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Re: Development in the SW Caribbean?

#41 Postby cycloneye » Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:34 pm

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
700 PM EST MON NOV 2 2009

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA HAS CHANGED
LITTLE IN ORGANIZATION OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. SOME SLOW
DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES VERY LITTLE OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...LESS THAN 30
PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

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Re: Development in the SW Caribbean?

#42 Postby Sanibel » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:01 pm

I take the weak bluff comment back. This has the best spin of anything yet in that area. But 2009 has had a knack of teasing and "poof"!
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Re: Development in the SW Caribbean?

#43 Postby cycloneye » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:27 pm

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#44 Postby gatorcane » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:50 pm

The 40-day chi shows rising air across much of the Atlantic basin, at least for the next couple of weeks, then the pattern switches to more sinking air towards the end of November. This graphic helps support some WCAR development over the next couple of weeks. Also, it's interesting to note the general synoptics for the Eastern GOM, WCAR, through Florida and the Bahamas is very late summer-like still, and this region has still not seen the usual season-ending cold front penetrate through yet (albeit a cold front did make it through roughly 2 weeks ago but its duration was ephemeral at best).

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/p ... JO/gfs.gif

Looking at the model guidance tonight shows several models are on board for some development of this system. Generally, looking at the consensus shows slow development followed by a slow drift to the North or NNW over the next week. It wouldn't surprise me if the low pressure manages to brush the coastline of Nicaragua/Honduras or move over land for sometime before entering the WCAR somewhere east of Belize. Then in the WCAR some development could happen out ahead of a frontal system sweeping through the Central and Eastern CONUS out about 7-10 days from now.
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#45 Postby Derek Ortt » Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:10 pm

seems like it is organizing somewhat this evening with convection increasing near the strong mid level spin

Kind of surprised this is not yet an NHC invest yet given the spin, increasing convection, and model support. However, if the current trends continue, it probably will be one tomorrow
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Re: Development in the SW Caribbean?

#46 Postby Ivanhater » Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:27 pm

Looking at the models, it seems to split the low pressure area, with one emerging off the yucatan heading north in the gulf. So I don't think this area there now is necessarily what the models are developing.
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#47 Postby wxman57 » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:15 pm

Derek Ortt wrote:seems like it is organizing somewhat this evening with convection increasing near the strong mid level spin

Kind of surprised this is not yet an NHC invest yet given the spin, increasing convection, and model support. However, if the current trends continue, it probably will be one tomorrow


Surface obs indicated an LLC this afternoon. Deepening convection tonight could tighten it up and we could have a TD tomorrow. I agree, where's the invest? I expect code orange on the next update by the NHC.
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Re: Development in the SW Caribbean?

#48 Postby Ivanhater » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:18 pm

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Re: Development in the SW Caribbean?

#49 Postby wxman57 » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:19 pm

Ivanhater wrote:Looking at the models, it seems to split the low pressure area, with one emerging off the yucatan heading north in the gulf. So I don't think this area there now is necessarily what the models are developing.


That's the low that the Canadian develops. The GFS and EC move some energy/vorticity out of the East Pac northward to the Yucatan where they develop a second low. I think that this second low is probably bogus. The SW Caribbean is where to watch.

Note: 00Z GFS drops the 2nd Yucatan low. Let's see if/when EC does the same.
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#50 Postby Derek Ortt » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:34 pm

Highlighted the area tonight at PNJ.com. I'd say chances may be 50/50 that this develops
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Re: Development in the SW Caribbean?

#51 Postby Evil Jeremy » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:56 pm

Wow, where did this one come from? Really, this just popped out of nowhere! Looking at this, it should be an invest yesterday. I think it will be upgraded to Orange in an hour (and should be invested within the hour). A couple weeks ago we spent most of a week following the will it/won't it drama of an invest in this area, but this just came out of no where. Being in South Florida, should I be concerned?
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Re: Development in the SW Caribbean?

#52 Postby boca » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:13 am

Evil Jeremy wrote:Wow, where did this one come from? Really, this just popped out of nowhere! Looking at this, it should be an invest yesterday. I think it will be upgraded to Orange in an hour (and should be invested within the hour). A couple weeks ago we spent most of a week following the will it/won't it drama of an invest in this area, but this just came out of no where. Being in South Florida, should I be concerned?


I would be concerned since its developing and its south of Florida. This time of year its usually going to move north most of the time. Their are exceptions though.
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Re: Development in the SW Caribbean?

#53 Postby boca » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:28 am

This looks like a depression already with the banding structure which is developing. This isn't even an invest yet.

http://metofis.rsmas.miami.edu/~dortt/s ... 1_loop.gif
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Re: Development in the SW Caribbean?

#54 Postby SouthFLTropics » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:41 am

boca wrote:This looks like a depression already with the banding structure which is developing. This isn't even an invest yet.

http://metofis.rsmas.miami.edu/~dortt/s ... 1_loop.gif


Maybe they are afraid they are going to jinx it...Given the way the season has gone as soon as they label it an invest it will die off. That being said, I don't like the look of a possible developing system to the South of FLA this time of year, especially with all of the untapped heat content in the Western Caribbean.

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#55 Postby Derek Ortt » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:10 am

NHC chance of development during the next 48 hours remains less than 30 percent as of 1 A.M.. May be a good idea to wait for visible and make sure this is not just a diurnal fluctuation
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Re: Development in the SW Caribbean?

#56 Postby cycloneye » Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:37 am

The ECMWF continues to show a tropical storm comming out of Western Caribbean and entering the GOM.Here is the loop of the 00z run.

http://www.ecmwf.int/products/forecasts ... 00!!!step/
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Re: Development in the SW Caribbean?

#57 Postby wxman57 » Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:25 am

Convection diminished in the past 6 hours. Most of the spin you're seeing is aloft, but surface obs did indicate a weak LLC yesterday. Euro doesn't really develop a closed low, neither does the Canadian now, though the Canadian still tries to bring something across into the BoC from the Pacific.
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Re: Development in the SW Caribbean?

#58 Postby cycloneye » Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:51 am

Code Orange

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
700 AM EST TUE NOV 3 2009

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

A WEAK AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE HAS FORMED JUST EAST OF COSTA
RICA IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. ALTHOUGH SHOWER
ACTIVITY REMAINS DISORGANIZED...UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
SOME CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE
SYSTEM REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY. THERE IS A MEDIUM CHANCE...30 TO
50 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

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#59 Postby gatorcane » Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:20 am

The 00Z GFS moves it slowly NNW towards the WCAR and Yucatan area over the next week. Seems reasonable to me and that is what I am going with as far as where it heads.

http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod ... n_168l.gif
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Re: Development in the SW Caribbean?

#60 Postby cycloneye » Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:21 am

Is invest 97L so the thread is locked.Go to active storms forum to continue the discussions at the 97L thread.Link to 97L thread below.

viewtopic.php?f=59&t=106963&p=1939513#p1939513
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