EAST COAST : Tropical Depression ONE

[cycloneye]

First mission will depart at 1:30 PM EDT on Tuesday.... snip...

You meant Wednesday, right? There's no recon scheduled for today, is there?

Yes Wednesday

[HURAKAN]

Convection is shallow at best.

[HURAKAN]

[OuterBanker]

If this were August (or even July) this could be a real concern. But let's face it the SST's just won't support much convection. We maybe could receive some rain and a little wind, nothing we aren't used too.

On the other hand we already have had two close in developments, is this a sign of the season to come?

Let's hope not.

[cycloneye]

18:00 UTC Model Suite


WHXX01 KWBC 261827
CHGHUR
TROPICAL CYCLONE GUIDANCE MESSAGE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1827 UTC TUE MAY 26 2009

DISCLAIMER...NUMERICAL MODELS ARE SUBJECT TO LARGE ERRORS.
PLEASE REFER TO NHC OFFICIAL FORECASTS FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE
AND SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION.

ATLANTIC OBJECTIVE AIDS FOR

DISTURBANCE INVEST (AL912009) 20090526 1800 UTC

...00 HRS... ...12 HRS... ...24 HRS. .. ...36 HRS...
090526 1800 090527 0600 090527 1800 090528 0600

LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON
BAMS 30.6N 75.4W 32.2N 75.6W 34.1N 75.2W 36.0N 73.9W
BAMD 30.6N 75.4W 32.7N 75.5W 34.7N 74.8W 36.4N 72.8W
BAMM 30.6N 75.4W 32.4N 75.5W 34.3N 75.0W 36.0N 73.4W
LBAR 30.6N 75.4W 32.8N 74.9W 34.9N 73.8W 36.6N 71.7W
SHIP 25KTS 31KTS 37KTS 40KTS
DSHP 25KTS 31KTS 37KTS 40KTS

...48 HRS... ...72 HRS... ...96 HRS. .. ..120 HRS...
090528 1800 090529 1800 090530 1800 090531 1800

LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON
BAMS 37.8N 71.2W 41.6N 62.9W 44.8N 52.4W 46.3N 46.3W
BAMD 37.7N 69.5W 39.1N 59.8W 38.6N 49.0W 35.3N 41.5W
BAMM 37.6N 70.5W 40.2N 61.4W 41.1N 49.4W 37.4N 40.1W
LBAR 37.8N 67.9W 38.1N 56.5W 35.6N 46.0W 28.1N 47.9W
SHIP 44KTS 47KTS 44KTS 36KTS
DSHP 44KTS 47KTS 44KTS 36KTS

...INITIAL CONDITIONS...
LATCUR = 30.6N LONCUR = 75.4W DIRCUR = 355DEG SPDCUR = 13KT
LATM12 = 28.0N LONM12 = 75.0W DIRM12 = 347DEG SPDM12 = 14KT
LATM24 = 25.3N LONM24 = 74.6W
WNDCUR = 25KT RMAXWD = 45NM WNDM12 = 20KT
CENPRS = 1010MB OUTPRS = 1013MB OUTRAD = 200NM SDEPTH = M
RD34NE = 0NM RD34SE = 0NM RD34SW = 0NM RD34NW = 0NM

[HURAKAN]

18Z

AL, 91, 2009052618, , BEST, 0, 306N, 754W, 25, 1010

Pressure up 1 mb

[KWT]

Convection is indeed shallow though will be interesting to see exactly what sort of state the core of this system is in, certainly not impossible that this is a subtropical type feature.

[wxman57]

Note that the NHC did not identify any areas of possible development on their graphical TDO. Surface obs suggest that the rotation we're seeing is aloft and nowhere near the surface.

It only has about another 24 hours before it begins accelerating off to the NNE, so not much time to organize. Looks like just a rainmaker for eastern NC.

[HURAKAN]

[Aric Dunn]

since things have not got going yet .. they probably will not .. but still needs to be watch as it will be passing over the gulf stream over the next 12 hours...
convection needs to develop for this to do any thing,...

[Ed Mahmoud]

JB says loss of daytime heating over land, warmer water of the Gulf Stream in its path, and a tighter pressure gradient as it heads toards high pressure will help refire storms and help this organize.


JB is a pro met...


Me, personally, not a pro-met, it looks pathetic, but I am a complete amateur.

[capepoint]

I'm on the Southern Outer Banks, (about 8 miles from Cape Lookout Lighthouse in fact) and the local mets say we will get more weather from the pressure gradient between this storm and a front moving in from northwest, than we will get from the storm itself. 40% chance of rain tomorrow from storm, but winds caused by gradient may gust 25 or so (not a big deal here, thats almost everyday! lol) from E and NE then go back southerly Thursday.
Cloudy, a few spotty showers, light sea-breeze from SW here today.
Welcome back from winter everyone!

[HURAKAN]

Chances of development appear low at best.

[Aric Dunn]

JB says loss of daytime heating over land, warmer water of the Gulf Stream in its path, and a tighter pressure gradient as it heads toards high pressure will help refire storms and help this organize.


JB is a pro met...


Me, personally, not a pro-met, it looks pathetic, but I am a complete amateur.

right well that make sense.. we see that all the time.. coastal convection in the mornings near land dissipate as the land heats up and substance over the water develops... and with such a weak system it is possible that it can have that effect on it
also diurnal effects as well play a role.. will see the gulf is for sure warmer than where it is now.. the 12 hours will make or break any chances of this doing anything trop/sub trop..

[xironman]

When I look at the visible I see a good sized eddy way off to the west, around 31 - 78. I wonder how much energy that pulled out of the system.

[MGC]

91L has a small chance...lets see what happens when 91L interacts with the Gulf Stream.....I've seen systems rapidly develope when over the GS......MGC

[OpieStorm]

Wonder why the NHC has been so trigger happy with these invests. Both 90L and this one were hardly impressive.

[brunota2003]

They can be used as tests for the models, that is why these invests have been tagged (plus you never know...90L got REALLY close)

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

2nd close call in May!
First 90L which was extremely close to being Ana.
Now 91L.

I think we may briefly see something out of this, as in a depression
or minimal TS since it is over the Gulf Stream.

For May, 2009 has been hyperactive;
at this rate the heart of the season could total
17+ named storms (just my wild guess).

[OpieStorm]

In my 15+ years of tracking tropical cyclones I never knew that 2 areas of thunderstomrs in May meant we were on pace to a hyperactive season.Interesting.