Hurricane Gordon - Cat. 3

[rainyday]

Click on GORDAN current run track image.

http://moe.met.fsu.edu/mm5

[LAwxrgal]

I agree, he is a handsome-looking little storm and probably pretty intense too. Glad to know he is gone fishin'. Hope his little sister behaves too. This morning before work I went out for my jog and saw neighbors just getting around to fixing their roof.

[lester]

bump

[AnnularCane]

Gordon needs some attention too.

[Buck]

I'm a bit skeptical that the intensity peaked at only 120. This looked to be a borderline Cat 3/Cat 4 for a while.

[Gorky]

The last few frames seem to show gordon slowing down and moving close to Due East.. Maybe a wobble, but It doesn't look like ti will be anywhere near it's next forecast point if it keeps this up

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t2/loop-vis.html

[Epsilon_Fan]

I wonder how long he'll hold together before he reaches those islands? Are those the Canaries?

[WindRunner]

Models initialized at 100kts.

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                    *   ATLANTIC SHIPS INTENSITY FORECAST       *
                    *        GOES/OHC INPUT INCLUDED            *

                       GORDON      AL072006  09/15/06  00 UTC

TIME (HR)          0     6    12    18    24    36    48    60    72    84    96   108   120
V (KT) NO LAND   100    95    89    83    77    66    57    49    45    39    35    31    30
V (KT) LAND      100    95    89    83    77    66    57    49    45    39    35    31    30
V (KT) LGE mod   100    94    87    81    76    68    62    58    55    53    50    48    46


[CrazyC83]

Those are the Azores.

[AJC3]

I'm a bit skeptical that the intensity peaked at only 120. This looked to be a borderline Cat 3/Cat 4 for a while.

The only problem with that thought (as others have said earlier) is that the satellite intenisty estimates were a wee bit on the low side b/c the convection, albeit intense, was not quite as cold-topped as seen in similar looking systems. When this is the case, this translates into is a system not being quite as efficient as transporting stronger winds the to the surface, when compared to those systems with much colder cloud tops.

[mtm4319]

Pre- and post-eclipse... like night and day almost.


(0315 GMT)


(0815 GMT)

[cycloneye]

15/1745 UTC 31.2N 53.5W T4.5/5.0 GORDON

15/1145 UTC 31.1N 53.3W T4.0/5.0 GORDON


If you look at the SSD position this morning at 11:45z compared to the 17:45z this afternoon,it is crawling.

[storms in NC]

I just seen that a few mins ago when I was looking at the vloop. But is it not suppose to pick up some speed? I thought is was to pick up and move on out.

[AnnularCane]

I'm not sure he's even moving at all.

Not doing too bad convection-wise though. Still a lovely little storm. I do miss that beautiful eye though.

[gatorcane]

looks like he is moving back ever slowly west to me.

[storms in NC]

looks like he is moving back ever slowly west to me.

It was a jump in the frame. Not moving west. moving slowly to the NW

[gatorcane]

Looks like Gordon has stopped moving.

[Dr. Jonah Rainwater]

PLOP. That's the sound of Gordon falling into the ocean. All eyes on Helene now....

[StormTracker]

PLOP. That's the sound of Gordon falling into the ocean. All eyes on Helene now....

Yeah, I still think something FREAKY is going to happen to make all the models start majorly disagreeing with each other again about Helene!

[Coredesat]

15/2345 UTC 31.0N 53.5W T3.5/4.5 GORGON

Gordon is quite a beast this evening!