ATL: BARRY - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[Frank2]

Late last week the GFS did show a shadow of a low system left behind in the NW Gulf - perhaps that's what is there now....

[jasons2k]

Somehow New Orleans has been missing most of the heavy rain bands. Talk about dodging a bullet (so far)! Huge relief.

[ScottNAtlanta]

Barry and his twin in w, gulf

Baby Barry

[NDG]

Somehow New Orleans has been missing most of the heavy rain bands. Talk about dodging a bullet (so far)! Huge relief.

They already had their share of flooding rains 4 days ago, before Barry formed.

[sphelps8681]

We have been getting a ton a rain for the last couple of hours. Looks like more to come.

[CrazyC83]

So, it was just a steady rain for me today in eastern MS. Felt tropical but the temperatures were a lot cooler than normal (around 73 to 76).

[Steve]

Looking at the radar estimates, there are a few areas that looked to have taken the biggest hit. just NE of Lake Charles near Oberlin looks to have hit the 18-22" since Friday. Thing is, they're still under some 2"+ an hour, so they'll likely top 24".


Hattiesburg and north (10-12")


Then Baton Rouge and NE from there got in the teens, but I can't get a good angle on it.

[jasons2k]

Somehow New Orleans has been missing most of the heavy rain bands. Talk about dodging a bullet (so far)! Huge relief.

They already had their share of flooding rains 4 days ago, before Barry formed.

https://i.imgur.com/lgo6kB7.jpg

Nothing like it could have been; it would have been much much worse.

[tailgater]

I have a few questions but first I’d like wish everyone affected badly by Barry good luck in the thier recovery. I have 3 dehumidifiers available, if someone needs them. Pm me.
First question was Barry definitely a truly tropical system. I didn’t notice any recon center fixes with a proper temperature inversion.?
Could the freshwater from the Unusually high Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers have any effect on this storm or any other? I know salinity plays a small part but the way the storm looked on satellite was like the half that was well off the continental shelf looked normal, while the northern part was pretty much void of convection. Probably just the dry air and shear as mention before but I was just thinking it might have played a small roll that models couldn’t pick up on
Why were the models MOSTLY so far off on the rainfall timing and location and amounts.
Barry was actually pretty good for me here in Ascension Parish dropping a much needed 3 /12 inches over 3 or 4 days. Sorry about the folks to the east and west of me

[NDG]

Somehow New Orleans has been missing most of the heavy rain bands. Talk about dodging a bullet (so far)! Huge relief.

They already had their share of flooding rains 4 days ago, before Barry formed.

https://i.imgur.com/lgo6kB7.jpg

I lived in Nola for 25 years, most times flooding events were not predicted, like that Wednesday morning before Barry formed.
Another big one was May '95