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#21 Postby JonathanBelles » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:07 pm

also am i correct in saying alberto took up 2.51 ACE's?
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#22 Postby whereverwx » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:16 pm

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#23 Postby tropicana » Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:05 am

POST-TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3.30 AM NDT
FRIDAY 16 JUNE 2006.


...GALE CENTRE PASSING OVER THE AVALON PENINSULA THIS MORNING...


AT 3.30 AM NDT... POST-TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 45.5 N AND LONGITUDE 57.8 W... ABOUT 120 MILES
OR 190 KM EAST SOUTHEAST OF SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA . MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
ESTIMATED AT 50MPH... 83 KM/H... AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 983 MB.
THE REMNANTS OF ALBERTO ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32MPH...52 KM/H.


THE AREA OF RAIN AT TIMES HEAVY DISSIPATED OVER NOVA SCOTIA
DURING THE NIGHT. STRONG WINDS DIMINISHED THROUGHOUT THE REGIONS
AS THE STORM MOVED FARTHER AWAY. AS A RESULT WIND AND RAINFALL
WARNINGS ARE ENDED FOR NOVA SCOTIA AND CAPE BRETON.

STRONG WINDS AROUND THIS SYSTEM CAN BE EXPECTED TO AFFECT
PORTIONS OF NEWFOUNDLAND TODAY AS THIS POST-TROPICAL SYSTEM
CROSSES THE AVALON PENINSULA. THE ATLANTIC STORM PREDICTION
CENTRE MAINTAINS A WIND WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH
COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

GALE TO STORM FORCE WINDS IN THE RANGE OF 45 TO 60 KNOTS WERE
REPORTED OVERNIGHT AROUND POST-TROPICAL ALBERTO. THE SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN SLOWLY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT BEGINS MOVING AWAY
FROM THE AVALON PENINSULA LATER TODAY.
THE ATLANTIC STORM PREDICTION CENTRE IS MAINTAINING STORM AND GALE
WARNINGS FOR MANY MARITIME AND NEWFOUNDLAND MARINE AREAS.


AS MENTIONNED IN THE PREVIOUS BULLETINS WE CONTINUE TO CALL THIS
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM POST-TROPICAL ALBERTO. PT ALBERTO
HAS WEAKENED DURING THE NIGHT AS THE WARM HUMID AIR CONTINUED TO
PULL OUT OF THE AREA FOLLOWED BY LARGE AREA OF DRY AIR MERGING
INTO THE SYSTEM.

MODELS CONSISTENTLY MAINTAIN SIMILAR POSITION AND INTENSITY WHICH
COMPELS US TO MAINTAIN THE SAME TRACK AS BEFORE WITH PRESSURE
VALUES A LITTLE LOWER. THE SYSTEM IS BEING DEPRIVED FROM THE
ELEMENTS WHICH CAUSED THE PREVIOUS INTENSIFICATION. CONSEQUENTLY
IT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT PASSES OVER COLDER WATER DURING
THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS. HOWEVER IT HAS ENOUGH UPPER SUPPORT
TO MAINTAIN A GALE CENTRE WHILE WEAKENING SLOWLY ALONG THE WAY.

RECORD RAINFALLS FOR THU JUN 15 2006

Truro NS 26.8mm
Halifax NS 39.7mm
Sydney NS 47.4mm
Greenwood NS 47.6mm

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#24 Postby P.K. » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:27 am

The Met Office forecast charts show Ex-Alberto centred north of Northern Ireland at around 1000hPa in three days time. The GFS then gives me a massive 0.1-0.2mm of rain from it. :lol:
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#25 Postby tropicana » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:27 am

POST-TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 9.30 AM NDT
FRIDAY 16 JUNE 2006.

... REMNANTS OF POST-TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO CROSSING NEAR THE
AVALON PENINSULA THIS MORNING...



AT 9.30 AM NDT... POST-TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 47.7 N AND LONGITUDE 55.4 W... ABOUT 70 MILES
OR 110 KM WEST NORTHWEST OF ARGENTIA, NEWFOUNDLAND (NEAR PLACENTIA BAY, JUST EAST OF THE GRAND BANKS) MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
ARE ESTIMATED AT 45MPH... 74 KM/H... AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 987
MB. ALBERTO IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 37MPH... 59 KM/H.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ARE FORECAST AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM BUT
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. GUSTY WINDS
CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEASTERN REGIONS. CONDITIONS
WILL IMPROVE BEHIND IT.

GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE RANGE OF 35 TO 50 KNOTS CAN BE
EXPECTED AROUND POST-TROPICAL ALBERTO. THE SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN SLOWLY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS RESULTING
IN DIMINISHING WINDS.
THE ATLANTIC STORM PREDICTION CENTRE IS MAINTAINING GALE
FORCE WIND WARNINGS FOR THE EASTERN MARITIME WATERS. GALE
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT OVER THE SOUTHERN NEWFOUNDLAND WATERS.

THE GALE CENTRE NEAR THE AVALON PENINSULA LOST ITS
POST-TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS DURING THE NIGHT AS IT
CONTINUED TO WEAKEN. VISIBLE SATELLITE PICTURES PLACE
THE STORM CENTRE OVER THE FORTUNE BAY AREA. EAST OF THE
STORM CENTRE DOPPLER RADAR SIGNATURES INDICATE WINDS OF
40 TO 50 KNOTS CONTINUE AT ISSUE TIME BUT ARE SHOWING
INDICATIONS OF SLOWLY DIMINISHING.

FOR COMMUNICATION PURPOSES WE WILL REFER TO POST-TROPICAL ALBERTO
UNTIL THE LAST BULLETIN.

MODELS CONSISTENTLY MAINTAIN SIMILAR POSITION AND INTENSITY WHICH
COMPELS US TO MAINTAIN THE SAME TRACK AS BEFORE WITH PRESSURE
VALUES A LITTLE LOWER. THE SYSTEM IS DEPRIVED FROM THE
ELEMENTS WHICH CAUSED CYCLOGENESIS ON THURSDAY. CONSEQUENTLY
IT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT PASSES OVER COLDER WATER DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER IT HAS SUFFICIENT UPPER SUPPORT
TO MAINTAIN A GALE CENTRE WHILE WEAKENING SLOWLY ALONG THE WAY.

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#26 Postby tropicana » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:34 am

3 RESCUED FROM NOVA SCOTIA WATERS
Thu Jun 15 2006

Three people were plucked from rough waters 200 kilometres south of Halifax in a joint rescue effort by Canadian and U.S. military late Thursday night.

The three were aboard a Halifax-registered sailboat when they began taking in water in heavy seas caused by the remnants of tropical storm Alberto.
Their emergency beacon was picked up by a Hercules military plane and Canadian Coast Guard search craft set out to pick them up.

A pump was lowered to the sailboat to help remove water from the boat until they were airlifted to safety by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter that just happened to be in Yarmouth, N.S.
The three were taken to a Yarmouth hospital for observation but did not appear to suffer any serious injuries.

Canadian aircraft also assisted in the search for an American vessel missing 370 kilometres south of Halifax. A sailboat carrying four people and bound for Europe from Newport, Rhode Island sent out a distress signal around noon Thursday. Three people on board the ship, including the owner and his son, are British citizens. The other is an American woman. The U.S. Coast Guard had dispatched aircraft and a ship to the search which were also hampered by high winds.

The ship had not been found as of midnight Thursday.



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#27 Postby Hybridstorm_November2001 » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:44 am

Updated Bolg with new info and chart:

http://hybridstorm-weatherblog.blogspot.com/
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#28 Postby Hybridstorm_November2001 » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:49 am

A boat has gone missing in the storm. I have a link at the top of my blog to a news story about.
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#29 Postby senorpepr » Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:25 pm

The Germans are starting to track Alberto's remnants...

http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/de/wetter/maps/anabwkna.gif
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#30 Postby SouthFloridawx » Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:30 pm

This reminds me of, "The Storm of the Century". I know it's not the same thing but, similar kind of high winds and high waves.
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#31 Postby tropicana » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:03 pm

POST-TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3.30 PM NDT
FRIDAY 16 JUNE 2006.

...THIS WILL BE THE LAST INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED
REGARDING POST-TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO...



