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#61 Postby Squarethecircle » Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:51 am

This is certainly... unexpected.
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Re: South China Sea: Severe Tropical Storm Hagibis

#62 Postby cycloneye » Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:30 pm

21/1430 UTC 9.8N 113.9E T4.0/4.0 HAGIBIS -- West Pacific Ocean
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#63 Postby CrazyC83 » Wed Nov 21, 2007 2:57 pm

cycloneye wrote: 21/1430 UTC 9.8N 113.9E T4.0/4.0 HAGIBIS -- West Pacific Ocean


Supports a typhoon in 1-min winds, but not quite supportive of a JMA typhoon.
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#64 Postby HURAKAN » Wed Nov 21, 2007 3:55 pm

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Looking good for a typhoon.
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#65 Postby HURAKAN » Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:01 pm

UW - CIMSS
ADVANCED DVORAK TECHNIQUE
ADT-Version 7.2.1
Tropical Cyclone Intensity Algorithm

----- Current Analysis -----
Date : 2021NOV20 Time : 193000 UTC
Lat : 9:43:30 N Lon : 112:45:19 E

CI# /Pressure/ Vmax
4.0 / 980.4mb/ 65.0kt


6hr-Avg T# 3hr-Avg T# Adj T# Raw T#
4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1

Latitude bias adjustment to MSLP : +4.4mb

Center Temp : -87.9C Cloud Region Temp : -90.3C

Scene Type : UNIFORM CDO CLOUD REGION

Positioning Method : FORECAST INTERPOLATION

Ocean Basin : WEST PACIFIC
Dvorak CI > MSLP Conversion Used : PACIFIC

Tno/CI Rules : Constraint Limits : NO LIMIT
Weakening Flag : OFF
Rapid Dissipation Flag : OFF
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#66 Postby CrazyC83 » Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:26 pm

Now a typhoon according to the JTWC (65 kt 1-min).
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#67 Postby HURAKAN » Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:36 pm

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Very strong convection associated with this system.
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Re: Severe Tropical Storm Hagabis 23W : Models Thread

#68 Postby cycloneye » Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:49 pm

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#69 Postby HURAKAN » Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:58 pm

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This kind of rainfall will be like a dream for the SE United States.
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#70 Postby Chacor » Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:22 pm

This is still a severe tropical storm from JMA. T4.0 at 00z so probably no upgrade yet from them. Can the topic please be changed to reflect official status.
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#71 Postby CrazyC83 » Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:48 pm

How does the Dvorak scale translate for 10-min winds? I know T4.0 = 65 kt (1-min), but probably wouldn't be typhoon status for 10-min winds.
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#72 Postby CrazyC83 » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:36 pm

Regardless, JMA now has it as a typhoon.
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#73 Postby Chacor » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:00 pm

CrazyC83 wrote:How does the Dvorak scale translate for 10-min winds? I know T4.0 = 65 kt (1-min), but probably wouldn't be typhoon status for 10-min winds.


JMA does use T4.0 = 65 kts but they don't always follow the scale.

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  CI        MWS         MWS         EQUIV        U.S.
Number    (Knots)      (MPH)        (KT)         (KT)
1                                               25 KTS
1.5                                             25 KTS
2         30 KTS      35 MPH       34 KTS       30 KTS
2.5       35 KTS      40 MPH       40 KTS       35 KTS
3         45 KTS      52 MPH       51 KTS       45 KTS
3.5       55 KTS      63 MPH       63 KTS       55 KTS
4         65 KTS      75 MPH       74 KTS       65 KTS
4.5       70 KTS      81 MPH       80 KTS       77 KTS
5         77 KTS      89 MPH       88 KTS       90 KTS
5.5       85 KTS      98 MPH       97 KTS      102 KTS
6         93 KTS     107 MPH      106 KTS      115 KTS
6.5      100 KTS     115 MPH      114 KTS      127 KTS
7        107 KTS     123 MPH      122 KTS      140 KTS
7.5      115 KTS     132 MPH      131 KTS      155 KTS
8        122 KTS     140 MPH      139 KTS      170 KTS

CI    -- Current Intensity
MWS   -- Mean Wind Speed - 10-minute averages
EQUIV -- Equivalent wind speed in 1-minute (US) terms
U.S.  -- Comparison with U.S. 1-minute Dvorak scale
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Re: Typhoon Hagabis in South China Sea : Models Thread

#74 Postby hcane27 » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:51 pm

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#75 Postby Chacor » Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:50 pm

Really interesting forecast from JMA:

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#76 Postby Chacor » Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:52 pm

JMA seems to be following GFS' lead in u-turning the storm.
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#77 Postby Cyclenall » Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:56 pm

HURAKAN wrote:Image

This kind of rainfall will be like a dream for the SE United States.

