ATL: ISAAC - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[pwrdog]

101 mph flight level winds recorded.. It has to be close.. but they still not made it to the surface..

[BenD]

If this stays slow, it could be a very bad thing for flooding. Debby was a smaller TS by far and we got 26 inches of rain here according to my gauge. (this was because it stayed put for so long.) Some people got flooded out here who had lived in their houses for 30 years or longer and had never gotten flooded!

In any event I hope people stay safe and realize that the rain/storm surge of a TS can be bad as well. And this is not counting the fact that it does appear to finally be strengthening.. (but we have been proven wrong in that regard many times so far with this storm.)

[Countrygirl911]

was looking at recon they have found 83kts which is a 95mph hurricane can someone verify this please

[WeatherGuesser]

which is obviously worse than if it hit N.O. head on,

Exactly. NO should really be hoping for it to come ashore EAST of NO, but that would be rather unpleasant for Gulfport and Biloxi.

[WeatherGuesser]

can someone verify this please

Only the NHC can do that.

[RL3AO]

was looking at recon they have found 83kts which is a 95mph hurricane can someone verify this please

Take the FL winds and multiply by .8

That gives you a good estimate of the surface winds.

[senorpepr]

was looking at recon they have found 83kts which is a 95mph hurricane can someone verify this please

I'm guess the 83 kt you're referring to was at flight level. Surface winds would be about 80% of that value, or 66 kt.

[Sanibel]

Land friction in the north quadrant is probably driving up FL winds in a tightening syndrome.

[rainstorm]

was looking at recon they have found 83kts which is a 95mph hurricane can someone verify this please

83 knots at the surface?

[ROCK]

2003 Claudette if you want to see a cone move significant in the moments before landfall....I would not discount the EURO and that drift west....JMO....

[Countrygirl911]

Grand Isle, LA is already flooding

[thetraveler]

One of the saving graces this year for NOLA and points just north is the drought in the midwest which has caused the Mississippi River to be below normal levels. This may allow some of the storm surge to move further up river which might take some strain off the levee systems. Just my opinion.

[capepoint]

was looking at recon they have found 83kts which is a 95mph hurricane can someone verify this please

that was flight level, showing upper 50's estimated at surface...

[LSU2001]

Country Girl, do you have a link for Grand Isle Flooding?
Thanks,
Tim

[WeatherGuesser]

Sen. Vitter, who evacuated his family, says, “My biggest concern actually is not with the system that’s been built since Katrina, it’s with all of those areas outside that system. You know we really built the system for the last storm, the last war, there are major populated areas outside that system.”

Knabb says, “This whole swath of moisture could drop a lot of rain for a lot of people. And that’s the inland flood risk that we’re really concerned about. Inland flooding has been responsible for a lot of fatalities. It’s not just going to be a coastal event.”

http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/ ... es-family/

[monicaei]

Grand Isle, LA is already flooding

Where'd you find info about da island?

[bqhurricane]

2003 Claudette if you want to see a cone move significant in the moments before landfall....I would not discount the EURO and that drift west....JMO....

True, but Claudette was predicted to make that west turn for days. She was just too stubborn to make it until she nearly hit Houston. I think the original forecast was for her to hit near Brownsville, but she got all the way up to Freeport.

[wxwatcher1999]

Does anyone think the cone will shift left with the western movement?

[cpdaman]

anyone have a link to the page (i can't rememeber it) that monitors tide level at various spots along the shore (in a network across a few states) it's done in a graph like fashion (in real time) and you can read surge values easily . PLEASE!

[thatwhichisnt]

Grand Isle, LA is already flooding

Can you give us more information? My company has camps there.