Powerful Extratropical Low near the Azores

[HURAKAN]

THE POWER OF NATURE!

[whereverwx]

Is it me, or is the storm drifting north?

[HURAKAN]

It looks like!

[WindRunner]

I think the center may be shifting north, but the overall circulation appears to be stationary, maybe headed a little south.

[quandary]

2 things... if this becomes 97L I will say that it will not form. Invests numbered 97L are always a big disappointment (based on a few significant examples). Also, Epsilon didn't really have all that long to form. It formed fast and stay furious for a long time disregarding conditions.

[senorpepr]

Holy Smoke-o-roni you bet it would be a busy january you
bet....

I say be get 3 storms/day in january finish the 2006
english abcs go into 2006 greek and then when we finish the
greek WE GO INTO THE ITALIAN ABCs-a local
met said we go italian when the greek runs out....

There is no official plan after the Greek Alphabet other than to use numbers. For instance, following a Tropical Storm Omega would be Tropical Storm Forty-Six. Of course, we won't have to worry about that. We would need at least one named storm to form each day between now and the 31st.

Anyway... why would we use the Italian Alphabet? It isn't distinctive like Greek. Tropical Storm A? or would you say Tropical Storm Ahh? He/She must have been joking and/or doping when he/she made that comment about the Italian alphabet.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Holy Smoke-o-roni you bet it would be a busy january you
bet....

I say be get 3 storms/day in january finish the 2006
english abcs go into 2006 greek and then when we finish the
greek WE GO INTO THE ITALIAN ABCs-a local
met said we go italian when the greek runs out....

There is no official plan after the Greek Alphabet other than to use numbers. For instance, following a Tropical Storm Omega would be Tropical Storm Forty-Six. Of course, we won't have to worry about that. We would need at least one named storm to form each day between now and the 31st.

Anyway... why would we use the Italian Alphabet? It isn't distinctive like Greek. Tropical Storm A? or would you say Tropical Storm Ahh? He/She must have been joking and/or doping when he/she made that comment about the Italian alphabet.

Yeah he was probably joking- I just couldn't tell he was joking given
the gravity behind how the season has been- but yes he was most
likely joking

[HURAKAN]

THE LOW SEEMS TO BE DEPARTING!

[HURAKAN]

A LOOP OF THIS INTERESTING LOW!

[mtm4319]

1:05 AM Tropical Weather Discussion:

Deep layered trough is over the e atlc
extending from an upper low near 33n28w and a 992 mb surface low
near 32n29w. The upper trough covers the area n of 18n from 19w-43w.
An occluded front extends from the surface low n then e to a triple
point near 31n21w with the cold front continuing s along 25n20w to
18n24w then dissipating to 16n28w. Scattered showers/thunderstorms
surround the lows in a band within 45/60 nm of line 30n33w along
29n29w to beyond 32n25w and a broad area of similar activity is
between the lines 26n23w-32n22w and 25n15w-32n18w including the
canary islands.

[HURAKAN]

LOOKING A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING:

[HURAKAN]

THANKS CANADA:

[cycloneye]

DEEP LAYERED TROUGH IS OVER THE E ATLC EXTENDING FROM AN
UPPER LOW NEAR 34N30W AND A 993 MB SURFACE LOW NEAR 33N29W. THE
UPPER TROUGH COVERS THE AREA N OF 16N FROM 19W-45W. AN OCCLUDED
FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE SURFACE LOW N THEN E TO A TRIPLE POINT NEAR
32N21W WITH THE COLD FRONT CONTINUING S ALONG 25N19W TO 20N20W THEN
DISSIPATES TO 16N24W IN THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.



It looks like NHC is not too enthusiastic about it if you read this mornings 7 AM EST discussion.And also GFS 00z run was less bullish.

Sandy I reposted as my post was like a sandwitch between pics.

[HurricaneGirl]

What in the world is going on???

[HURAKAN]

:eek: What in the world is going on???

IT SEEMS AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW IS TRYING TO BECOME "ZETA". WILL THE NHC ALLOW IT?

[flhurricaneguy]

i think the NHC went home for the holidays

[cycloneye]

12z GFS at 36 hours has the low but more weaker then what it is now.



12z GFS at 72 hours loses the low. In other words this model is not bullish at all with it.By the way look at that very strong azores high that GFS is showing.

[Air Force Met]

:eek: What in the world is going on???

IT SEEMS AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW IS TRYING TO BECOME "ZETA". WILL THE NHC ALLOW IT?

It's not a matter of the NHC allowing it. This is an extra-tropical low that is right now a deep cold core system and no where close to being tropical. Nicely occluded. ATM its not trying to do anything but be extratropical with that classic look of an extratropical system.

[terstorm1012]

It almost looks like a polar low to me

beautiful system btw. very nice.

[cycloneye]

A 993 MB STORM CENTER IS LOCATED IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC NEAR 34N31W
MOVING TO THE WEST 10 KT. NEAR THE LOW, THERE ARE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
ROTATING AROUND IT, WITH SOME ISOLATED MODERATE SHOWERS WITHIN 90NM
IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE AND EXTENDING OUT TO 270 NM IN THE
NORTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.



1 PM EST Discussion doesn't say much about the low.This has cold all around it and it's more north in latitud than what Epsilon was when it developed so the chances to see Zeta from this are very slim unless it moves south and begins to transition to warm core.