Hurricane FELIX: Caribbean-Discussions

[Duddy]

A Navy hurricane hunter flight was lost with all aboard in what was believed to be Category 4 Hurricane Janet, following a very similar track and forecast track.

Jesus Christ do not jinx them!

That sat shows a perfect ball of death!

[punkyg]

Who thinks Felix might become a annular hurricane?

[MGC]

God Bless our recon crews......MGC

[JtSmarts]

Felix is taking me back to the craziness of the 2005 storms especially Wilma.

[Brent]

02/2345 UTC 13.8N 73.0W T7.0/7.0 FELIX -- Atlantic Ocean

[Cryomaniac]

The following post is the opinion of Cryomaniac, and as such is not based on any information, either meterological or otherwise. It should not be used for any purpose



At a risk of being accused of -removed-, I think this could end up more intense even than Wilma.

[Scorpion]

Next penetration which probably won't be for another 5-6 hours will probably see a 900-910 mb pressure I think.

[weatherman21]

IR Imagery Below taken of Hurricane Felix at 0:15Z:



A closer look:

[windstorm99]

Be thankful these 2 CAT5'S have stayed away from the U.S.

[CrazyC83]

The following post is the opinion of Cryomaniac, and as such is not based on any information, either meterological or otherwise. It should not be used for any purpose



At a risk of being accused of -removed-, I think this could end up more intense even than Wilma.

Probably won't be (at least until after an ERC) as the ambient pressure is too high. Winds would need to be well over 200 mph to reach Wilma levels. The winds could easily reach 185 or 190 though...

[CrazyC83]

Who thinks Felix might become a annular hurricane?

Doubtful. I sense an ERC sooner or later.

[HarlequinBoy]

934 MB, how typical is that of Category 5s?

[jhamps10]

Really need to keep an eye on this now. The stronger the storm normally the more poleward they move. Any weakness at all in guiding ridge to the north spells trouble for the GOM.

your right, a stronger storm would want to go poleward, IF there is a weakness, which the models are pointing towards possibly. It's going to need to be pretty big for it to effect Felix though right now.

[RL3AO]

934 MB, how typical is that of Category 5s?

Very high pressure.

[clfenwi]

BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME TURBULENCE AND
GROUPEL THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED...THE MISSION IS BEING
ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT IS RETURNING TO ST. CROIX.

wow so bad they won't fly in it! now that's something else! I will GOGGLE at that in shock

I will for sure Google "groupel"..never heard that word!

The forecaster misspelled it; the word is graupel—Heavily rimed snow particles, often called snow pellets; often indistinguishable from very small soft hail except for the size convention that hail must have a diameter greater than 5 mm.
Sometimes distinguished by shape into conical, hexagonal, and lump (irregular) (Definition from AMS Glossary)

[miamicanes177]

934 MB, how typical is that of Category 5s?

Very high pressure.

It is the opposite of Wilma being a sub 900mb cat 4

[KatDaddy]

Felix is just an amazing tropical cyclone. Very rapid intensification. God forbid that happens off the coast of the States. Its just a matter of time

[CrazyC83]

934 MB, how typical is that of Category 5s?

Not unprecedented, especially at low latitudes. Ivan was in the 930s when it hit Cat 5 for the first time (it reached 910 much later).

[Cryomaniac]

Probably won't be (at least until after an ERC) as the ambient pressure is too high. Winds would need to be well over 200 mph to reach Wilma levels. The winds could easily reach 185 or 190 though...

[CrazyC83]

Felix is just an amazing tropical cyclone. Very rapid intensification. God forbid that happens off the coast of the States. Its just a matter of time

Or off any vulnerable coast for that matter. Good thing there isn't much land in the immediate future. Land impacts are probably at least 36 hours and 1 or 2 ERC's away.