Hurricane Florence - Cat. 1

[CrazyC83]

Speaking of 93L, will they consider sending a Recon into that too?

[WindRunner]

They wouldn't. If they can't get to it efficiently from Biloxi or St. Croix, then it doesn't get scheduled, even though the Candian Maritimes are still threatened.

EDIT: that was for your first question, CrazyC83. I don't think they would send one into 93L until it's a little closer or they get more planes down at St. Croix.

[cycloneye]

465
URNT11 KNHC 101626
97779 16204 10254 65400 64000 23024 62713 /8035
RMK AF303 0406A FLORENCE OB 03

[CrazyC83]

http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurrican ... ory_e.html

In addition to surface, satellite, and radar data, reconnaissance aircraft may also be sent into a storm to help determine its intensity. Flight-level winds are converted to representative surface winds through known reduction factors. During three of the last four hurricane seasons, Environment Canada's Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC), in collaboration with the National Research Council (NRC), has used the Convair 580 aircraft to fly into tropical cyclones to deploy data-gathering instruments called dropsondes. These instruments, analogous to radiosondes (weather balloons), are released from the aircraft while it flies through the storm. As the dropsonde descends, it measures temperature, pressure, humidity, and wind, and transmits these data back to the ground station.

[Timedrifter]

I wish they would reposition the floater.

It should have been repositioned yesterday afternoon. It's not like they are super busy monitoring two or three major systems at the current time.

[cycloneye]

Set 12 has not gone out yet.For those who dont know how this works,every set of obs come out every 10 minutes.

[Thunder44]

Thunder,that google image you are posting shows 93L too.

Yeah, but the plane is getting close to Florence now. So I'll be zooming in closer to Flo.

[cycloneye]

Now there are two sets missing.Since 12:30 PM no more sets of obs haved been out.

[WindRunner]

May I ask what images you are using for this, Thunder? I know the best I can get through SSD is the very distorted east coast image, and I doubt that is what you are using.

[theworld]

Flo still has some warmer than average waters to traverse....




A link to the global analysis... http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/data/anomnight.9.9.2006.gif

[Thunder44]

May I ask what images you are using for this, Thunder? I know the best I can get through SSD is the very distorted east coast image, and I doubt that is what you are using.

I'm using the Central Atlantic image from SSD. You can get visible images without the Lat/Lon lines here:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/trop-atl.html

It actually still comes out a bit distorted. I'm just zooming in, the resolution really doesn't change.

[cycloneye]

686
SXXX50 KNHC 101706
AF303 0406A FLORENCE HDOB 12 KNHC
1631 2617N 06528W 06034 0322 219 026 087 125 026 06436 0000000000
1631. 2620N 06528W 05929 0320 220 026 077 121 027 06329 0000000000
1632 2622N 06529W 05827 0313 224 027 071 115 028 06220 0000000000
1632. 2625N 06529W 05732 0304 220 028 061 109 028 06116 0000000000
1633 2628N 06530W 05631 0294 221 028 051 105 029 06004 0000000000
1633. 2631N 06530W 05532 0286 226 031 047 095 032 05897 0000000000
1634 2634N 06531W 05432 0278 228 033 037 091 033 05788 0000000000
1634. 2637N 06531W 05328 0270 227 035 033 077 037 05677 0000000000
1635 2640N 06531W 05218 0260 226 037 029 073 037 05556 0000000000
1635. 2642N 06532W 05079 0249 221 039 019 067 039 05406 0000000000
1636 2645N 06532W 04899 0233 211 037 011 059 038 05209 0000000000
1636. 2648N 06533W 04709 0218 208 034 005 015 035 05004 0000000000
1637 2651N 06533W 04530 0202 217 037 010 003 038 04808 0000000000
1637. 2653N 06534W 04349 0172 224 039 026 004 039 04597 0000000000
1638 2656N 06534W 04177 0179 231 038 032 014 038 04410 0000000000
1638. 2658N 06534W 03995 0174 239 036 040 036 038 04213 0000000000
1639 2701N 06535W 03824 0161 244 037 052 038 038 04028 0000000000
1639. 2703N 06535W 03634 0147 241 038 066 048 039 03824 0000000000
1640 2706N 06536W 03422 0130 238 036 078 052 037 03594 0000000000
1640. 2708N 06536W 03199 0113 240 036 090 054 037 03354 0000000000


Finnally!!.

[cycloneye]

SXXX50 KNHC 101707
AF303 0406A FLORENCE HDOB 13 KNHC
1641 2710N 06536W 03058 0100 240 037 102 060 038 03200 0000000000
1641. 2712N 06537W 03039 0098 238 038 102 064 039 03179 0000000000
1642 2714N 06537W 03049 0096 236 042 102 070 043 03186 0000000000
1642. 2716N 06537W 03050 0094 236 045 100 076 046 03185 0000000000
1643 2718N 06538W 03047 0092 236 045 098 078 046 03180 0000000000
1643. 2720N 06538W 03049 0090 238 044 096 070 044 03180 0000000000
1644 2722N 06538W 03047 0088 238 044 094 072 045 03176 0000000000
1644. 2724N 06538W 03050 0086 236 046 092 074 047 03177 0000000000
1645 2725N 06539W 03045 0084 237 047 094 080 047 03170 0000000000
1645. 2727N 06539W 03049 0081 237 049 100 074 050 03171 0000000000
1646 2729N 06539W 03049 0080 237 052 096 094 052 03170 0000000000
1646. 2731N 06540W 03046 0079 242 047 088 088 048 03166 0000000000
1647 2733N 06540W 03048 0078 248 047 090 090 049 03168 0000000000
1647. 2735N 06540W 03049 0076 248 048 088 084 050 03166 0000000000
1648 2737N 06541W 03049 0075 244 048 090 082 049 03165 0000000000
1648. 2739N 06541W 03048 0074 239 048 092 078 049 03164 0000000000
1649 2740N 06541W 03046 0073 244 050 096 080 050 03160 0000000000
1649. 2742N 06541W 03050 0070 245 050 098 070 050 03161 0000000000
1650 2744N 06542W 03049 0067 244 049 098 082 049 03157 0000000000
1650. 2746N 06542W 03045 0065 249 049 106 076 049 03152 0000000000

