ATL: GRACE - Remnants - Discussion

[EquusStorm]

Well suffice to say Grace definitely performed; wow what a cane. One of the earliest season majors in many years if I remember right.

[NevadaFan18]

Best track has it at 105kts…

Just behind Karl’s peak (110kts)

[ScottNAtlanta]

Best track has it at 105kts…

Just behind Karl’s peak (110kts)

So that makes it the first major of the season

[Hammy]

First major hurricane two weeks ahead of climatology, on bell day no less.

[IcyTundra]

 https://twitter.com/JakeCarstens/status/1428913947860738050

[EquusStorm]

With Henri likely becoming a hurricane tomorrow, we'll be at 8/3/1 on August 21, essentially an entire average season pre 1995 already; how anyone can even attempt to claim this season is undeperforming is beyond my capacity to understand.

[Category5Kaiju]

With Henri likely becoming a hurricane tomorrow, we'll be at 8/3/1 on August 21, essentially an entire average season pre 1995 already; how anyone can even attempt to claim this season is undeperforming is beyond my capacity to understand.

Me neither. For us to get a major, RI hurricane this early in the season imho is a very glaring warning sign for things to come. If anything it indicates that regardless of what happens in the MDR, the Western Atlantic is ready to produce some nasty and powerful cyclones with that super high UOHC and 30-31 C waters. Season canceled is now canceled.

[Astromanía]

Could be the strongest storm to make landfall in Mexico since Patricia 2015 and the strongest from the Atlantic since Dean 2007

[Fancy1001]

What are the chances of Grace reaching category four just before landfall? It’s at 120, so it only needs another 10 mph.

[Hypercane_Kyle]

Major Hurricane Grace

8-2-1

Just to think a week ago we weren't sure if this system would even survive Hispaniola. Hoping everyone is hunkered down.

[IcyTundra]

 https://twitter.com/iCyclone/status/1428907556706177024

[EquusStorm]

Worth noting last year, the most active season on record, was sitting at just two hurricanes (none stronger than category one) on August 21, so yeah, it's pretty brow-raising lol

[Sciencerocks]

[psyclone]

extraordinary development by Grace tonight. I bet we'll marvel again at some point in September. And October

[supercane4867]

With Henri likely becoming a hurricane tomorrow, we'll be at 8/3/1 on August 21, essentially an entire average season pre 1995 already; how anyone can even attempt to claim this season is undeperforming is beyond my capacity to understand.

Speaking on behalf of the MDR supremacists: BOC is the one magical spot in the entire basin that always favor TC genesis and intensification. Even in hostile years like 2013 it managed to produce the only hurricane in the Western Atlantic of that year. So until wet get a major out of open tropics, the season-cancelled season shall continue

[ElectricStorm]

I believe this is the earliest major since 2009. Wow what a storm. Hopefully there will be no fatalities from it. I can't believe my 100kt prediction was too low...

[Keldeo1997]

Very fortunate that this didn't have another 24 hours over water or else we might have been looking at another Historic GOM Cane.

[shah83]

One thing interesting to me, is that this is a storm much bigger than Stan, Karl, and Katia, in my opinion. This is going to really hurt, and Poza may see the worst outside of the immediate shore. Bet even Tuxpam is getting slammed.

[Teban54]

Major Hurricane Grace

8-2-1

Just to think a week ago we weren't sure if this system would even survive Hispaniola. Hoping everyone is hunkered down.

https://i.imgur.com/VzxenE9.jpg

Such grace and elegance, this time for real.

[storminabox]

Major Hurricane Grace

8-2-1

Just to think a week ago we weren't sure if this system would even survive Hispaniola. Hoping everyone is hunkered down.

https://i.imgur.com/VzxenE9.jpg

I was just thinking that. Crazy how quickly things change in the tropics.