It would be more like a nightmare, the amount of rain would flood the heck out of them. That convection is very solid and perfect.
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Possible Fujiwhara interaction between Mitag and Hagabus?

#78 Postby wxmann_91 » Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:20 am

Sorry if this is out of place. I didn't know which thread to put it in, since this deals with both storms. Feel free to merge it if necessary.

Don't ask me why I wrote this in the form of a scientific paper; I just felt like it.

Abstract
The WPAC has heated up again! Not one, but two typhoons have developed in the basin. Mitag (no, not Maytag) in the Philippine Sea, and Hagibus in the South China Sea (hereafter; SCS). Both were upgraded earlier today. Supposedly, Mitag is on a collision course with the Philippines, and supposedly, Hagibus is on a collision course with Vietnam. However, this may not be the case. This post will outline why.

I. Typhoon Mitag

Mitag strengthened considerably last night as an inner core attempted to consolidate. However, with the arrival of the diurnal minimum, convective clouds tops have waned again. The JTWC forecasts Mitag to become a major hurricane prior to making landfall in Luzon in about 60 hours (see Figure 1.1). Though an eye is visible on visible shots (see Figure 1.2), weak convection is precluding a stronger storm, most likely due to possible effects of dry air entrainment to the north. In addition, latest Microwave imagery indicates a poorly organized inner core (see Figure 1.2 again).

Given all the above factors, slow strengthening is more likely in the first 48 hours. Assuming no land interaction, past 48 hours, the cyclone may intensify more as the upper jet to the north moves into a position to provide greater upper diffluence. Polar outflow should remain good-excellent and equatorial outflow is fair.

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Figure 1.1. JTWC track/intensity forecast for Mitag, valid 22/0000.

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Figure 1.2. 4-panel Microwave and satellite data, valid 21/2237. Observe the poorly organized inner core.

II. Typhoon Hagibus

Like Mitag, Hagibus strengthened considerably last night as a CDO characterized by cloud tops in excess of -90°C consolidate overnight. This morning, patches on an eye have appeared on both visible imagery (see Figures 2.1 and 2.2), and microwave imagery (see Figures 2.1 and 2.2 again). The JTWC forecasts Hagibus to undergo little additional strengthening before making landfall in about 48 hours (see Figure 2.3).

Rapidly intensifying typhoons are rare in the SCS, and unheard of in November (Holliday and Thompson, 1979). However, yesterday night's convective burst and significant intensification was likely due to strong upper diffluence due to a 100+ kt upper jet to the north. Stablilizing effects from dry air to the north were insufficiently influential. Given trends, intensification may be more rapid than the JTWC indicates, despite climatology, especially if Hagibus remains over water longer than forecast, a possibility, as explained in the next section.

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Figure 2.1. 4-panel Microwave and satellite data, valid 22/0010. Observe the eye.

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Figure 2.2. 4-panel Microwave and satellite data, valid 22/0103. Observe the eye.

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Figure 2.3. JTWC track/intensity forecast for Hagibus, valid 22/0000.

III. Track Forecasts

This is perhaps the most complicated portion of the forecast. The track models for Mitag do not agree with JTWC's forecast, with many models recurving Mitag before landfall in Luzon (see Figure 3.1). Even more strikingly, the globals turn Hagibus back to the east, with the NOGAPS the only model agreeing with JTWC on a straight westerly course (see Figure 3.2). So what is the reason?

The cyclones seem to be close enough, and the latest deepening now indicates they are strong enough, for Fujiwhara interaction. While many of the global models seem to hint at this (most noticably, the ECMWF; see Figure 3.3), it is not set in stone yet. Satellite data indicates Mitag and Hagibus are both moving at a fairly rapid clip, to the west (see Figure 3.4). It is not yet certain whether land interaction may disrupt one or both of these circulations between any interaction can occur. Of interest as well is the propensity for models to develop yet another tropical cyclone to the east of the current two (Figure 3.3 again), which may induce further complications in the track forecasts for one or both of these typhoons.

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Figure 3.1. Track models for Mitag. Valid 21/1800.

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Figure 3.2. Track models for Hagibus. Valid 21/1800.

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Figure 3.3. Euro model loop from hr 72-240. Valid 21/1200.

IV. Acknowledgments

A special thanks to Steve (aslkahuna) for teaching me much about typhoons and typhoon climatology, and to Josh (HurricaneJosh) for providing me the impetus to post this.

IV. References

Holliday, C. R., and A. H. Thompson, 1979: Climatological Characteristics of Rapidly Intensifying Typhoons. Mon. Wea. Rev., 107, 1022-1034.
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#79 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Nov 22, 2007 6:10 am

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Getting closer to the Vietnamese coast.
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#80 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Nov 22, 2007 6:13 am

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