Potential in the GOM?
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Re: Potential in the GOM?
Purhaps a little drill is going on inside the NHC/TPC. Interesting that the word "Invest" is posted on site with floater. Will agree with surprises.
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Re: Potential in the GOM?
Not a word on the TWOAT and nothing on the recon tasking.
And fresh arc cloud racing out from the convection.
Somebody may decide it is an invest, but I will unofficially lower my unoffical SWAG of probability of development, with far too many sig figs implying an unreasonable degree of accuracy, of tropical depression development in the next 48 hours down to 1.41747%.
And fresh arc cloud racing out from the convection.
Somebody may decide it is an invest, but I will unofficially lower my unoffical SWAG of probability of development, with far too many sig figs implying an unreasonable degree of accuracy, of tropical depression development in the next 48 hours down to 1.41747%.
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Re: Potential in the GOM?
Ed Mahmoud wrote:Not a word on the TWOAT and nothing on the recon tasking.
And fresh arc cloud racing out from the convection.
Somebody may decide it is an invest, but I will unofficially lower my unoffical SWAG of probability of development, with far too many sig figs implying an unreasonable degree of accuracy, of tropical depression development in the next 48 hours down to 1.41747%.
I believe that is what we call "Two chances, slim and none"
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Re: Potential in the GOM?
ABNT20 KNHC 131732
TWOAT
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
$$
FORECASTER BEVEN
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MI ... 1732.shtml
TWOAT
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
$$
FORECASTER BEVEN
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MI ... 1732.shtml
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Re: Potential in the GOM?
Possibly due to some relaxing of shear, ULL "could" work down to the surface over time. Bill Read and the Humberto experience comes to mind. Oh well, sure could use some good tropical rain. 

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Re: Potential in the GOM?
Ed Mahmoud wrote:Not a word on the TWOAT and nothing on the recon tasking.
And fresh arc cloud racing out from the convection.
Somebody may decide it is an invest, but I will unofficially lower my unoffical SWAG of probability of development, with far too many sig figs implying an unreasonable degree of accuracy, of tropical depression development in the next 48 hours down to 1.41747%.
Accuracy or precision? The extra significant figures would indicate a precision problem, eh?
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Re: Potential in the GOM?
23N 92W is where I see some rotation in the lower levels. Also a little bit of convection is being sheared just over that spot, the visible satellite sure can play tricks on the eye! 

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The HDW-high shows that there is an ULL over the area of convection. Even if a LLC develops, it will struggle to get going.
The HDW-high shows that there is an ULL over the area of convection. Even if a LLC develops, it will struggle to get going.
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Re: Potential in the GOM?
Outflow boundaries flying off the storms in the last few frames, it's about to go poof.
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If they placed a floater on the GOM ULL they must be as bored as many of us are.
They might as well take a long weekend vacation, because there is nothing happening during the next few days.

They might as well take a long weekend vacation, because there is nothing happening during the next few days.
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Re: Potential in the GOM?
NDG wrote:If they placed a floater on the GOM ULL they must be as bored as many of us are.![]()
They might as well take a long weekend vacation, because there is nothing happening during the next few days.
At the surface they have a trough but in the upper levels there is an ULC.

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Re: Potential in the GOM?
NDG wrote:If they placed a floater on the GOM ULL they must be as bored as many of us are.![]()
They might as well take a long weekend vacation, because there is nothing happening during the next few days.
Agreed, not much happening , which is typical for June.

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Re: Potential in the GOM?
Convection looks decent and seems like upper winds are somewhat diffluent, is there any convergence at the surface?
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HouTXmetro wrote:Today is the 13th. Didn't the Farmers Almanac predict a Tropical Cyclone would threaten the TX/LA Coast from June 16-19th? I know there are no current signs of development but maybe this will be the threat they predicted.
My thoughts exactly...The Farmers Almanac has been wrong before, but not many. However, the dates are usually a little early than when something actually threats the area. For example it had a Hurricane threat in August for LA in 2005 which was Katrina, but the Farmers Almanac was off by about a week if I remember correctly...
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Re: Potential in the GOM?
As "Doc" Neil Frank would say, "I sure don't like seeing all those clouds down there".
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