ATL: MARIA - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[GCANE]

 https://twitter.com/ExtremeStorms/status/910448150149599232

[GCANE]

Lost the last frame on GOES16 as well.

Switch from Mesoscale 2 to Mesoscale 1. It's on 30 sec rapid scan.

Got it, much thanks!

[Texas Snowman]

@ericfisher -- #Maria making landfall @ nearly the same intensity as the San Felipe Segundo Hurricane in 1928. The 2 worst storms in Puerto Rico's history.

[Texas Snowman]

@ReedTimmerAccu -- Hurricane #Maria appears to have made landfall near Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Compact elliptical eye

[GCANE]

 https://twitter.com/EricBlake12/status/910450676576243712

[Stormtrack03]

Watching PR periscope streams... things looking worse by the minute.

[flamingosun]

Landfall...

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WTNT65 KNHC 201034
TCUAT5

Hurricane Maria Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL152017
635 AM AST Wed Sep 20 2017

...MARIA MAKES LANDFALL NEAR YABUCOA PUERTO RICO...

Geostationary satellite images and surface observations indicate
that the center of Hurricane Maria made landfall near Yabucoa,
Puerto Rico, around 615 AM AST.

A sustained wind 60 mph (96 km/h) with a wind gust to 113 mph (182
km/h) was recently reported at Yabucoa Harbor, Puerto Rico.

A National Ocean Service tide gauge at Yabucoa Harbor, Puerto Rico,
recently reported a water level of 4.3 ft above Mean Higher High
Water (MHHW).

SUMMARY OF 635 AM AST...1035 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...18.0N 65.8W
ABOUT 20 MI...35 KM WSW OF VIEQUES
ABOUT 35 MI...55 KM SE OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...155 MPH...250 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...917 MB...27.08 INCHES

[FLpanhandle91]

Looks like they downgraded to cat 4 at landfall.

[SouthDadeFish]

Someone wake me up from this nightmare. Just an awful sight on satellite and on the last radar frames. A truly devastating blow to Puerto Rico. If you are of the praying type, please pray for PR.

[GCANE]

 https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/910453245398605824

[GCANE]

 https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/910453767291625474

[flamingosun]

Looks like they downgraded to cat 4 at landfall.

Actually, it was a cat 4 before that, at the 5 am advisory

[Chris_in_Tampa]

[SouthDadeFish]

If there is any good news, it looks like from satellite and recon obs that the eye is filling in pretty quickly due to land interaction. I am hopeful that the truly catastrophic winds were confined to a small area near the coast. Nonetheless, Maria is still an extremely dangerous hurricane. The threat from flooding, potential landslides, and additional wind damage is very serious.

[FLpanhandle91]

I think 155 was extremely generous as well. This was a cat 3 storm at landfall.

[SouthDadeFish]

I think 155 was extremely generous as well. This was a cat 3 storm at landfall.

No way. This was at least a category four storm at landfall. Radar velocities prior to landfall showed that as well. It looks like the core is weakening relatively quickly due to land interaction. This storm is still incredibly dangerous.

[GCANE]

Live Periscope

https://www.periscope.tv/w/1ypKdlweQmgKW

[FLpanhandle91]

I think 155 was extremely generous as well. This was a cat 3 storm at landfall.

No way. This was at least a category four storm at landfall. Radar velocities prior to landfall showed that as well. It looks like the core is weakening relatively quickly due to land interaction. This storm is still incredibly dangerous.

Radar velocities > Recon??

[GCANE]

 https://twitter.com/MikeTheiss/status/910455037243138048




 https://twitter.com/MikeTheiss/status/910455379187965952

[NDG]