CAT 5 Hurricane Dean - Archived threads

[Normandy]

.......... O_O

The 315 image is astounding....Dean is REALLY deepening.....this is terrible.

Do you have a link?? I would like to watch too!

Here.
http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastconusir.html

Folks, borderline RI here.

[kurtpage]

.......... O_O

The 315 image is astounding....Dean is REALLY deepening.....this is terrible.

Do you have a link?? I would like to watch too!

Here.
http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastconusir.html

Folks, borderline RI here.

What do you mean by borderline RI??

[WxGuy1]

This is the first time I've seen a perfect red ring in the highest reading
on the AVN IR image around the eye of a hurricane. The next color up is grey.
I've never seen grey in a hurricane eyewall before.

That may change tonight.

Slightly off-topic, but if you want to see an insane IR image, you need to check out Wilma as it was rapidly intensifying. Now THIS is what a record-breaking hurricane looks like on IR (note the extreme coverage of temps colder than -80C!):



Another image is at http://www.tornadocentral.com/now/wilmaIRb.jpg (a little earlier than the above).

^^^^ THE ABOVE IS A 2005 IMAGE OF WILMA -- THIS IS NOT A CURRENT IMAGE OF DEAN!

[Sanibel]

Look at Dean's eye! Drastically different from the days of EWRC discussion!

[cycloneye]

As Dean passes by the Bay Islands, Roatan, sitting at 16.38, about 150 miles south of the eye,
is being pelted by wind gusts of 30+ knots and we expect more throughout the night.
Relieved we are not in the path again, but nonetheless,
cautious of what Mother Nature can bring on, at any moment. Most workers returned home about 4:00pm
today and Roatan has pretty much shut down for the night. Most are socked in and not moving anywhere.
We continue to pray for those in Belize and the Yucatan where Dean is heading at the moment. All is well
on Roatan and God bless those in Dean's path...

http://stormcarib.com/

A message from Roatan.I join in the prayers to all who will be in the path of Dean in the Yucatan Peninsula and Mainland Mexico.

Un mensaje desde Roatan,Honduras que se solidariza con los que van a estar en la trajectoria de Dean.

[srainhoutx]

Floating IR over the globe in GE, somewhat of a viz of the monster approaching the peninsula.




Coming up on 6,000 posts on this storm.

Great Post. Thank You

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

[kurtpage]

Floating IR over the globe in GE, somewhat of a viz of the monster approaching the peninsula.




Coming up on 6,000 posts on this storm.

Where did you get this graphic?

[Stratosphere747]

IMO, as insane as Wilma was. It will not be in the same class as seeing a possible deepening cat 5 make LF.

[CrazyC83]

385
URNT15 KNHC 210334
AF306 1504A DEAN HDOB 03 20070821
032500 2900N 08844W 4098 07485 0475 -150 -438 162022 022 030 000 00
032530 2858N 08844W 4098 07485 0476 -151 -430 163021 021 029 000 00
032600 2855N 08843W 4098 07491 0478 -153 -402 164021 021 029 000 00
032630 2853N 08842W 4099 07490 0478 -154 -395 166020 020 028 000 00
032700 2851N 08841W 4099 07488 0479 -152 -405 168019 019 027 000 00
032730 2849N 08841W 4098 07496 0479 -150 -405 165019 019 025 000 00
032800 2846N 08840W 4098 07488 0479 -150 -404 162019 020 025 000 00
032830 2844N 08839W 4099 07487 0478 -150 -408 161018 018 024 000 00
032900 2841N 08839W 4099 07492 0478 -150 -410 160018 019 024 000 00
032930 2839N 08838W 4098 07496 0478 -150 -387 159020 021 025 000 00
033000 2837N 08837W 4098 07490 0480 -155 -349 161021 021 026 000 00
033030 2834N 08836W 4098 07485 0479 -151 -333 156020 020 027 000 00
033100 2832N 08836W 4100 07489 0480 -150 -363 155020 020 025 000 00
033130 2830N 08835W 4099 07495 0480 -153 -348 155021 022 027 000 00
033200 2827N 08834W 4099 07491 0481 -152 -312 156021 021 027 000 00
033230 2825N 08833W 4098 07494 0480 -150 -341 155021 021 027 000 00
033300 2822N 08833W 4102 07483 0480 -146 -338 150019 019 028 000 00
033330 2820N 08832W 4099 07488 0480 -149 -253 153020 021 026 000 00
033400 2818N 08831W 4096 07499 0479 -150 +999 152021 021 027 000 01
033430 2815N 08830W 4098 07492 0481 -150 +999 149022 022 028 000 01
$$

[srainhoutx]

IMO, as insane as Wilma was. It will not be in the same class as seeing a possible deepening cat 5 make LF.

