ATL: MATTHEW - Post-Tropical - Discussion
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One wunder bloger posted this and it makes perfect sense. Drago is Matthew and Rocky is all of us in the Caribbean and on the East Coast.
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Re: ATL: MATTHEW - Hurricane - Discussion
SouthFLTropics wrote:The blob east of Matthew has reared its ugly head again tonight. I've never seen such a feature persist like that ever before.
I read a met's take on it on another board. His thinking is it is hindering the direction or the actually causing the SLOW movement of any kind due to the heat release from it.
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Re: ATL: MATTHEW - Hurricane - Discussion
I do understand and agree with you Wxman. It is all the focus on 1-2 frames that are crazy. LOL I see this every storm. Sometimes it's a loop, sometimes a wobble, sometimes stair stepping. Of course it IS sometimes the start of a turn. I just found it amusing today.
Oh well, praying for anyone that ends up in the path of Matthew. I am very happy that it is VERY unlikely it would go nuts and make it my way. Just enjoying watching. I have friends in NC. Not sure how close to the coast. I hope they fare well. I totally understand how those possibly in the path. It's hard to trust models as we have seen storms do the unpredicted (sp)
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Oh well, praying for anyone that ends up in the path of Matthew. I am very happy that it is VERY unlikely it would go nuts and make it my way. Just enjoying watching. I have friends in NC. Not sure how close to the coast. I hope they fare well. I totally understand how those possibly in the path. It's hard to trust models as we have seen storms do the unpredicted (sp)
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SunnyThoughts wrote:That "appendage" to the East of Matthew keeps expanding. Does anyone think it can expand and wrap all the way around the storm? I wish it would either do that or dissipate, its starting to get on my last nerve.

like mother nature provides him an external fuel tank????
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Re: ATL: MATTHEW - Hurricane - Discussion
Aric Dunn wrote:wxman57 wrote:northjaxpro wrote:
Amen!! I too have had enough of my fill of "the north turn has started" This storm has been l.p.moving W-NW to NW all day long albeit.creeping slowly. Then, we have had these stalls in between.
That IS the north turn. A turn starts by the storm moving north of west. It wasn't expected to take a 90-deg right turn. The turn is gradual, and it started 24 hours ago. Looks like it's completing a little loop and is heading back northward. It's right on-track to pass near western Haiti or between Haiti & Jamaica tomorrow.
actually for 3 days it showed a right turn with no gradual.. so thats not correct. this gradual back and forth turn was not forecast. ..
it has been consistently behind every forecast model from every initialization.. lol
you cant call that "on track" when each and every time they have to adjust for being off..
just to quote myself.. lets look back.. does this look anything like what we have now in terms of timing.. its at 14.3N and 75W
.. we are presently at the 2am sunday position but west of there by 200 miles so essentially we are 24 hours behind ... lol
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Re: ATL: MATTHEW - Hurricane - Discussion
There's been some back and forth regarding whether or not Matthew actually has crossed 75W since it now looks to be back on the east side of it. I took a look at the loop. After further review it appears the storm crossed the plain...touchdown!!! 

