ATL: GONZALO - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[NDG]

Port Bermuda is definitely in the eye now because the roar of the wind is completely gone and I can clearly hear frogs whistling! Freakin' eerie!

Eerie indeed, insects and animals thinking that it is all over.

[EquusStorm]

That is so incredibly amazing yet creepy. Can't say I have ever followed a webcam in the eye of a hurricane before. I really hope someone is recording or archiving that feed right now.

[Nate-Gillson]

Port Bermuda is definitely in the eye now because the roar of the wind is completely gone and I can clearly hear frogs whistling! Freakin' eerie!

Eerie indeed, insects and animals thinking that it is all over.

Those frogs are in for a nasty surprise when the backside hits.

[ozonepete]

Port Bermuda is definitely in the eye now because the roar of the wind is completely gone and I can clearly hear frogs whistling! Freakin' eerie!

Eerie indeed, insects and animals thinking that it is all over.

Wow that really is eerie. And to think there's so much more of that chaos coming...

[NDG]

From BWS's facebook page:

Upper air data peek... 11200ft 625mb 150 deg 08kt
.... looks like the eye of a hurricane!

BWS has managed to successfully release a 00z balloon in the eye of now Cat 2 Hurricane Gonzalo, after the first attempt taken out by downdrafts & trees. We are looking forward to the data in the middle of this historic hurricane

It has been rather intense these last several hours... we are trying to keep our spirits up and it helps to sprinkle in a moment of release, just at the same time Gonzalo is doing the same thing - humor and music can do that...

[abajan]

Here comes the wind (and rain) again:
http://portbermudawebcam.com/

[floridasun78]

nice song post by https://www.facebook.com/BermudaWeather ... ref=stream

[NDG]

Here comes the wind (and rain) again:
http://portbermudawebcam.com/

Yeah, their winds is now coming from the NNW.

[CrazyC83]

Apparently the hospital, of which there is only one here, has taken major damage. It's nice and calm outside at the moment cause of the eye, but the wind that this system has given is absolutely beyond words can explain. It's strange cause we lost cell phone service but it's back however its a matter of how long!

Glad you are safe so far...good luck as the back side comes in!

[cycloneye]

HURRICANE GONZALO TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082014
900 PM AST FRI OCT 17 2014

...900 PM POSITION UPDATE...
...LARGE EYE OF DANGEROUS HURRICANE GONZALO OVER BERMUDA...

AT APPROXIMATELY 830 PM AST...0030 UTC...THE CENTER OF THE LARGE EYE
OF HURRICANE GONZALO MADE LANDFALL ALONG THE SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST OF
BERMUDA...BASED ON DATA FROM THE BERMUDA RADAR...ISLAND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS...AND REPORTS FROM AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR LOCATED
IN DEVONSHIRE PARISH BERMUDA.

DURING THE PAST HOUR...THE BERMUDA AIRPORT REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND
OF 74 MPH...119 KM/H AND A GUST TO 96 MPH...154 KM/H BEFORE THE
NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE EYE MOVED OVER THE AIRPORT.

SUMMARY OF 900 PM AST...0100 UTC...INFORMATION
--------------------------------------------------
LOCATION...32.3N 64.8W
ABOUT 0 MI...0 KM SSW OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 030 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...951 MB...28.08 INCHES

$$
FORECASTER STEWART

[abajan]

Here comes the wind (and rain) again:
http://portbermudawebcam.com/

Yeah, their winds is now coming from the NNW.

Even though I'd read several accounts over the years about how quickly the winds can increase with the passage of the eye, it's still unbelievable how quickly conditions have deteriorated from practically dead calm to full court press! Good grief!

[NDG]

Latest report from the airport at 0:41z

Conditions at: TXKF observed 18 October 2014 00:41 UTC
Temperature: 24.0°C (75°F)
Dewpoint: 24.0°C (75°F) [RH = 100%]
Pressure (altimeter): 28.14 inches Hg (953.0 mb)
Winds: from the SSE (150 degrees) at 13 MPH (11 knots; 5.7 m/s)
Visibility: 2.49 miles (4.01 km)
Ceiling: 1200 feet AGL
Clouds: overcast cloud deck at 1200 feet AGL
Present Weather: -RA BR (light rain, mist)
TXKF 180041Z 15011KT 4000 -RA BR OVC012 24/24 Q0953 RMK WND

[CrazyC83]

That airport data makes for a current pressure of 952mb. Very slight filling.

[NDG]

Here comes the wind (and rain) again:
http://portbermudawebcam.com/

Yeah, their winds is now coming from the NNW.

Even though I'd read several accounts over the years about how quickly the winds can increase with the passage of the eye, it's still unbelievable how quickly conditions have deteriorated from practically dead calm to full court press! Good grief!

Yeah, amazing indeed how fast the winds have picked up.

[NDG]

5 minutes ago:

Conditions at: TXKF observed 18 October 2014 00:55 UTC
Temperature: 24.0°C (75°F)
Dewpoint: 24.0°C (75°F) [RH = 100%]
Pressure (altimeter): 28.14 inches Hg (953.0 mb)
Winds: from the S (180 degrees) at 10 MPH (9 knots; 4.7 m/s)
Visibility: 2.49 miles (4.01 km)
Ceiling: 1200 feet AGL
Clouds: overcast cloud deck at 1200 feet AGL
Present Weather: -RA BR (light rain, mist)
TXKF 180055Z 18009KT 160V220 4000 -RA BR OVC012 24/24 Q0953 RMK WND EST

[galaxy401]

When was the last time a storm made a direct landfall over Bermuda? I know Fabian was just west of the island.

[ozonepete]

Is it possible? Port Bermuda (where the webcam is) is pretty much full blown back in the eye-wall but the airport at Hamilton is not (yet)?

[southmdwatcher]

Is it possible? Port Bermuda (where the webcam is) is pretty much full blown back in the eye-wall but the airport at Hamilton is not (yet)?

Yes, the airport is on the far northeast side of the islands, and the webcam is on the opposite/western coast.

[beoumont]

look how flat its beginning to look on its south side; got to admit, its done quite the job at holding off dry air entriainment into the core prior to now.

Typical of many northward moving"landfalling" hurricanes at or north of latitude 30, especially late in the season, there is very little rain on the south side at all. As the poster has experienced himself while intercepting some hurricanes on the Gulf Coast or N. Carolina, after a brief backside blast, the torrential rains end quickly and very little rain occurs on the back (south) side at all. Current radar indicates that very thing with Gonzalo.

[ozonepete]

Is it possible? Port Bermuda (where the webcam is) is pretty much full blown back in the eye-wall but the airport at Hamilton is not (yet)?

Yes, the airport is on the far northeast side of the islands, and the webcam is on the opposite/western coast.

Yes, thanks for pointing that out. I did know that, but the distance between the two is so small it's just really incredible to see this actually happening. We are certainly getting a lot of incredible data, so much of which can be used to illustrate a classic hurricane.