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Re: Hurricane DEAN: Global Models

#6621 Postby hsvwx » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:09 pm

Wow is all I can say for the GFS Ensembles. I knew they were further north than the operational, but not that far north.
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#6622 Postby Extremeweatherguy » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:11 pm

hmm.. the GFS ensemble runs are interesting. I wonder why they are so vastly different from the operational run? That doesn't make sense to me. I am willing to bet that the operational GFS shifts to become more in line with the ensembles sometime this weekend...may be not as far north as Houston or Louisiana..but I bet that the GFS at least shifts to the south or central TX coast.
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#6623 Postby fasterdisaster » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:12 pm

RL3AO wrote:
fasterdisaster wrote:When is the next recon flight?


Take off in 2 hours.


Thanks.
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#6624 Postby JenBayles » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:13 pm

Has anyone climbed Mt. Bastardi recently? Just curious what his take is on Dean's track.
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#6625 Postby RL3AO » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:14 pm

JenBayles wrote:Has anyone climbed Mt. Bastardi recently? Just curious what his take is on Dean's track.


I'm going to guess Long Island landfall as Cat 8?
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Re: Major Hurricane DEAN: (11am p161) Discussions, Analysis

#6626 Postby senorpepr » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:15 pm

Let's keep the fantasy recon obs off the forum. The staff takes this sort of thing VERY seriously... and we WILL remove the accounts of those posting invalid data as official.
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#6627 Postby duris » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:16 pm

RL3AO wrote:
JenBayles wrote:Has anyone climbed Mt. Bastardi recently? Just curious what his take is on Dean's track.


I'm going to guess Long Island landfall as Cat 8?


Regardless of the impending warning not to bash JB, that made me laugh. :D
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#6628 Postby Extremeweatherguy » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:17 pm

JenBayles wrote:Has anyone climbed Mt. Bastardi recently? Just curious what his take is on Dean's track.
He was thinking a final landfall near the Mexico/Texas border yesterday but has since decided to shift his prediction slightly further north today (He didn't say exactly where, but implied south of Houston and north of Brownsville). He also thinks it will become a large storm by landfall (more similar to a Katrina or Carla rather than a Charley or Camille).
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Re: Major Hurricane DEAN: (11am p161) Discussions, Analysis

#6629 Postby mf_dolphin » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:20 pm

senorpepr wrote:Let's keep the fantasy recon obs off the forum. The staff takes this sort of thing VERY seriously... and we WILL remove the accounts of those posting invalid data as official.


I deleted them but I can't re-inforce enough the need to stick with facts and not speculation or jokes. People are going to under enough stress without this kind of thing being misread by the wrong person.
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Re: H Dean Recon obs=Plane departs from ST Croix at 6 PM EDT

#6630 Postby Evil Jeremy » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:22 pm

This is going to be a long flight tonight. Is it a GIV flight?
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Re: Major Hurricane DEAN: (11am p161) Discussions, Analysis

#6631 Postby Stormcenter » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:24 pm

canegrl04 wrote:
Stormcenter wrote:Can you feel the love the NHC has for the GFDL in this statement. :D

While this solution is
outside the overall model guidance envelope...it can not be rule
out completely since this model has an excellent forecast track
history. The official track forecast is an update of the previous
one and follows the model consensus.


The NHC has been using the GFDL as their biggest influence for quite awhile.Hasn't failed them yet.They have been pretty reliable with forecast tracks


I do believe it has failed them in the past maybe not as frequent as other models but it has.
Let's be realistic though we are still talking about a 5 plus day landfall. It or any model is just not going to hit the bulleyes that far out.
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Re: Hurricane DEAN: Global Models

#6632 Postby superdeluxe » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:24 pm

That is very curious..why is the ensemble so far out of wack with the operational?

Anyone want to give a reasoning behind this? the ensemble more closely resembles GDFL
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#6633 Postby Aric Dunn » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:24 pm

Keep and eye on this buoy tonight center is on a direct course to go over it!!

5-day plot - Wind Direction Wind Direction (WDIR): NE ( 50 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 27.2 kts
5-day plot - Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 35.0 kts
5-day plot - Wave Height Wave Height (WVHT): 8.2 ft
5-day plot - Dominant Wave Period Dominant Wave Period (DPD): 7 sec
5-day plot - Average Period Average Period (APD): 5.4 sec
5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 29.79 in
5-day plot - Pressure Tendency Pressure Tendency (PTDY): -0.04 in ( Falling )
5-day plot - Air Temperature Air Temperature (ATMP): 78.1 °F
5-day plot - Water Temperature Water Temperature (WTMP): 84.0 °F
5-day plot - Dew Point Dew Point (DEWP): 74.3 °F
5-day plot - Heat Index Heat Index (HEAT): 80.6 °F




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Re: Major Hurricane DEAN: (11am p161) Discussions, Analysis

#6634 Postby Canelaw99 » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:24 pm

Hey Cyclone (or any other PR S2Kers :) )- just wondering what your local mets are expecting for PR as Dean passes to your south. My mother-in-law is there in San Juan visiting family until Sun., so I was just curious. Thanks!
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Re: H Dean Recon obs=Plane departs from ST Croix at 6 PM EDT

#6635 Postby senorpepr » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:27 pm

Evil Jeremy wrote:This is going to be a long flight tonight. Is it a GIV flight?


No.

A. 18/0000,0600Z
B. AFXXX 0404A DEAN
C. 17/2200Z
D. 15.1N 64.9W
E. 17/2300Z TO 18/0600Z
F. SFC TO 10,000 FT


Here's a hint... GIV missions are flown by NOAA. Line B indicates this is an Air Force mission. Also, line F indicates a low-level flight. GIV missions fly at 41,000 to 45,000 ft to sample the whole atmosphere. Tonight's mission (Mission 4) is a standard AF fix mission.
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Re: Hurricane DEAN: Global Models

#6636 Postby WxGuy1 » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:27 pm

superdeluxe wrote:That is very curious..why is the ensemble so far out of wack with the operational?

Anyone want to give a reasoning behind this? the ensemble more closely resembles GDFL


Looking at the spaghetti plot, it looks more like the operational GFS is out of whack with the other ensemble runs. I'm not sure if there have been any stats with this, but it would be interesting to compare verification statistics between the operational GFS and the GFS ensemble mean (which is quite a bit northeast of the operational run). It's becoming increasingly apparent that ensemble modeling is a significant part of the future of modeling (and it's why the ensemble models like the FSU Super Ensemble, CONUS, and GUNA tend to be best in terms of verification), so that IS something to consider. Admittently, it's something that I should have been paying attn to, but to which I have not until now
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#6637 Postby Extremeweatherguy » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:28 pm

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Re: Hurricane DEAN: Global Models

#6638 Postby PTrackerLA » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:28 pm

Can someone explain the difference between the GFS operational and ensemble and which one is better to look at with regards to the track of a hurricane? I don't understand the disparity either.
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Re: Major Hurricane DEAN: (11am p161) Discussions, Analysis

#6639 Postby Aric Dunn » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:30 pm

radar presentation continues to improve as well as satellite !
the eyewall is becoming much more defined
latest radar
Image



Image


I wonder if the even deeper convection on the sat image in the eye wall is the "hot towers" ? that all the research has been conducted on
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Re: Hurricane DEAN: Global Models

#6640 Postby superdeluxe » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:30 pm

PTrackerLA wrote:Can someone explain the difference between the GFS operational and ensemble and which one is better to look at with regards to the track of a hurricane? I don't understand the disparity either.



PT, check out Wx's reply to me 2 posts up.
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