WPAC: DUJUAN - Post-Tropical

Moderator: S2k Moderators

Message
Author
User avatar
1900hurricane
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 6044
Age: 32
Joined: Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:04 pm
Location: Houston, TX
Contact:

#161 Postby 1900hurricane » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:51 am

It really shouldn't. JTWC's DT should have been 7.0. Still, for the reasons I mentioned above I would have hedged lower than an intensity corresponding to a 7.0, but higher than one associated with a 6.5. I highly doubt JTWC will go any higher than their FT though.
0 likes   
Contract Meteorologist. TAMU & MSST. Fiercely authentic, one of a kind. We are all given free will, so choose a life meant to be lived. We are the Masters of our own Stories.
Opinions expressed are mine alone.

Follow me on Twitter at @1900hurricane : Read blogs at https://1900hurricane.wordpress.com/

User avatar
Yellow Evan
Professional-Met
Professional-Met
Posts: 15948
Age: 25
Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:48 pm
Location: Henderson, Nevada/Honolulu, HI
Contact:

#162 Postby Yellow Evan » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:00 am

I'd go 135 knts at 6z if I was the JTWC based on appearance only due to lack of reliable intensity estimates. Don't feel comfortable thinking this is a Cat 5 without at least some sort evidence
0 likes   

User avatar
euro6208
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 18547
Joined: Mon Mar 08, 2004 7:50 pm
Location: Guam

Re: WPAC: DUJUAN - Typhoon

#163 Postby euro6208 » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:04 am

Latest forecast brings at least 60 mph to Taipei just outside of sustained typhoon winds. That could change...
0 likes   
Remember, all of my post aren't official. For official warnings and discussions, Please refer to your local NWS products...

NWS for the Western Pacific

https://www.weather.gov/gum/

User avatar
euro6208
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 18547
Joined: Mon Mar 08, 2004 7:50 pm
Location: Guam

Re: WPAC: DUJUAN - Typhoon

#164 Postby euro6208 » Sun Sep 27, 2015 3:52 am

Image

WDPN31 PGTW 270900
MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI//
SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TYPHOON 21W (DUJUAN) WARNING NR 23//
RMKS/
1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS.
2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS.
TYPHOON (TY) 21W (DUJUAN), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 320 NM EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF TAIPEI, TAIWAN, HAS TRACKED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 08
KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE
IMAGERY SHOWS THE EYE HAS ENLARGED TO 43 NM AS HIGHLY SYMMETRIC DEEP
CONVECTIVE BANDING WOUND TIGHTER INTO THE EYE. THE INITIAL POSITION
IS BASED ON THE EYE FEATURE AND EXTRAPOLATED FROM A WELL-DEFINED
MICROWAVE LOW REFLECTIVITY CIRCULATION CENTER IN THE 270507Z AMSU-B
PASS WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE. THE INITIAL INTENSITY OF 125 KNOTS IS
BASED ON CONGRUENT DVORAK ESTIMATES FROM PGTW, KNES, AND RJTD. UPPER
LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES THE SYSTEM REMAINS IN A LOW (05-10 KNOT)
VERTICAL WIND SHEAR AREA WITH IMPROVED RADIAL OUTFLOW ENHANCED BY A
MICROSCALE ANTICYCLONE ALOFT. ADDITIONALLY, ALONG-TRACK SEA SURFACE
TEMPERATURES REMAIN CONDUCIVE AT 29 DEGREES CELSIUS. THE CYCLONE IS
TRANSITIONING TO A NEW STEERING SUBTROPICAL RIDGE (STR) CURRENTLY
ANCHORED OVER SOUTHEAST CHINA.
3. FORECAST REASONING.
A. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY SINCE THE
PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE.
B. TY 21W WILL MAINTAIN A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TRAJECTORY AS THE NEW
STEERING STR BUILDS THEN FLATTENS OUT TO THE NORTH. THE
AFOREMENTIONED ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AND PROMOTE
FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS, PEAKING AT 130 KNOTS.
AFTERWARDS, THE TYPHOON WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT BEGINS TO
INTERACT WITH TAIWAN. THE RUGGED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OF NORTHERN
TAIWAN WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ERODE THE SYSTEM BUT WILL STILL EMERGE AS A
MODERATE TYPHOON IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT BY TAU 36. TY 21W WILL MAKE A
FINAL LANDFALL IN CHINA SOUTH OF FUZHOU, THEN RAPIDLY DECAY MAINLY
DUE TO FRICTIONAL EFFECTS. BY TAU 72, THE SYSTEM WILL BE REDUCED TO A
30-KNOT DEPRESSION.
C. TY DUJUAN WILL WEAKEN TO BELOW WARNING CRITERIA AFTER IT
DEFLECTS NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE YELLOW SEA NORTH OF SHANGHAI
BEFORE TAU 96. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A MID-LATITUDE TROUGH
APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. DYNAMIC MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS IN
GOOD AGREEMENT UP TO LANDFALL INTO CHINA THEN SPREADS OUT
SIGNIFICANTLY. IN VIEW OF THIS, THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THE JTWC
FORECAST TRACK ONLY UP TO THAT POINT.//
NNNN
0 likes   
Remember, all of my post aren't official. For official warnings and discussions, Please refer to your local NWS products...