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sunnyday wrote:Forgive me for asking, but does anyone have any clear idea if or when Matthew might make landfall in the US? I would appreciate some educated guesses....
No one can say for certain, but IMO the OBX still have the most risk of landfall.
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robbielyn wrote:look at matt now. I think upwelling beginning to affect it the whole storm looks squished.
upwelling causes a broad, shallow system
There is some shear affecting this still
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That giant eastern blob looks like a giant fungus infecting the hurricane. Thank goodness all that is not over any land at the moment.
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Re: ATL: MATTHEW - Hurricane - Discussion
Aric Dunn wrote:wxman57 wrote:northjaxpro wrote:
Amen!! I too have had enough of my fill of "the north turn has started" This storm has been l.p.moving W-NW to NW all day long albeit.creeping slowly. Then, we have had these stalls in between.
That IS the north turn. A turn starts by the storm moving north of west. It wasn't expected to take a 90-deg right turn. The turn is gradual, and it started 24 hours ago. Looks like it's completing a little loop and is heading back northward. It's right on-track to pass near western Haiti or between Haiti & Jamaica tomorrow.
actually for 3 days it showed a right turn with no gradual.. so thats not correct. this gradual back and forth turn was not forecast. ..
it has been consistently behind every forecast model from every initialization.. lol
you cant call that "on track" when each and every time they have to adjust for being off..
I see your points Aric, but I'm pretty sure that these "adjustments" are not having a significant impact on the ultimate track of the storm. Granted, the wobbles at this point certainly have a little more impact on the Greater Antilles, but even there the general solution will likely be correct within 20 or 30 miles one way or the other. It's becoming very clear to me that the model concensus will be by and large correct. Matthew will very likely track well to the east of Florida. NC may get a much closer brush but the overal consistency of the model concensus (not individual models) has been remarkably consistent for days now.
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Re: ATL: MATTHEW - Hurricane - Discussion
Aric Dunn wrote:Aric Dunn wrote:wxman57 wrote:
That IS the north turn. A turn starts by the storm moving north of west. It wasn't expected to take a 90-deg right turn. The turn is gradual, and it started 24 hours ago. Looks like it's completing a little loop and is heading back northward. It's right on-track to pass near western Haiti or between Haiti & Jamaica tomorrow.
actually for 3 days it showed a right turn with no gradual.. so thats not correct. this gradual back and forth turn was not forecast. ..
it has been consistently behind every forecast model from every initialization.. lol
you cant call that "on track" when each and every time they have to adjust for being off..
just to quote myself.. lets look back.. does this look anything like what we have now in terms of timing.. its at 14.3N and 75W
.. we are presently at the 2am sunday position but west of there by 200 miles so essentially we are 24 hours behind ... lol
I agree with your timing Aric but I'm not so sure about the 200 miles further west...
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Re: ATL: MATTHEW - Hurricane - Discussion
SouthFLTropics wrote:There's been some back and forth regarding whether or not Matthew actually has crossed 75W since it now looks to be back on the east side of it. I took a look at the loop. After further review it appears the storm crossed the plain...touchdown!!!
well according to recon.. a sw jog has occurred.. another loop.. and another blow to the models and forecasts.. still more waiting..
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SouthFLTropics wrote:Aric Dunn wrote:Aric Dunn wrote:
actually for 3 days it showed a right turn with no gradual.. so thats not correct. this gradual back and forth turn was not forecast. ..
it has been consistently behind every forecast model from every initialization.. lol
you cant call that "on track" when each and every time they have to adjust for being off..
just to quote myself.. lets look back.. does this look anything like what we have now in terms of timing.. its at 14.3N and 75W
.. we are presently at the 2am sunday position but west of there by 200 miles so essentially we are 24 hours behind ... lol
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I agree with your timing Aric but I'm not so sure about the 200 miles further west...
rough estimate from the 2am sunday position to now.. is close to 200 miles.
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Re: ATL: MATTHEW - Hurricane - Discussion
Can't believe how much hoopla there is about this crossing a certain longitude by a certain latitude, etc.
This is crossing the longitude lines at a high angle of attack. Being off by a few miles means a big difference in its coordinates. But in terms of actual position and where it goes after Cuba...probably not much. The high agreement with the ensembles corroborates this.
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This is crossing the longitude lines at a high angle of attack. Being off by a few miles means a big difference in its coordinates. But in terms of actual position and where it goes after Cuba...probably not much. The high agreement with the ensembles corroborates this.
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SouthFLTropics wrote:Aric Dunn wrote:Aric Dunn wrote:
actually for 3 days it showed a right turn with no gradual.. so thats not correct. this gradual back and forth turn was not forecast. ..
it has been consistently behind every forecast model from every initialization.. lol
you cant call that "on track" when each and every time they have to adjust for being off..
just to quote myself.. lets look back.. does this look anything like what we have now in terms of timing.. its at 14.3N and 75W
.. we are presently at the 2am sunday position but west of there by 200 miles so essentially we are 24 hours behind ... lol
I agree with your timing Aric but I'm not so sure about the 200 miles further west...
More like 50 miles W and WELL within the 3 day cone.
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Re: ATL: MATTHEW - Hurricane - Discussion
Alyono wrote:robbielyn wrote:look at matt now. I think upwelling beginning to affect it the whole storm looks squished.
upwelling causes a broad, shallow system
There is some shear affecting this still
ok thanx.
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Evenstar wrote:psyclone wrote:Stubborn Matthew still wants to rack up longitude...still think this stands a decent chance to shoot the uprights (between Jamaica and the Tiburon peninsula)..another thing of note..once again arc clouds could be seen today firing out the western side of the storm. that would seem to imply dry air remains out that way and while it doesn't seem to have inhibited the storm that possibility remains. conversely the eastern side remains juicy and while the convective goiter has shrank from last night's enormous size it remains very much intact. it looks to be an issue not only for Haiti but at least western portions of the DR as well...it may actually expand eastward thanks to orographic enhancement. a very dangerous situation for Hispaniola even east of the threat of high sustained winds.
I'm fairly confident this is the first time in human history that the words "convective" and "goiter" have been used together in the same sentence.
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sunnyday wrote:Forgive me for asking, but does anyone have any clear idea if or when Matthew might make landfall in the US? I would appreciate some educated guesses....
At this point, you may as well take darts and throw them on a board.
The simple answer to this is we just do not know. Too much uncertainty, plus we have a stalled out
tropical cyclone deep into the Caribbean. The only thing I can say to you is that all we can do is watch and wait and follow closely the latest details from NHC and to keep informed on the forums here also on Storm2K.
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Re: ATL: MATTHEW - Hurricane - Discussion
toad strangler wrote:SouthFLTropics wrote:Aric Dunn wrote:
just to quote myself.. lets look back.. does this look anything like what we have now in terms of timing.. its at 14.3N and 75W
.. we are presently at the 2am sunday position but west of there by 200 miles so essentially we are 24 hours behind ... lol
I agree with your timing Aric but I'm not so sure about the 200 miles further west...
More like 50 miles W and WELL within the 3 day cone.
so worked it out best I could find.. looks like 100 miles..

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