AT 3.30 PM NDT... POST-TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 48.9 N AND LONGITUDE 51.5 W... ABOUT 105 MILES
OR 170 KM NORTH NORTHEAST OF ST JOHNS . MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
ARE ESTIMATED AT 45MPH... 74 KM/H... AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT
990 MB. ALBERTO IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35MPH... 56 KM/H.

POST-TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AVALON
PENINSULA INTO EASTERN MARINE WATERS AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
OFF TO THE NORTHEAST RAPIDLY. THE CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM.


STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE RANGE OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS CAN BE
EXPECTED AROUND POST-TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO. THE SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN SLOWLY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS RESULTING
IN DIMINISHING WINDS OVER ALL MARINE WATERS.
THE ATLANTIC STORM PREDICTION CENTRE IS MAINTAINING GALE
FORCE WIND WARNINGS FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND WATERS.

THE STORM CENTRE TRACKED NORTHEAST OF THE AVALON PENINSULA AND
HAS NO LONGER ANY POST-TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AS IT
CONTINUES TO WEAKEN. VISIBLE SATELLITE PICTURES PLACE
THE STORM CENTRE EAST OF THE BONAVISTA PENINSULA.

THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT
PASSES OVER COLDER WATERS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND HEADS
SOUTH OF GREENLAND. MODELS MAINTAIN ITS UPPER SUPPORT AS IT TRACKS
INTO NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC WATERS.

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#32 Postby CrazyC83 » Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:56 pm

It's now in the hands of the Ocean Prediction Center and Scandinavian authorities.
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#33 Postby JonathanBelles » Fri Jun 16, 2006 3:10 pm

does anyone have a map of how it got from the carilinas to where it is now?
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#34 Postby P.K. » Fri Jun 16, 2006 3:10 pm

Once it gets east of 35W it is in the Met Office's area. No Scandinavian countries are responsible for any Met Area forecasts.

HIGH SEAS BULLETIN FOR METAREA 1
ISSUED AT 2000 ON FRIDAY 16 JUNE 2006
BY THE MET OFFICE, ABERDEEN, UNITED KINGDOM

NO STORMS

GENERAL SYNOPSIS
AT 161200 UTC, LOW 52 NORTH 22 WEST 1012 EXPECTED HEBRIDES 1009 BY
171200 UTC. LOW 67 NORTH 28 WEST 996 EXPECTED 72 NORTH 16 WEST 998 BY
SAME TIME. LOW 48 NORTH 54 WEST 992 EXPECTED 54 NORTH 38 WEST 996 BY
THAT TIME


AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

....................

WEST NORTHERN SECTION
IN NORTH, SOUTHWEST 3 OR 4, BUT 5 OR 6 AT FIRST IN SOUTHEAST,
BECOMING VARIABLE 3 OR 4 LATER. SHOWERS. MAINLY GOOD.
IN SOUTH, SOUTH BECOMING CYCLONIC 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 LATER IN
SOUTHEAST. OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD


WEST CENTRAL SECTION
IN NORTH, SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5 BECOMING CYCLONIC 6 TO GALE 8. OCCASIONAL
RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD.
IN SOUTH, SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5 INCREASING 6 TO GALE 8, VEERING WEST LATER
IN WEST. RAIN. MODERATE OR POOR


..................

UNSCHEDULED STORM WARNINGS ARE BROADCAST VIA SAFETYNET AND IN
BULLETIN WONT54 EGRR AVAILABLE VIA SOME INTERNET AND FTPMAIL
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#35 Postby Hybridstorm_November2001 » Fri Jun 16, 2006 3:54 pm

Search continues for the missing boat "Free Spirit", but a debris field has been located in the area :(

http://hybridstorm-weatherblog.blogspot.com/
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#36 Postby P.K. » Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:24 am

Ex-Alberto is now just to the west of the UK. It is the 996hPa low around 55N 19W here.
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#37 Postby Hybridstorm_November2001 » Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:01 pm

Coast Guard ends search for missing boat Free Spirit :(

http://hybridstorm-weatherblog.blogspot.com/
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#38 Postby P.K. » Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:40 am

Ex-Alberto is still around. http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/de/wetter/maps/anabwkna.gif and http://85.214.49.20/wz/pics/bracka.gif The cold front from it brought cloud over here yesterday but no rain sadly.
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