ATL : TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIKA (06L)

[Weatherboy1]

Looks like Erika's been hitting the cruise ship buffet here. Really bulking up in the past couple of hours. Yikes!

[RattleMan]

what really sucks.. is we only get one more image then we hit the eclipse..

What is the purpose of the eclipse? Anyone know?

The eclipse occurs when the satellite is in Earth's shadow and unable to use its solar panels for power.

EDIT: Typo

[expat2carib]

i just feel like I need to keep saying this.. but seriously that is a massive convective burst slightly bigger than last night which i did not think would happen again..

I hear you..... It's huge

[banksmanforever]

looks like a westward jog to me

[OURAGAN]

stationnary and the cloud mass expanding from st Lucia to 20N.

[David in FL]

With it being stationary right now will that affect erika's path? Will it give it time to strengthen and recurve? Just trying to figure things out

[Dean4Storms]

I said long ago just after it came off Africa that I had a feeling about this one for the NE Carib Islands and the CONUS!

[Evil Jeremy]

With it being stationary right now will that affect erika's path? Will it give it time to strengthen and recurve? Just trying to figure things out

Actually, it might allow more time for the ridge to build in. Or, it might allow time for another through to come. There are many unknowns with Erika. Last night we thought it would be sheared to bits by now, and here we are. This is a strange system.

[stormchazer]

With it being stationary right now will that affect erika's path? Will it give it time to strengthen and recurve? Just trying to figure things out

Yes. Maybe. Frankly things are probably fluid right now as it looks like the setup is a bit complex. We are all waiting for the models to get a grasp on the setup and give us some run-to-run consistency I think. Stay tuned.

[wxman57]

What is the purpose of the eclipse? Anyone know?

The eclipse occurs when the satellite is in Earth's shadow and unable to use its solar panels for power.

Note that the next generation of GOES (GOES-R), scheduled for first launch in 2014, will have a backup power system to eliminate eclipse outages.

[Javlin]

I like to use the HamWeather site when I need views of more than a few hrs. I will have to say it looks almost due W to me at least as blob if I may.Just set it up 24 hrs also looks as the ULL lows are being absorbed into the front,Low Pressure lost means High Pressure gained??

http://mapcenter.hamweather.com/satelli ... ?s=640x480

[HURAKAN]

A lot of energy

[otowntiger]

18z GFDL is more west.Reaches cat 2 intensity.

http://moe.met.fsu.edu/cgi-bin/gfdltc2. ... =Animation

108 knotts is actually cat 3 isn't it?

[OURAGAN]

The shear is very low to the south of it and slight stronger to it's north, may be it's why the cloud mass is expanding southward and westward

[HURAKAN]

18z GFDL is more west.Reaches cat 2 intensity.

http://moe.met.fsu.edu/cgi-bin/gfdltc2. ... =Animation

108 knotts is actually cat 3 isn't it?

The 108 knots are not at the surface, that's why Derek says Cat. 2.

[Dean4Storms]

18z GFDL is more west.Reaches cat 2 intensity.

http://moe.met.fsu.edu/cgi-bin/gfdltc2. ... =Animation

108 knotts is actually cat 3 isn't it?

The 108 knots are not at the surface, that's why Derek says Cat. 2.

Note at the bottom where it states these winds are at 35 meters at that link!

[PTrackerLA]

Wow these latest models have shifted quite a bit. SE US and east coast better keep and eye on this one!

[wzrgirl1]

which models?

[AdamFirst]

which models?

Pretty much all of them.

[AdamFirst]

Is RECON going in tonight anytime?