Bingo

[mf_dolphin]

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/show_plot.php? ... sght&uom=E

36.1 ft waves wow!

[jaxfladude]

Hurricane Dean (2007) now likey to retired next April........

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Winds hole major hurricane winds where with in 5-8 miles of that 2 mile wide eye to. This has it likely out to 12-15+ on all sides.

[srainhoutx]

Imagine for a moment. A 30-40 mile lawn mower moving inland.

[jaxfladude]

Winds hole major hurricane winds where with in 5-8 miles of that 2 mile wide eye to. This has it likely out to 12-15+ on all sides.

So basically a huge EF-3 tornado??
EDIT: A long lasting one at that

[kurtpage]

Winds hole major hurricane winds where with in 5-8 miles of that 2 mile wide eye to. This has it likely out to 12-15+ on all sides.

So basiclly a huge EF-3 tornado??

but sustained. winds...not the short time length of an EF-3 tornado

[mtm4319]

Not to downplay Dean *at all*... but since Wilma has been brought up, I thought I'd share a link of the intensification of Wilma to 882mb on the AVN satellite.

ftp://gp16.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/trop ... 90-292.avi

Ah, yes... back when I was a slacker college student instead of a full-time working sap. I was up that whole night of the 19th back then... I won't last nearly that long tonight.

[CrazyC83]

241
URNT15 KNHC 210344
AF306 1504A DEAN HDOB 04 20070821
033500 2813N 08830W 4100 07487 0481 -150 +999 146022 022 027 000 01
033530 2810N 08829W 4098 07493 0482 -150 +999 145022 022 029 000 01
033600 2808N 08828W 4099 07491 0481 -150 -191 145021 021 032 000 00
033630 2806N 08828W 4098 07498 0483 -150 -346 143021 021 029 000 00
033700 2803N 08827W 4099 07493 0482 -150 -429 142020 021 031 000 00
033730 2801N 08826W 4098 07492 0482 -150 -399 144020 020 029 000 00
033800 2758N 08825W 4098 07491 0480 -150 -429 143020 020 028 000 00
033830 2756N 08825W 4099 07492 0482 -150 -415 144019 020 026 000 00
033900 2754N 08824W 4099 07491 0482 -150 -364 143019 019 025 000 00
033930 2751N 08823W 4098 07496 0483 -145 -389 142019 019 026 000 00
034000 2749N 08822W 4098 07490 0482 -145 -399 144020 020 031 000 00
034030 2746N 08822W 4099 07486 0481 -144 -389 144019 020 031 000 00
034100 2744N 08821W 4098 07494 0481 -146 -356 145019 020 023 000 00
034130 2742N 08820W 4098 07489 0480 -150 -345 145019 020 025 000 00
034200 2739N 08820W 4098 07491 0481 -150 -333 145020 020 025 000 00
034230 2737N 08819W 4098 07493 0481 -145 -323 145022 022 023 000 00
034300 2734N 08818W 4099 07488 0481 -150 -311 145022 022 022 000 00
034330 2732N 08817W 4099 07494 0480 -150 -264 148021 022 024 000 00
034400 2729N 08817W 4099 07492 0479 -150 -251 148021 022 023 000 00
034430 2727N 08816W 4098 07492 0480 -150 -255 148022 022 028 000 00
$$

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Yeah, Wilma was 5 mile wide EF 4 tornado. This is a 30-50 mile wide area to the north of this thing that likely has cat3+ winds. This is a hurricane. This reminds me of Rita,Katrina in the cloud top temperature. Maybe this could peak out near 175 mph?