Tropical Storm Alberto

[cpdaman]

excuse me for laughing out loud

[DESTRUCTION5]

Anybody see that hole turning in over the water on the radar from Tallahasse. Do you guys think that maybe the center?

http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p ... ktlh.shtml

I see this feature on Tampa Bay radar too.

Yes...For sure..Looks to be 40-50 NM across..

I could be looking at the wrong hole..

LMAO..Thats what he said..

[Stratusxpeye]

Well it looks like strenghthening phase "maybe" has ended based
on satellite observations.


http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/loop-avn.html

I would have to agree with you on this. Def appears that the strengthening has subsided. But it gave us a ran for it. Alberto may not reach hurricane as expected. The center reformed early this morning off the loop current where the heat continent was not half as high and on this sat you can see the result of that. Also you can see hat shift east on the sat as well as the radar.

[Noles2006]

I think what you guys were seeing was NOT the center. The center is still SSW of Apalachicola and is not visible at the moment on Tallahassee's radar.

[gatorcane]

Looks like we have a definite ENE wobble...check out the visible...

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/loop-vis.html

[jusforsean]

very cute

[gatorcane]

Does anybody see the E wobble in the past hour???

[DESTRUCTION5]

I think what you guys were seeing was NOT the center. The center is still SSW of Apalachicola and is not visible at the moment on Tallahassee's radar.

Here on Tampas..

http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.ph ... 1&loop=yes

[Stratusxpeye]

Does anybody see the E wobble in the past hour???

yes its very clear on the visible sat water vapor and on the composite radar. More than anything on the water vapor sat imigery. Easily see the possible weakinging of the storm as well. 5Pm may be back to 55-60mph

[whereverwx]

Wow! So I guess it really did come back! And Brent, you were right last night...!

[Noles2006]

You can see the center, for sure, on Tampa's radar.

[Brent]

Wow! So I guess it really did come back! And Brent, you were right last night...!

LOL, after I declared it dead.

[01:29] <Brent> might be a hurricane tomorrow at this rate o_O

(That was meant as a joke when I said it)

[Noles2006]

What I see on visible imagery is the shear is kickin' some tail right now...

[cycloneye]

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic ... 57&start=0

Thread #1

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic ... 84&start=0

Thread #2

[Stratusxpeye]

Shear is killing alberto right now. I for one agree on the easterly movement as well. And yes you can easily see the center of circulation on tampas radar now.

http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.ph ... 1&loop=yes

[gatorcane]

Shear is killing alberto right now. I for one agree on the easterly movement as well. And yes you can easily see the center of circulation on tampas radar now.

http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.ph ... 1&loop=yes

Definite E jog - may get closer to Tampa Bay than we think. Just have to wait and see. I was looking at buoy reports in the Eastern GOM and the highest wind I can find right now is SE at 33K from buoy 42036

[6SpeedTA95]

The shear is really erroding portions of the storm atm

[NBCintern]

Shear is killing alberto right now. I for one agree on the easterly movement as well. And yes you can easily see the center of circulation on tampas radar now.

http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.ph ... 1&loop=yes

Yeah, shear was suppose to have killed it yesterday too..

[gatorcane]

Previous observations MM DD TIME
(EDT) WDIR WSPD
kts GST
kts WVHT
ft DPD
sec APD
sec MWD PRES
in PTDY
in ATMP
°F WTMP
°F DEWP
°F SAL VIS
mi TIDE
ft
06 12 10:50 am SE 27.2 33.0 11.2 8 6.2 SSE 29.83 +0.03 76.3 79.7 73.6 - - -
06 12 9:50 am SE 29.1 33.0 9.8 9 5.9 S 29.85 +0.03 76.8 79.9 74.7 - - -
06 12 8:50 am ESE 27.2 31.1 10.2 9 6.1 S 29.84 +0.01 78.1 79.9 75.2 - - -
06 12 7:50 am SE 25.3 31.1 11.5 8 6.1 S 29.80 -0.04 77.7 79.7 75.2 - - -
06 12 6:50 am SE 21.4 27.2 10.8 9 6.2 S 29.82 -0.04 78.8 79.7 75.4 - - -
06 12 5:50 am ESE 19.4 25.3 11.2 9 6.4 S 29.83 -0.03 78.6 79.7 75.4 - - -
06 12 4:50 am ESE 17.5 23.3 10.5 9 6.2 S 29.84 -0.05 77.9 79.7 75.0 - - -
06 12 3:50 am SSE 21.4 27.2 11.5 9 6.4 S 29.85 -0.04 79.2 79.5 72.5 - - -
06 12 2:50 am SSE 19.4 23.3 12.1 9 6.5 S 29.86 -0.01 78.4 79.3 73.9 - - -
06 12 1:50 am SSE 17.5 21.4 11.2 9 6.3 S 29.89 +0.00 78.8 79.7 73.9 - - -
06 12 12:50 am SSE 21.4 27.2 10.8 9 6.1 S 29.89 +0.01 78.6 80.2 75.2 - - -
06 11 11:50 pm SSE 25.3 31.1 10.5 9 6.1 S 29.88 -0.01 79.3 80.4 74.5 - - -
06 11 10:50 pm SSE 23.3 27.2 9.8 9 5.9 SSE 29.88 +0.01 79.2 80.2 75.0 - - -
06 11 9:50 pm SE 21.4 25.3 10.8 8 6.1 SSE 29.88 +0.01 80.6 80.2 75.2 - - -
06 11 8:50 pm SE 19.4 25.3 10.5 8 6.0 SSE 29.88 +0.02 80.4 80.4 74.3 - - -
06 11 7:50 pm SE 21.4 25.3 12.1 9 6.5 SSE 29.87 +0.01 80.6 81.0 74.3 - - -
06 11 6:50 pm SE 23.3 29.1 10.8 8 6.1 SSE 29.86 -0.01 80.6 81.3 73.9 - - -
06 11 5:50 pm SSE 19.4 23.3 9.8 9 5.7 SSE 29.87 -0.04 79.9 81.3 73.4 - - -
06 11 4:50 pm SSE 23.3 29.1 9.5 8 5.7 SSE 29.86 -0.05 79.9 81.3 72.1 - - -
06 11 3:50 pm SE 23.3 29.1 8.2 8 5.6 SSE 29.88 -0.02 80.8 81.3 74.8 - - -
06 11 11:50 am ESE 15.5 17.5 4.3 8 5.3 S 29.91 +0.02 82.6 81.7 76.1 - - -