[WindRunner]

OK, thanks, didn't even know that the Central Atlantic image went all the way up to Bermuda. And yes, that is a much better resolution/projection (though still distorted) than the east coast image.

[cycloneye]

991
SXXX50 KNHC 101708
AF303 0406A FLORENCE HDOB 14 KNHC
1651 2748N 06542W 03052 0061 250 048 104 082 049 03154 0000000000
1651. 2750N 06543W 03047 0059 247 047 096 096 048 03147 0000000000
1652 2751N 06543W 03049 0056 247 048 088 088 051 03147 0000000000
1652. 2753N 06543W 03052 0053 247 046 082 082 048 03147 0000000000
1653 2755N 06543W 03043 0048 251 053 072 072 057 03132 0000000000
1653. 2757N 06544W 03047 0046 251 056 074 074 057 03135 0000000000
1654 2759N 06544W 03049 0046 248 059 088 088 061 03136 0000000000
1654. 2800N 06544W 03050 0043 247 057 092 092 060 03134 0000000000
1655 2802N 06545W 03049 0040 245 053 084 084 056 03130 0000000000
1655. 2804N 06545W 03046 0037 241 056 096 096 057 03124 0000000000
1656 2806N 06545W 03047 0034 241 059 092 092 060 03123 0000000000
1656. 2808N 06546W 03049 0030 241 058 088 088 059 03120 0000000000
1657 2810N 06546W 03047 0029 241 059 086 086 059 03118 0000000000
1657. 2812N 06546W 03047 0026 241 058 084 084 060 03114 0000000000
1658 2814N 06546W 03051 0021 242 062 080 080 063 03113 0000000000
1658. 2815N 06547W 03046 0012 243 057 080 080 059 03099 0000000000
1659 2817N 06547W 03052 0006 245 054 082 082 055 03099 0000000000
1659. 2819N 06547W 03047 0004 255 056 094 094 058 03091 0000000000
1700 2821N 06548W 03048 5000 251 054 114 114 055 03089 0000000000
1700. 2823N 06548W 03048 5003 248 053 122 116 053 03086 0000000000


63kts

[Thunder44]

[cycloneye]

538
SXXX50 KNHC 101714
AF303 0406A FLORENCE HDOB 15 KNHC
1701 2825N 06548W 03049 5007 246 052 126 118 053 03083 0000000000
1701. 2826N 06549W 03048 5014 240 055 130 114 055 03076 0000000000
1702 2828N 06549W 03046 5018 238 053 128 122 054 03069 0000000000
1702. 2830N 06549W 03050 5023 237 053 126 118 054 03068 0000000000
1703 2832N 06549W 03047 5026 237 053 132 114 054 03062 0000000000
1703. 2834N 06550W 03048 5033 237 054 142 104 055 03056 0000000000
1704 2836N 06551W 03047 5039 237 053 146 102 054 03049 0000000000
1704. 2838N 06551W 03049 5043 239 051 154 096 052 03046 0000000000
1705 2839N 06552W 03047 5050 239 050 156 090 050 03038 0000000000
1705. 2841N 06553W 03049 5056 242 048 158 086 049 03034 0000000000
1706 2843N 06553W 03049 5062 244 047 168 076 048 03028 0000000000
1706. 2845N 06554W 03048 5069 242 047 176 078 048 03020 0000000000
1707 2846N 06554W 03049 5074 240 048 164 102 049 03016 0000000000
1707. 2848N 06555W 03048 5079 241 042 150 122 044 03009 0000000000
1708 2850N 06556W 03044 5084 238 040 150 124 040 03000 0000000000
1708. 2852N 06557W 03053 5089 234 037 146 128 040 03004 0000000000
1709 2853N 06558W 03046 5090 231 032 152 124 035 02997 0000000000
1709. 2855N 06559W 03049 5092 234 025 146 120 027 02998 0000000000
1710 2856N 06600W 03048 5095 239 023 150 124 024 02993 0000000000
1710. 2858N 06601W 03048 5097 239 023 152 120 024 02992 0000000000

[cycloneye]

096
URNT11 KNHC 101706
97779 16414 10272 65600 30400 24039 10068 /3109
42440
RMK AF303 0406A FLORENCE OB 04

[Thunder44]

[WindRunner]

Data flowing now . . . on map, they appear to be in the center at the end of the last set.

EDIT: That's by the East Coast image. Per the CATL, they're still to the south.