CPAC: FLOSSIE - Post-Tropical

[Yellow Evan]

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POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE FLOSSIE DISCUSSION NUMBER 23
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI EP062013
500 AM HST TUE JUL 30 2013

FLOSSIE HAS WEAKENED TO A POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW. SATELLITE AND
RADAR DATA AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW NEITHER A WELL-DEFINED
CIRCULATION CENTER NOR ANY WELL-ORGANIZED CONVECTION. IT IS NOT
CERTAIN THAT THERE IS EVEN STILL A LOW PRESSURE CENTER AT ALL.
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ASSOCIATED WITH A BURST OF CONVECTION DURING THE
EVENING MAY HAVE DISRUPTED THE CIRCULATION. AN OSCAT PASS AT 1045
UTC SUGGESTS THE SYSTEM HAS OPENED UP INTO A TROUGH. THE REMNANT
LOW OR TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST AT 10 TO 15 KT AND WEAKEN.

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT 30/1500Z 22.3N 159.8W 25 KT 30 MPH
12H 31/0000Z 22.6N 161.0W 20 KT 25 MPH...DISSIPATING
24H 31/1200Z DISSIPATED

$$
FORECASTER DONALDSON

[Yellow Evan]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/cap ... ry-in-ibt/

Very interesting and funny news article. I found the ordinal article regarding the mass misinfromation when I was updating the wiki article, posted it on a non-Storm2k special chatroom, where someone there forwarded it to Ryan Manue.

[Cyclenall]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/07/30/flossie-fantasy-laughably-erroneous-weather-story-in-ibt/

Very interesting and funny news article. I found the ordinal article regarding the mass misinfromation when I was updating the wiki article, posted it on a non-Storm2k special chatroom, where someone there forwarded it to Ryan Manue.

That is hilarious! Taking mainstream weather misinformation to the extreme there. Biggest facepalm in years. You can still find it cached on Google. The best part was, "Tropical Storm Flossie has weakened since its weekend tirade but has continued onward to Hawaii."

Also well-known mets are ripping this up:

Brad Panovich - ‏@wxbrad - 2h - Maybe the worst article about weather on the face of the earth. Where do I begin? http://fb.me/10lt90ESI

James Spann @spann 2h - News people need to leave weather/climate stories alone. Please. “@wxbrad: worst article about weather... http://fb.me/10lt90ESI

James Spann @spann 1h - @solbirns @weatherbrains haha… gut feeling says he is in hiding, or rehab now

Rehab...

[Yellow Evan]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/07/30/flossie-fantasy-laughably-erroneous-weather-story-in-ibt/

Very interesting and funny news article. I found the ordinal article regarding the mass misinfromation when I was updating the wiki article, posted it on a non-Storm2k special chatroom, where someone there forwarded it to Ryan Manue.

That is hilarious! Taking mainstream weather misinformation to the extreme there. Biggest facepalm in years. You can still find it cached on Google. The best part was, "Tropical Storm Flossie has weakened since its weekend tirade but has continued onward to Hawaii."

Also well-known mets are ripping this up:

Brad Panovich - ‏@wxbrad - 2h - Maybe the worst article about weather on the face of the earth. Where do I begin? http://fb.me/10lt90ESI

James Spann @spann 2h - News people need to leave weather/climate stories alone. Please. “@wxbrad: worst article about weather... http://fb.me/10lt90ESI

James Spann @spann 1h - @solbirns @weatherbrains haha… gut feeling says he is in hiding, or rehab now

Rehab...

Cached copy of article before it got removed:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... clnk&gl=us

[tolakram]

You can clearly see Flossie leaving the Islands today, LLC looks to still be spinning down.

http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ge ... umframes=8

[Yellow Evan]

You can clearly see Flossie leaving the Islands today, LLC looks to still be spinning down.

http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ge ... umframes=8

Does not look too bad at there, looks kinda cool actually. The leewered islands are getting some rain.