ATL: LORENZO - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[hurricanes1234]

WOWWW

That's an increase from 100 knots to 140 knots in what ... 12 hours??

And also, technically this makes September 2019 a month with 2 category 5's ... brings back memories of a certain recent season where 2 category 5's formed in September ...

[gatorcane]

[northjaxpro]

WOW!!!!! Incredible!!! What an historic season we are having!!

[CrazyC83]

It's passed T7.0 with that look now. I'd be willing to up it to 145 kt at the advisory personally.

[Highteeld]

29/0130 UTC 24.0N 44.8W T7.0/7.0 LORENZO -- Atlantic

!!!

TXNT26 KNES 290144
TCSNTL
A. 13L (LORENZO)
B. 29/0130Z
C. 24.0N
D. 44.8W
E. ONE/GOES-E
F. T7.0/7.0
G. IR/EIR
H. REMARKS...SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION FOR NHC. WMG EYE IS EMBEDDED IN
AND SURROUNDED BY W RESULTING IN A DT OF 7.0 AFTER 1.0 IS ADDED FOR AN
EYE ADJUSTMENT. FT IS BASED ON DT.
I. ADDL POSITIONS
NIL
...TURK

Wish the JTWC was this proactive...

[bg1]

Just minding my own business checking the Wikipedia page for this season, looking at the summary at the bottom, and I say to myself, "That's weird, they have Lorenzo as a Cat 5 ... (scrolls up) wait does that say 10:10 pm EST?!"

[TallyTracker]

Each frame looks better and better! I am truly stunned this became a Cat 5 where it did!

[StruThiO]

 https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/1178137123687284737

[supercane4867]

I'm quite surprised that they have decided to pull the trigger. Oh well...

[supercane4867]

Only thing about Isabel there was the eye wasn't as warm, but the cloud tops were colder. Not too dissimilar overall though.

Actually, Isabel's eye was much warmer, almost 20ºC.

http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/adt/archive2003/ISABEL-list.txt

Based on this Lorenzo actually has slightly colder avg tops right now

The actual intensity of Isabel should be near or above 160kt. I think Lorenzo is a marginal case for CAT5 at best

[TallyTracker]

Lorenzo is the 6th Category 5 hurricane in 4 years!

[Ubuntwo]

Yeah saving this.

[northjaxpro]

Lorenzo is still intensifying.

How much more stronger can he get? I think he can get to at least 160 Kt before it is all said and done.

[supercane4867]

Did Lorenzo just broke the MPI? The SST at its location is barely 28C

 https://twitter.com/splillo/status/1178131120929611776

[Kazmit]

Remember when cat 5s were a rarity?

[Ptarmigan]

I am not surprised that Lorenzo is a Category 5 hurricane.

[EquusStorm]

What the actual hecking heck 2019. Bye Isabel/Hugo/Irma.

I thought the OHC here supported far under 140kt AND that weakening had started. Never in a billion years would I have believed this is a thing that's happening now, at that location, last week. Climatology is being hardcore chunked in the trash these last few years.

This is a place that should have a cat 5 on MS Paint maps I made when I was twelve, not on an actual Atlantic map. Suffice to say it's hard to believe this is a thing that's happening The second half of this decade is kicking itself into overdrive and making up for the first half in high end intensity I swear

[Yellow Evan]

Wasn’t Isabel a Cat 5 over 27.5-28C waters?

[1900hurricane]

Officially in best track now (NHC forgot to edit the pressure).

AL, 13, 2019092900, , BEST, 0, 238N, 450W, 140, 936, HU, 34, NEQ, 240, 200, 110, 160, 1011, 240, 20, 160, 0, L, 0, , 0, 0, LORENZO, D, 12, NEQ, 390, 300, 360, 360,
AL, 13, 2019092900, , BEST, 0, 238N, 450W, 140, 936, HU, 50, NEQ, 90, 90, 60, 80, 1011, 240, 20, 160, 0, L, 0, , 0, 0, LORENZO, D, 12, NEQ, 390, 300, 360, 360,
AL, 13, 2019092900, , BEST, 0, 238N, 450W, 140, 936, HU, 64, NEQ, 45, 45, 35, 45, 1011, 240, 20, 160, 0, L, 0, , 0, 0, LORENZO, D, 12, NEQ, 390, 300, 360, 360,

[northjaxpro]

I am not surprised that Lorenzo is a Category 5 hurricane.

Me either. I stated earlier in the week on this thread that he had a good shot at achieiving history out in the Far Eastern Tropical Atlantic basin.

He has indeed!! An increfible ttopical cyclone! I still maintain he msy have reached Cat 5 intensity back on Thursday night. So, he has had 2 rapid intensification cycles in the past 48 hours!
Simply amazing!