name.

I agree with you that it would just make more sense to keep the same name. I suppose it would be confusing for some since the Atlantic side already had Arthur and Bertha.

Either way, soon to be tropical storm *C* is a massive area of low pressure. Not sure what to expect with this one, but this season is sure proving to have the energy in the system to facilitate some powerful storms.
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #106 on: June 02, 2020, 04:26:24 PM »
Another cyclone headed for India. This time from the Arabian Sea  tracking for landfall in Mumbai tomorrow. Winds will be close to a low end Cat 1.

https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/06/02/cyclone-nisarga-set-to-intensify-coastal-areas-on-alert.html

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #107 on: June 02, 2020, 11:32:26 PM »
TS Cristobal has duly formed in the Gulf of Mexico
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #108 on: June 02, 2020, 11:51:30 PM »
That cone is within sharpie distance of Alabama!

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #109 on: June 03, 2020, 12:36:15 AM »
It could hit Alabama.  However, there is such a large uncertainty at the moment, that some forecast have the storm turning south into Mexico or dying out in the Bay of Campeche.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #110 on: June 03, 2020, 12:39:25 AM »
TS Cristobal has duly formed in the Gulf of Mexico

It's hardly going anywhere for 3 days. Just going to sit there and dump rain on the same region in Mexico. ~ 20" forecast.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #111 on: June 04, 2020, 07:11:17 PM »
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Here are the 10 am CDT June 4 Key Messages for Tropical Depression #Cristobal. There is a risk of storm surge, tropical storm force winds, and heavy rainfall for portions of the northern Gulf coast beginning this weekend. Visit hurricanes.gov for more info. 
https://twitter.com/nhc_atlantic/status/1268557099102949377
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #112 on: June 04, 2020, 08:36:16 PM »
In a squeaker, Cristobal sets a record for earliest third named storm of the season. Local rain forecasts up to 30" now. i wouldn't trust a 5 day forecast on this thing at all given the major land interaction. Water in the gulf is 27-28C, about 2C shy of where it will be at peak season.

edit:not too often that hurricane season and melting season overlap, but the euro model shows cristobal interacting with another system after us landfall and maintaining impressive wind speed as it works it way all the way up to Hudson Bay with peak winds approaching 60 kts.
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #113 on: June 05, 2020, 06:21:49 PM »
Forecast appear to be converging around a landfall in Louisiana (west of New Orleans) late Sunday.  The major variability now is the winds; as the forecasts range from 35 (minimum for a tropical storm) to 60 mph.  What is interesting is the forecast acceleration northward towards Hudson Bay, to which Phoenix alluded.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #114 on: June 05, 2020, 07:42:48 PM »
Forecast appear to be converging around a landfall in Louisiana (west of New Orleans) late Sunday.  The major variability now is the winds; as the forecasts range from 35 (minimum for a tropical storm) to 60 mph.  What is interesting is the forecast acceleration northward towards Hudson Bay, to which Phoenix alluded.
And after dumping much rain (& winds) over SE Hudson Bay (Jun 10), gets another lease of life and dumps a big rain (+snow) on South Greenland (Jun 14).
An interesting test for the new upgraded GFS weather forecast system.
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #115 on: June 07, 2020, 02:17:06 PM »
The gulf coast is catching a bit of a break with Christo's relatively rapid northward progression. The storm is starting to show some convection organized around a center, but it's going to run out of time to become something much more substantial.

https://i.imgur.com/6dZi0YA.jpg



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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #116 on: June 07, 2020, 03:09:50 PM »
Cristobal is approaching the Gulf coast:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/071151.shtml

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SQUALLS WITH TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS PASSING OVER THE
MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

LOCATION...28.2N 89.9W
ABOUT 70 MI...110 KM S OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA
ABOUT 75 MI...125 KM SSW OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #117 on: June 07, 2020, 03:28:51 PM »
Cristobal is approaching the Gulf coast:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/071151.shtml


How can it be forecast to stay tropical for so far inland despite not being that strong in the first place?

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #118 on: June 07, 2020, 03:52:22 PM »
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Folks in Waveland, Mississippi preparing their vehicles ahead of Cristobal
https://twitter.com/hurricanetrack/status/1269359945889337345
26 sec vid:  where do you put your car when you live in a rural area near the coast and significant storm surge is forecast but not enough to make you leave?
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #119 on: June 07, 2020, 05:18:05 PM »
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Looking pretty likely that Lake Superior will see its first post-tropical cyclone on record this week. (Data back to 1851)
#Cristobal
https://twitter.com/ericholthaus/status/1269602383488864258
Image below: paths of other storms.
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #120 on: June 07, 2020, 06:59:01 PM »
Cristobal is approaching the Gulf coast:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/071151.shtml


How can it be forecast to stay tropical for so far inland despite not being that strong in the first place?
My guess is that until it gets that far north it will not meet weather to destroy its warm centre.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT3+shtml/071450.shtml?
A merger with an extratropical cyclone over the Great Lakes area is
expected by day 5.