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Detailed Wave Summary
for 42036 as of (12:00 pm EDT)
1600 GMT on 06/12/2006:
These wave data are displayed in rounded times.

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Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.

Significant Wave Height (H0): 10.5 ft
Swell Height (SwH): 2.6 ft
Swell Period (SwP): 12.9 sec
Swell Direction (SwD): SSE
Wind Wave Height (WWH): 10.2 ft
Wind Wave Period (WWP): 7.1 sec
Wind Wave Direction (WWD): SSE
Wave Steepness (STEEPNESS): VERY_STEEP
Average Wave Period (AVP): 6.0 sec
Previous observations MM DD TIME
(EDT) H0
ft SwH
ft SwP
sec SwD WWH
ft WWP
sec WWD STEEPNESS AVP
sec
06 12 11:00 am 11.2 1.3 14.8 ESE 11.2 7.7 SSE VERY_STEEP 6.2
06 12 10:00 am 9.8 - - - 9.8 9.1 S STEEP 5.9
06 12 9:00 am 10.2 4.9 9.1 S 9.2 5.0 SSE STEEP 6.1
06 12 8:00 am 11.5 - - - 11.5 8.3 S STEEP 6.1
06 12 7:00 am 10.8 - - - 10.8 9.1 S STEEP 6.2
06 12 6:00 am 11.2 5.9 9.1 S 9.5 6.2 SSE STEEP 6.4
06 12 5:00 am 10.5 5.9 9.1 S 8.5 7.1 SSE STEEP 6.2
06 12 4:00 am 11.5 5.9 9.1 S 9.8 4.2 SSE STEEP 6.4
06 12 3:00 am 12.1 7.2 9.1 S 9.5 6.2 SSE STEEP 6.5
06 12 2:00 am 11.2 6.2 9.1 S 9.2 6.7 SSE STEEP 6.3
06 12 1:00 am 10.8 5.9 9.1 S 9.2 7.1 SSE STEEP 6.1
06 12 12:00 am 10.5 6.2 9.1 S 8.5 7.7 S STEEP 6.1
06 11 11:00 pm 9.8 6.6 9.1 SSE 7.2 5.6 SSE STEEP 5.9
06 11 10:00 pm 10.8 - - - 10.8 8.3 SSE STEEP 6.1
06 11 9:00 pm 10.5 - - - 10.5 8.3 SSE STEEP 6.0
06 11 8:00 pm 12.1 8.9 9.1 SSE 8.2 7.1 SSE STEEP 6.5
06 11 7:00 pm 10.8 - - - 10.8 8.3 SSE STEEP 6.1
06 11 6:00 pm 9.8 4.3 9.1 SSE 8.9 6.7 SSE STEEP 5.7
06 11 5:00 pm 9.5 - - - 9.5 8.3 SSE STEEP 5.7
06 11 4:00 pm 8.2 5.2 7.7 SSE 5.9 5.0 SE STEEP 5.6
06 11 12:00 pm 4.3 3.0 8.3 S 3.3 5.3 SSE AVERAGE 5.3

Plot of wave energy versus frequency (and period)


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[gatorcane]

Everybody just to give you an idea of how much cooler the water is out of the loop current check out this buoy report from a buoy located about 80 miles West of the mouth of the Tampa Bay. That is indeed a 78.8F water temp....

So I expect that Alberto should really start to feel the effects of water temps in the 70s...

Conditions at 42022 as of
(11:29 am EDT)
1529 GMT on 06/12/2006:

Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 29.85 in
Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.01 in ( Steady )
Air Temperature (ATMP): 75.7 °F
Water Temperature (WTMP): 78.8 °F