NWS for the Western Pacific

https://www.weather.gov/gum/

User avatar
euro6208
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 18547
Joined: Mon Mar 08, 2004 7:50 pm
Location: Guam

Re: WPAC: DUJUAN - Typhoon

#165 Postby euro6208 » Sun Sep 27, 2015 5:47 am

Eye temp is the warmest it's ever been +17.4C and tops remain very cold -73.1C.

JMA has this moving very close to Taipei with Iriomote and Isihigaki likely in the huge eye.

Image
Image
0 likes   
Remember, all of my post aren't official. For official warnings and discussions, Please refer to your local NWS products...

NWS for the Western Pacific

https://www.weather.gov/gum/

Dave C
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 868
Joined: Thu Sep 04, 2003 4:36 pm
Location: Middleboro, Mass.(midway between Cape Cod and Boston)

#166 Postby Dave C » Sun Sep 27, 2015 6:45 am

It would have to move nw instead of wnw for the eye to reach those islands. The eyewall though could clip them on the north side. :double:
0 likes   

User avatar
wxman57
Moderator-Pro Met
Moderator-Pro Met
Posts: 22473
Age: 66
Joined: Sat Jun 21, 2003 8:06 pm
Location: Houston, TX (southwest)

Re: WPAC: DUJUAN - Typhoon

#167 Postby wxman57 » Sun Sep 27, 2015 9:10 am

I've been conversing with Josh Morgerman over the past few days. He should be in Taiwan shortly. Josh was on a plane enroute Taiwan 5 hrs ago. He'll be heading down the east coast to intercept Dujuan. Should be quite a storm. Satellite loop indicates a westerly motion now. Could hit just north of the center of Taiwan. Taipei may not get hit too badly if that's the case.
0 likes   

Dave C
S2K Supporter
S2K Supporter
Posts: 868
Joined: Thu Sep 04, 2003 4:36 pm
Location: Middleboro, Mass.(midway between Cape Cod and Boston)

#168 Postby Dave C » Sun Sep 27, 2015 10:14 am

The western ridge taking over steering now, city of Hualien right at 24 deg. lat. looks to get raked by north eyewalls easterly winds but hopefully land interaction will knock it down some.
0 likes   

User avatar
1900hurricane
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 6044
Age: 32
Joined: Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:04 pm
Location: Houston, TX
Contact:

#169 Postby 1900hurricane » Sun Sep 27, 2015 10:18 am

Much more of the eye is in the warm medium grey than it was several hours ago, but isn't quite completely clear. Microwave and Japanese radar shows a little bit of weakness in the northern eyewall and this might be all it's taking to get the eye to completely clear. Dujuan still remains a very impressive typhoon.

Image
0 likes   
Contract Meteorologist. TAMU & MSST. Fiercely authentic, one of a kind. We are all given free will, so choose a life meant to be lived. We are the Masters of our own Stories.
Opinions expressed are mine alone.

Follow me on Twitter at @1900hurricane : Read blogs at https://1900hurricane.wordpress.com/

User avatar
1900hurricane
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 6044
Age: 32
Joined: Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:04 pm
Location: Houston, TX
Contact:

#170 Postby 1900hurricane » Sun Sep 27, 2015 10:32 am

Uhhh...

TPPN10 PGTW 271510

A. TYPHOON 21W (DUJUAN)

B. 27/1432Z

C. 22.73N

D. 125.33E

E. FIVE/MTSAT

F. T6.0/6.5/D1.0/24HRS STT: S0.0/03HRS

G. IR/EIR

H. REMARKS: 34A/PBO LARGE EYE/ANMTN. OW SURR BY BLK (+0.5 ADJ
FOR WHITE) YIELDS A DT OF 6.0. PT AND MET AGREE. DBO DT.

I. ADDITIONAL POSITIONS:
27/1304Z 22.62N 125.73E MMHS


MARTINEZ


Image

I don't want to badmouth JTWC or anything, but just because it's a subjective Dvorak analysis doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. Even if the white doesn't meet the width requirement (i'm not sure it didn't), the eye is very clearly warm medium grey. It's not even a few isolated spots like it was yesterday.
0 likes   
Contract Meteorologist. TAMU & MSST. Fiercely authentic, one of a kind. We are all given free will, so choose a life meant to be lived. We are the Masters of our own Stories.
Opinions expressed are mine alone.