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-hermine-transition-impacts-forecast-post-tropical#:~:text=Hurricanes%20and%20tropical%20storms%20often,to%20a%20non%2Dtropical%20storm.
Tropical vs. Non-Tropical Cyclones
A tropical (or warm core) cyclone (area of low pressure) usually forms over warm waters in the tropics. Air rises rapidly around the edges of the center of the storm. Sinking air in the center of the storm heats up the air, so the storm has warm temperatures from the surface all the way up to high levels of the atmosphere. Hurricanes and tropical storms are (warm core) tropical cyclones.

At the surface, stronger winds are usually proximate to the storm's location and they diminish quickly when you move away from the storm.

A non-tropical (or cold core) storm has the coldest temperatures in the center of the storm. Temperatures cool as you move higher in the atmosphere and there is a trough at the highest levels. Unlike tropical (warm core) storms, winds are not as concentrated near the center of the storm, but can spread out for hundreds of miles from it.

Precipitation in a cold core (non-tropical cyclone) can also spread far away from the center of the storm. Most mid-latitude storms are cold core including nor'easters.

Tropical cyclones are nearly symmetric in shape and are without fronts. Mid-latitude (cold core) cyclones are comma shaped and have fronts associated with them.

Hurricanes and tropical storms often transition to cold core cyclones. When the National Hurricane Center concludes that a tropical storm has transitioned to a (cold core) mid-latitude storm it will designate it as "post-tropical" meaning that it has transitioned to a non-tropical storm.

The transition often occurs when a tropical cyclone moves to higher latitudes and interacts with atmospheric features that are more common there.
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #121 on: June 08, 2020, 09:51:04 PM »
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Folks in Waveland, Mississippi preparing their vehicles ahead of Cristobal
https://twitter.com/hurricanetrack/status/1269359945889337345
26 sec vid:  where do you put your car when you live in a rural area near the coast and significant storm surge is forecast but not enough to make you leave?

Image below from The Weather Channel:
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #122 on: June 13, 2020, 02:06:14 PM »
Interesting article on heightened tropical wave activity originating in Africa this year.

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-06-12-tropical-waves-atlantic-hurricane-season-june

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #123 on: June 15, 2020, 09:16:50 PM »
For the tropical cyclone junkies.
Many of us read cat 6 blog during the US hurricane season .
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Amid the challenges of the continuing global pandemic and in-progress changes to the YCC website, we’re working to implement the needed comments tools critical to ongoing engagement of Masters’ and Henson’s loyal followers. It can’t happen overnight, but we are working diligently toward that end.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #124 on: June 15, 2020, 10:05:48 PM »
NOAA list the following as the most intense Atlantic hurricane seasons on record (since 1850) in order:  1933, 2005, 1893, 1926, 1995, 2004, 2017, 1950, 1961, 1998.

https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/comparison_table.html

1933:  first TS formed on May 14 in the Gulf, the second formed from a tropical wave on June 25 and became the first hurricane of the season.
2005:  TS one formed on June 8 and TS two on June 28, both in the Gulf.
1893:  One TS formed in the Gulf on June 12.
1926:  No storms were recorded until the Great Bahamas hurricane (cat. 4) on July 22.
1995:  One hurricane formed from a tropical wave on June 2.
2004:  No storms until July 31
2017:  The first TS formed on April 16, the second and third on June 19 and 20, both from waves.
1950:  No storms until August 12
1961:  First storm formed on July 21, reaching Cat. 2 hurricane.  The second storm did not form until September.
1998:  The first tropical storm formed from a tropical wave on July 27.

In two of the 10 most intense hurricane seasons, a tropical storm formed before June 1, the official start of hurricane season.  Three years saw the first storm form in June.  In four years, the first storm formed in July, and in one year, the first storm formed in August.  In only one of those ten years (2005) did three tropical storms from before July.  The early start to the hurricane season this year, may not be an indicator of the intensity of the season.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #125 on: June 16, 2020, 04:02:05 AM »
When politics decides the weather.

