Tropical Depression GABRIELLE:Discussions and Images

[wxman57]

Ok, I can't take it any more. NHC can call this a TS all they want, but it's a terribly-sheared swirl of nothing. Here he comes...


IT'S DEAD, JIM!!!!!!!!

[emeraldislencguy]

had a good rain here today--saw a beautiful rainbow over the ocean just before sun set--it was awesome--we needed the rainso bad.

[Brent]

Ok, I can't take it any more. NHC can call this a TS all they want, but it's a terribly-sheared swirl of nothing. Here he comes...


IT'S DEAD, JIM!!!!!!!!

I've been waiting for this basically all day.

and FWIW... I'm sorry about my post earlier, it's just that this storm was hyped quite a lot going all the way back to Tuesday and what it turned out to be was a big letdown.

[seahawkjd]

Hey, it did exactly what we wanted it to here. We're going on 7 inches of rain now. Just wish it had gotten further east and helped out more of the state.

[brunota2003]

I got a total of 6.00 inches of rain on my rain gauge and a minimum pressure of 1012.1 millibars (mine is always a millibar or two high). Apparently, my 6.00 inches is fairly close to being valid:
SPOTTERS AND OFF DUTY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN MOREHEAD
CITY...BEAUFORT AND HARLOWE HAVE REPORTED MEASURING BETWEEN FOUR AND
SIX INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THE EVENT BEGAN.

[storms in NC]

I got a total of 6.00 inches of rain on my rain gauge and a minimum pressure of 1012.1 millibars (mine is always a millibar or two high). Apparently, my 6.00 inches is fairly close to being valid:
SPOTTERS AND OFF DUTY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN MOREHEAD
CITY...BEAUFORT AND HARLOWE HAVE REPORTED MEASURING BETWEEN FOUR AND
SIX INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THE EVENT BEGAN.

Luck duck. we had a few drops didn't even get into gauge

[Sanibel]

What blew the convection off like that?

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

25-30 knot shear out of the north.

[Sanibel]

Associated with what synoptic feature? A High pressure dome?

[george_r_1961]

I dont think what im seeing now even qualifies as a tropical cyclone. There is no convection near the center and it appears the convection is moving SW with a mid/upper feature while the LLC is now a naked swirl near Corolla NC moving NE.

As long as its producing TS winds I imagine NHC will continue to carry this. But I expect all watches and warnings to be lowered shortly.

[CrazyC83]

Latest vortex has 1008mb pressure and 42 kt FL winds (38 kt surface).

[HURAKAN]

It seems Gabrielle's time is coming to an end.

[CrazyC83]

They won't put out a vortex message without a closed circulation though?

[Chacor]

It looks horrible. It's a toss up now. Even if it still has TS force winds, if there isn't enough convection near the centre for it to be classified a tropical cyclone, I think NHC will still operationally keep going.

[Chacor]

TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER 10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072007
1100 PM EDT SUN SEP 09 2007

...GABRIELLE BACK INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...

AT 1100 PM EDT...0300Z...ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 1100 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.3 WEST OR ABOUT 75
MILES...125 KM...NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 445
MILES...715 KM...SOUTHWEST OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS.

[Chacor]

WITH A CONTINUATION OF STRONG
SHEAR AND ONLY ABOUT 24 HOURS OF WARM WATER REMAINING IN THE
STORM'S PATH...SOME WEAKENING SEEMS LIKELY AND IS SHOWN IN THE NHC
OFFICIAL FORECAST. THIS FORECAST ASSUMES THAT THE SYSTEM WILL
REDEVELOP THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES OVER THE WARM GULF STREAM AND
MAINTAIN ITS STATUS AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE. HOWEVER...IF CONVECTION
CONTINUES TO BE SO FAR REMOVED FROM THE CENTER...GABRIELLE COULD
LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS BEFORE MERGING WITH AN EXTRATROPICAL
LOW IN A FEW DAYS.

[CrazyC83]

Latest recon data has 53 kt FL winds...

[Chacor]

Not a whole lot left.

[Coredesat]

No, not quite. This wasn't the last advisory. The next one might be if convection doesn't refire (which is looking more and more likely as you can only barely see the circulation on vapor imagery).

[HURAKAN]

Latest:



ITS ALIVE!! A MINOR AREA OF CONVECTION SE OF LLC.