Follow me on Twitter at @1900hurricane : Read blogs at https://1900hurricane.wordpress.com/

User avatar
Yellow Evan
Professional-Met
Professional-Met
Posts: 15948
Age: 25
Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:48 pm
Location: Henderson, Nevada/Honolulu, HI
Contact:

#171 Postby Yellow Evan » Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:03 am

That meets the width requirement and that eye is WMG. No offense to the JTWC, but these Dvorak analysis have been driving me nuts the way they've been done.
0 likes   

NotoSans
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 1366
Age: 24
Joined: Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:15 am
Location: Hong Kong
Contact:

#172 Postby NotoSans » Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:30 am

JTWC has a bad habit of classifying WMG eyes as OW ones.
I would place the intensity at 130 kt right now. Not really close to a 7.0 IMO.
0 likes   

NotoSans
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 1366
Age: 24
Joined: Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:15 am
Location: Hong Kong
Contact:

#173 Postby NotoSans » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:24 pm

JTWC back to T6.5 at 18Z. The white ring is not thick enough for a 7.0 though.

TPPN10 PGTW 271819

A. TYPHOON 21W (DUJUAN)

B. 27/1732Z

C. 23.03N

D. 124.90E

E. FIVE/MTSAT

F. T6.5/6.5/D0.5/24HRS STT: D0.5/03HRS

G. IR/EIR

H. REMARKS: 34A/PBO LARGE EYE/ANMTN. WMG EYE SURROUNDED BY B
(ADDED 1.0 FOR 24NM W RING) YIELDING A DT OF 6.5. MET AND PT
AGREE WITH DT. DBO DT.

I. ADDITIONAL POSITIONS:
27/1304Z 22.62N 125.73E MMHS


CHAPPOTIN
0 likes   

Alyono
Professional-Met
Professional-Met
Posts: 6961
Joined: Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:52 pm
Location: Texas Coast

#174 Postby Alyono » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:33 pm

remember, the rain is the big thing for Taiwan
0 likes   

User avatar
Yellow Evan
Professional-Met
Professional-Met
Posts: 15948
Age: 25
Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:48 pm
Location: Henderson, Nevada/Honolulu, HI
Contact:

#175 Postby Yellow Evan » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:34 pm

:uarrow: It's really close. I've measured it through the SSD floater via a ruler and got a thick enough W to support T7.0. So, yes I have have gone with T7.0.
0 likes   

User avatar
1900hurricane
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 6044
Age: 32
Joined: Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:04 pm
Location: Houston, TX
Contact:

#176 Postby 1900hurricane » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:36 pm

Yeah, the white ring has shrunk in thickness a little. I wonder if it might have to do with what appears to be the beginning stages of a developing outer eyewall based on Japanese radar.

Image
0 likes   
Contract Meteorologist. TAMU & MSST. Fiercely authentic, one of a kind. We are all given free will, so choose a life meant to be lived. We are the Masters of our own Stories.
Opinions expressed are mine alone.

Follow me on Twitter at @1900hurricane : Read blogs at https://1900hurricane.wordpress.com/

NotoSans
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 1366
Age: 24
Joined: Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:15 am
Location: Hong Kong
Contact:

#177 Postby NotoSans » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:58 pm

JMA kept the intensity at 100 kt at 18Z. They have also shifted the forecast track slightly northward, and Dujuan is now forecast to hit the Yonaguni Island directly. Perhaps we will get some valuable observations.

Image
0 likes   

User avatar
euro6208
Category 5
Category 5
Posts: 18547
Joined: Mon Mar 08, 2004 7:50 pm
Location: Guam