Independent panel finds NOAA leadership violated code of ethics in "Sharpiegate"
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Why it matters: The September episode, which came to be known as "Sharpiegate" after Trump drew on a map of Hurricane Dorian's path to support his assessment that it could hit Alabama, embroiled the NOAA in a scandal about possible political interference within the scientific agency. ...
https://www.axios.com/noaa-sharpiegate-investigation-74d5f6c6-7004-4cb1-bd94-4d22a7942f1e.html
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #126 on: June 21, 2020, 05:17:47 PM »
While we have relative quiet in the northern hemisphere tropical cyclone season with the sahara dust storm moving through the atlantic basin, let's take a look at how ocean temperatures are evolving.

The Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico and Dominican are currently running around 29C, plenty of heat for a big storm.

The waters around Cuba are the warmest in the region at ~ 30C. A storm coming in just north of Cuba could be ripe for intensification and hurt the Bahamas or S. Florida.

Most of the Gulf of Mexico is at 27.5-28C which is kinda average for this time of year. Not yet at a temperature likely to promote extreme rapid intensification. Similar or slightly temperatures exist along the Atlantic coast from mid-Florida up to NC. The current setup wouldn't support a storm like Florence coming in to the Carolina's from due east.

The Eastern Pacific is running around 30C raising the possibility of a storm impacting Mexico.

On the Pacific side, the waters east of the Philippines are already at 30C. Further north, east of Japan the ocean temps are only ~ 25C.

For reference, Amphan intensified over 31C waters last month in the Bay of Bengal.

More potential warming to come with the arrival of summer.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #127 on: June 29, 2020, 02:54:35 PM »
Most of the Gulf of Mexico is at 27.5-28C which is kinda average for this time of year. Not yet at a temperature likely to promote extreme rapid intensification. Similar temperatures exist along the Atlantic coast from mid-Florida up to NC.


My Florida peeps have been complaining about the heat and the local waters are reflecting that. The Eastern third of the Gulf has increased by 1C+ in the last week. There is now a 30C path from the western Dominican Republic to Tampa Bay.

The Gulfstream is also warming considerably on the east coast. Any storm near Florida would have plenty of heat to work with.

Some small disturbances with low probability of development are about. Nothing noteworthy at this point. The drying impact of the Saharan dust should be abating.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #128 on: July 04, 2020, 08:01:19 PM »
Tropical Depression Five spins up in the Atlantic. Not much expected from this one.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT5+shtml/041451.shtml

CDAS El Nino index is now at dead neutral.

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/ocean/nino34.png

Heat is continuing to build in the Atlantic Basin. Some hot spots in the Bahamas and SW Florida coast are in the 31-32C range. The runway is ready.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #129 on: July 05, 2020, 07:23:01 PM »
Another something to keep an eye. Some activity in the Gulf which may hop over the SE US and turn into something near the Carolina coast.

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM EDT Sun Jul 5 2020

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. A broad area of low pressure located along the northern Gulf Coast
is producing disorganized showers and a few thunderstorms. Some
slight development of this system is possible before the disturbance
moves onshore along the northeastern Gulf Coast on Monday. The
system is then forecast to move northeastward and could emerge
offshore of the Carolinas later this week,
where environmental
conditions are expected to be more conducive for development.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.

Forecaster Zelinsky

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« Reply #130 on: July 07, 2020, 02:20:22 AM »
Lot's of action popping up in the East Pacific. Most noteworthy is Depression 5E which is forecast to peak at a Cat 2 hurricane in 3 days before moving NW into cooler waters. No land impacts anticipated.

Tropical Depression Five-E Discussion Number   1
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       EP052020
400 PM CDT Mon Jul 06 2020

Satellite imagery shows that deep convection associated with the
low pressure area south of Mexico has become significantly better
organized since this morning.  ASCAT data from earlier this
afternoon suggested that the circulation was still somewhat
elongated, but since that time low cloud motions indicate that
the circulation has become better defined.  The scatterometer data
also revealed believable wind vectors of at least 30 kt, with
higher rain-inflated vectors within the deep convection. Based on
these data, advisories are being initiated on a 30-kt tropical
depression at this time.

The depression is located within a favorable environment consisting
of low vertical wind shear, warm sea-surface temperatures, and a
moist atmosphere.  As a result, steady strengthening is anticipated
over the next several days, and the NHC forecast calls for the
cyclone to become a hurricane in about 48 hours. The NHC intensity
forecast is in best agreement with the intensity consensus aids IVCN
and HCCA, but is not quite as bullish as the SHIPS guidance.  Given
the anticipated low wind shear conditions over the next few days, a
period of rapid strengthening is possible, and this intensity
forecast could be somewhat conservative. The cyclone is expected to
move over cooler waters in about 96 hours, which should cause
weakening by the end of the period. 


