ATL: IGOR - Ex Hurricane - Discussion

[CrazyC83]

Cape Race reporting a pressure of 954mb with winds of 28 mph. Actual pressure is likely 952mb on that data.

[CrazyC83]

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstat ... INEWFOUN10

An unofficial station at Cape Pine, Newfoundland seems to be reporting the eye overhead with a 949mb pressure. If that is an official landfall pressure, that would be a record low for a Canadian landfall I believe.

[Chacor]

Not yet listed as "EX" in the btk file.

[jconsor]

If you compare the pressure at Cape Pine to Cape Race airport (CWRA) over the last few days when the pressure gradient was small, it is clear that the Cape Pine station's barometer averages about 0.15" (5 mb) too low. That means the real pressure there is likely about 954 mb.

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=INEWFOUN10

An unofficial station at Cape Pine, Newfoundland seems to be reporting the eye overhead with a 949mb pressure. If that is an official landfall pressure, that would be a record low for a Canadian landfall I believe.

[cyclonic chronic]

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[CrazyC83]

Even huger now. Tropical storm winds go out up to 460 miles now, with a diameter of 863 miles. The IKE and HDP have to be just insanely high.

[HurricaneBelle]

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Igor is huge, but those images represent the swath of winds over his six-day forecast path, not just the current windfield.

[hurricaneCW]

Even huger now. Tropical storm winds go out up to 460 miles now, with a diameter of 863 miles. The IKE and HDP have to be just insanely high.

Igor is very likely over 90% of the way to becoming extratropical so I'm not shocked that the wind field expanded further. Newfoundland is getting quite a beating, but I'm sure they deal with similar storms in the winter, though the pressures of those storms are probably somewhat higher.

[CrazyC83]

If you compare the pressure at Cape Pine to Cape Race airport (CWRA) over the last few days when the pressure gradient was small, it is clear that the Cape Pine station's barometer averages about 0.15" (5 mb) too low. That means the real pressure there is likely about 954 mb.

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=INEWFOUN10

An unofficial station at Cape Pine, Newfoundland seems to be reporting the eye overhead with a 949mb pressure. If that is an official landfall pressure, that would be a record low for a Canadian landfall I believe.

Makes sense, since it is now reporting 945mb with 55 kt of wind, and I doubt that Igor is 940mb right now.

[fox]

So I live in St. John's NL, and its quite crazy here. Over 250 mm of rain has come down, and the wind is really picking up. Just got sent home from work. Part of the roof started to come off. Many towns have declared a state of emergency.

[Tireman4]

Wow, look at St. John's, Newfoundland..

+More info
Past 24 HoursRadar ImagerySatellite ImageryCurrent Conditions
51 °F
Observed at: St. John's Int'l Airport
Date: 2:30 PM NDT Tuesday 21 September 2010
Condition:Heavy Rain
Pressure:28.23 inches
Tendency:falling
Visibility:2 miles
Air Quality Health Index: 2

Temperature:50.5°F
Dewpoint:50.5°F
Humidity:100 %
Wind:NNW 44 gust 61 mph


http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/forecast ... -24&unit=i

[Terry]

So I live in St. John's NL, and its quite crazy here. Over 250 mm of rain has come down, and the wind is really picking up. Just got sent home from work. Part of the roof started to come off. Many towns have declared a state of emergency.

Stay safe & please update us.

[Terry]

What an incredible hurricane.
Here are some recent tweets I found.

30 min. ago: Bonavista: pk wind 144 kmh; rainfall 194 mm.
I hour ago: St. John's now officially seeing Gusts to 100 km/h. Sustained 70 km/h.


VIDEO of flooding & road washing out

Man allegedly swept out to sea and more stories of the storm with photos.

[CrazyC83]

It looks to be their worst storm in a long time...

I'd say it is stronger than 70 kt right now, perhaps as high as 85 kt based on earlier oil rig reports. I think it might have been a Cat 2 over Newfoundland.

[tropicana]

St John's NL just reported sustained 93km/h and wind gust to 126 km/h, prssures 955mb

Argentia NL NW 94km/h gusting to 133 km/h pressures 967mb ( rising from 962mb a couple of hours ago)

-justin-

[CrazyC83]

St John's NL just reported sustained 93km/h and wind gust to 126 km/h, prssures 955mb

Argentia NL NW 94km/h gusting to 133 km/h pressures 967mb ( rising from 962mb a couple of hours ago)

-justin-

Bonavista once again is reporting 116 km/h sustained for a second straight hour (that is 73 mph). I would guess there were winds of 80-90 mph in that time as well.

[Terry]

tweet:

Sustained Winds in St. John's now 93 km/h... gusting to 126 km/h. It sounds like the roof is going to blow off the CBC building!!!

[CrazyC83]

Maybe Igor has at least some chance of being retired now?

[Tireman4]

Even windier still...

Current Conditions
49 °F
Observed at: St. John's Int'l Airport
Date: 3:57 PM NDT Tuesday 21 September 2010
Condition:Light Rain
Pressure:28.35 inches
Visibility:4 miles
Air Quality Health Index: 2

Temperature:48.7°F
Dewpoint:49.5°F
Humidity:100 %
Wind:NNW 52 gust 85 mph

[CrazyC83]

EC is calling it post-tropical now. I would guess 5 pm will be the last NHC advisory.