Re: WPAC: DUJUAN - Typhoon

#178 Postby euro6208 » Sun Sep 27, 2015 4:14 pm

WDPN31 PGTW 272100
MSGID/GENADMIN/JOINT TYPHOON WRNCEN PEARL HARBOR HI//
SUBJ/PROGNOSTIC REASONING FOR TYPHOON 21W (DUJUAN) WARNING NR 25//
RMKS/
1. FOR METEOROLOGISTS.
2. 6 HOUR SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS.
TYPHOON (TY) 21W (DUJUAN), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 220 NM SOUTHEAST
OF TAIPEI, TAIWAN, HAS TRACKED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 KNOTS OVER
THE PAST SIX HOURS. ANIMATED ENHANCED INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY
SHOWS THE SYSTEM HAS MAINTAINED A LARGE 44-NM EYE AND CONTINUES TO
HAVE HIGHLY SYMMETRIC DEEP CONVECTION WRAPPING TIGHTLY INTO THE EYE.
THE INITIAL POSITION IS BASED ON THE EYE FEATURE WITH HIGH
CONFIDENCE. THE INITIAL INTENSITY OF 125 KNOTS IS BASED ON DVORAK
ESTIMATES FROM PGTW, KNES, AND RJTD. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES
THE SYSTEM REMAINS IN A LOW (05-10 KNOT) VWS AREA WITH EXCELLENT
DIVERGENCE. THE CYCLONE IS CURRENTLY TRACKING ALONG THE SOUTHERN
PERIPHERY OF A STR EXTENSION.
3. FORECAST REASONING.
A. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY SINCE THE
PREVIOUS PROGNOSTIC REASONING MESSAGE.
B. TY DUJUAN WILL MAINTAIN A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TRAJECTORY
THROUGH TAU 48 AS THE SYSTEM REMAINS UNDER THE STEERING INFLUENCE OF
THE STR AND THE EXTENSION SLOWLY RETREATS TO THE EAST. EXPECT TY 21W
TO BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY DUE TO LOW OHC AND SOME LAND
INTERACTION IN TAU 12 AS WELL AS COMPETING WITH THE MOUNTAINOUS
TERRAIN OF TAIWAN AND LOWER SST VALUES OF THE TAIWAN STRAIT BY TAU
24. MAKING LANDFALL IN CHINA BEFORE TAU 36, TY DUJUAN WILL CONTINUE
TO DECAY AS FRICTIONAL FORCES WILL CAUSE THE SYSTEM TO COMPLETELY
DISSIPATE BY TAU 72. ADDITIONALLY, AN APPROACHING MID-LATITUDE
TROUGH WILL FORCE THE SYSTEM TO TURN MORE POLEWARD AT THE END OF THE
FORECAST PERIOD. DYNAMIC MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT
THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD LEADING TO HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THE
JTWC FORECAST WHICH IS LAID CLOSE TO THE MULTI-MODEL CONSENSUS.//
NNNN
0 likes   
Remember, all of my post aren't official. For official warnings and discussions, Please refer to your local NWS products...

NWS for the Western Pacific

https://www.weather.gov/gum/

User avatar
Yellow Evan
Professional-Met
Professional-Met
Posts: 15948
Age: 25
Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:48 pm
Location: Henderson, Nevada/Honolulu, HI
Contact:

#179 Postby Yellow Evan » Sun Sep 27, 2015 4:15 pm

TPPN10 PGTW 272111

A. TYPHOON 21W (DUJUAN)

B. 27/2032Z

C. 23.15N

D. 124.41E

E. FIVE/MTSAT

F. T6.5/6.5/D0.5/24HRS STT: S0.0/03HRS

G. IR/EIR

H. REMARKS: 34A/PBO LARGE EYE/ANMTN. WMG EYE SURROUNDED BY B
(ADDED 1.0 FOR 28NM W RING) YIELDS A DT OF 6.5. MET AND PT
AGREE WITH DT. DBO DT.

I. ADDITIONAL POSITIONS: NONE


CHAPPOTIN

Wow, so close.
0 likes   

User avatar
Yellow Evan
Professional-Met
Professional-Met
Posts: 15948
Age: 25
Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:48 pm
Location: Henderson, Nevada/Honolulu, HI
Contact:

#180 Postby Yellow Evan » Sun Sep 27, 2015 4:49 pm

TXPQ22 KNES 272114
TCSWNP

A. 21W (DUJUAN)

B. 27/2032Z

C. 23.1N

D. 124.4E

E. ONE/MTSAT

F. T6.5/6.5/D0.5/24HRS

G. IR/EIR

H. REMARKS...SYSTEM GAS MAINTAINED WARM EYE AND STRONG CORE FOR PAST
24HRS. DT=6.5 BASED ON WARM MEDIUM GRAY EYE EMBEDDED IN BLACK AND
SURROUNDED BY WHITE RING. MET=7.0 BUT PAT=6.5. FT IS BASED ON DT.

I. ADDL POSITIONS

NIL


...SWANSON

Why no addition for BF?
0 likes   


Return to “2015”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 20 guests