Since the depression is still in its formative stage, the initial
motion is a somewhat uncertain 295/11 kt. The depression is being
steered west-northwestward to the south of a large mid-level ridge
located over the south-central United States. A general
west-northwestward heading about around the same forward speed is
expected over the next several days.  The dynamical model guidance
is in fairly good agreement on this scenario and the NHC track
forecast lies near the various consensus aids.

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT  06/2100Z 10.5N  99.7W   30 KT  35 MPH
 12H  07/0600Z 11.2N 101.1W   35 KT  40 MPH
 24H  07/1800Z 12.1N 103.4W   45 KT  50 MPH
 36H  08/0600Z 13.0N 105.5W   55 KT  65 MPH
 48H  08/1800Z 14.1N 107.4W   65 KT  75 MPH
 60H  09/0600Z 15.0N 109.0W   75 KT  85 MPH
 72H  09/1800Z 15.7N 110.7W   85 KT 100 MPH
 96H  10/1800Z 17.2N 114.1W   85 KT 100 MPH
120H  11/1800Z 18.8N 118.7W   70 KT  80 MPH

$$
Forecaster Brown

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #131 on: July 07, 2020, 11:57:14 PM »







Tropical Storm Cristina Discussion Number   5
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       EP052020
400 PM CDT Tue Jul 07 2020

The moderate vertical wind shear  over the system is forecast to abate over the next 12-24 hours. 
This, along with SSTs of 28-29C, should allow for strengthening and Cristina is still forecast to become a hurricane in a day or two. Although Cristina has not strengthened as much as anticipated over the past 24 hours, with the more favorable atmospheric conditions anticipated beginning Wednesday, a period of steady to rapid strengthening is still possible.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDEP5+shtml/072033.shtml

Comment: Not a storm likely to impact anyone, but potentially a good benchmark in terms of what we might expect from a storm over 28-29C water and low shear.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #132 on: July 09, 2020, 01:09:50 AM »
Another something to keep an eye. Some activity in the Gulf which may hop over the SE US and turn into something near the Carolina coast.

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM EDT Sun Jul 5 2020

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. A broad area of low pressure located along the northern Gulf Coast
is producing disorganized showers and a few thunderstorms. Some
slight development of this system is possible before the disturbance
moves onshore along the northeastern Gulf Coast on Monday. The
system is then forecast to move northeastward and could emerge
offshore of the Carolinas later this week,
where environmental
conditions are expected to be more conducive for development.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.

Forecaster Zelinsky

This weather system has in fact hopped over to the Atlantic coast and is to a 70% chance of development into a tropical system. It should cruise by the coast off of DC in a few days.

Someday a big storm is going to cruise into the Chesapeake Bay and say hello to the politicians who are establishing climate policy.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php?basin=atlc&fdays=2

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #133 on: July 10, 2020, 01:15:11 AM »

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/blog/2020/07/09/tropical-storm-fay-forms-will-bring-heavy-rains-to-mid-atlantic-and-new-england-friday-saturday/

Fay formed extremely close to land (similar to fellow freak Tropical Storm Bertha in late May), and its outer bands of rain are already near the North Carolina and Virginia coast. Hurricane Hunter aircraft observed winds around 45 mph, a bit above tropical storm strength. Warmer than normal ocean temperatures—a hallmark of climate change—along the Eastern Seaboard could help add fuel to Fay, though the storm is forecast to stay at tropical storm strength.

Things will deteriorate as the storm climbs the Mid-Atlantic on Thursday night into Friday and then makes landfall somewhere that is likely to be between New Jersey and Connecticut late on Saturday. Up to five inches of rain could fall and heavy downpours are possible. Flash flood watches are in effect from Virginia to Massachusetts. The storm will also bring rain to northern New England and Canada even as it weakens into a tropical depression. Oh, and you can expect a wave of swampy humidity to pour into the region already dealing with a stifling heat wave in an added bonus for anyone who wants to know what it’s like to live in an armpit.







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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #134 on: July 10, 2020, 02:19:22 AM »
Fay sets the record for the earliest sixth named atlantic storm formation, breaking Franklin from 2005, which formed on July 21. The earliest G storm is is Gert, which formed on July 24, 2005.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #135 on: July 16, 2020, 05:17:07 PM »
Regardless, we are experiencing one of the quietest seasons with regards to hurricanes in the Western hemisphere.  Typically, the first hurricane forms around mid June.  Currently, this is the fourth latest start in recorded history.  In fact, the entire pacific basin is well below average. 

While it is still early, this year has been unusually quiet.  Globally, we are down about 50% - and that includes an extremely active North Indian ocean basin.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #136 on: July 16, 2020, 06:47:56 PM »
The SST's in the gulf are now more equally balanced with close to 30C across the board. Plenty of energy and no shortage of climate deniers in the bullseye.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #137 on: July 16, 2020, 06:58:57 PM »
Regardless, we are experiencing one of the quietest seasons with regards to hurricanes in the Western hemisphere.  Typically, the first hurricane forms around mid June.  Currently, this is the fourth latest start in recorded history.  In fact, the entire pacific basin is well below average. 

While it is still early, this year has been unusually quiet.  Globally, we are down about 50% - and that includes an extremely active North Indian ocean basin.
I read, maybe on wundergroundnews, that the periodic large dust clouds from the Sahara to the Caribbean & the south of the US tend to inhibit formation of tropical storms, and there have been several events this year.
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #138 on: July 16, 2020, 07:10:02 PM »
Regardless, we are experiencing one of the quietest seasons with regards to hurricanes in the Western hemisphere.  Typically, the first hurricane forms around mid June.  Currently, this is the fourth latest start in recorded history.  In fact, the entire pacific basin is well below average. 

While it is still early, this year has been unusually quiet.  Globally, we are down about 50% - and that includes an extremely active North Indian ocean basin.
I read, maybe on wundergroundnews, that the periodic large dust clouds from the Sahara to the Caribbean & the south of the US tend to inhibit formation of tropical storms, and there have been several events this year.

That may inhibit future Atlantic storms.  That Atlantic has been above average thus far.  The Pacific has been well below, dragging the global average downward.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #139 on: July 16, 2020, 10:30:31 PM »
Dust storms are a genuine inhibitor. Thunderstorm activity around the 10N line in Central Africa is picking up though and bringing moisture to the runway. Don't bet against 2020 in the mayhem department.


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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #140 on: July 17, 2020, 09:41:51 AM »
While we wait, here's a pretty cool clip from inside Dorian last year from storm chaser Josh Morgerman.

The most intense parts are from minutes 10-14 in the clip if you don't want to watch the whole thing. That's eyewall with 290 kph sustained winds and gusts over 300.




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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #141 on: July 19, 2020, 09:34:26 AM »
Something is headed for the gulf....we're getting closer to show time.

                                                                                                                                   
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sun Jul 19 2020

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. A tropical wave located over eastern Hispaniola and the adjacent
waters of the southwestern Atlantic is expected to move
west-northwestward over the next several days and enter the
southeastern Gulf of Mexico by late Tuesday, and then move across
the central Gulf on Wednesday and reach the northwestern Gulf on
Thursday.
This disturbance is currently producing only minimal
shower activity, but environmental conditions are expected to become
at least marginally conducive for development by Wednesday or
Thursday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.

Forecaster Stewart

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #142 on: July 20, 2020, 02:43:57 PM »
Looks to be just a big rainmaker for the gulf coast.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #143 on: July 20, 2020, 03:29:54 PM »
I agree.  From NOAA.  A third 'possibility' is crossing the Atlantic.
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #144 on: July 20, 2020, 04:28:28 PM »
There is quite a bit of energy out there for the system to work with:

http://isotherm.rsmas.miami.edu/heat/weba/atlantic.php


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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #145 on: July 20, 2020, 04:31:46 PM »
This graph, from the same source as the above post, shows the OHC in a bigger view.  Any system coming off Africa has a long runway of energy to use.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #146 on: July 22, 2020, 01:25:00 AM »
Any system coming off Africa has a long runway of energy to use.

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The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on newly formed Tropical Depression Seven, located over the central tropical Atlantic.

Wind shear in the current forecast however.
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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #147 on: July 22, 2020, 05:37:58 PM »
Gonzalo is here and I suspect the "X" in the Gulf of Mexico will become Hanna.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #148 on: July 22, 2020, 06:33:15 PM »
Levi Cowan's video blog on the Atlantic  tropical systems last night was excellent. In July the Saharal air layer (SAL) is generally intense and the flow above the 850 layer is often quite rapid. That hot dry air aloft disrupts tropical development, but if a tropical storm can intensify while still in the moist tropical air of the ITCZ - the tropical convergence zone, it can generate it's own envelope of warm humid air that acts as a shield from mid level dry air intrusion.

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Re: Hurricane Season 2020
« Reply #149 on: July 22, 2020, 11:23:39 PM »
Arctic ice is healthy for children and other living things because "we cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice"