ATL: ISAAC - Post-Tropical - Discussion

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Re: ATL: ISAAC - Hurricane - Discussion

#7701 Postby Meteorcane » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:50 pm

That band about to rake the Southern N.O. metro looks nasty would not be surprised if there are 50-60 sustained winds in that band with 80ish gusts.
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Re: ATL: ISAAC - Hurricane - Discussion

#7702 Postby thatwhichisnt » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:50 pm

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Here comes the west jog. I dont know how long it will last though.
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Re: ATL: ISAAC - Hurricane - Discussion

#7703 Postby BigEasy » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:51 pm

Puddinhead wrote:Amazing contrast on local TV coverage just now...one reporter at New Orleans lakefront, where it looked like the footage Weather Channel uses to open there Tropical Updates: winds howling, breaking off the tops of the huge waves as they break over the top of the seawall into howling spray, reporter pointing out water a few feet up a picnic shelter house....over in Mandeville on the north shore of the lake, a different reporter was standing in front of Lake Pontchartrain which was perfectly flat with barely a ripple. That will change later on tonight, I'm sure.

Can't hear the television in the next room from here, but I'm not exactly sure why they're keeping video footage of the 17th Street canal on for so long. I did catch that the floodgates at 17th Street Canal, Orleans Canal, London Avenue Canal, and IHNC (Industrial Canal) have all been closed. These are all new since Katrina. This is a good thing for me, as rising storm surge backing up these canals is what submerged me for Katrina, but the problem for me is that when they close these gates they rely on new pumps they've installed at the gates to lift the rainwater in the canals (that's where the rainwater that falls on New Orleans' streets is pumped to) over the gates and into the elevated Lake Pontchartrain. So I'm supposed to be less vulnerable to storm surge flooding, but more vulnerable to rainwater flooding.


Yes you are and like all other residents in the city.

It is putting all of your marbles in one bag, so to speak. It isn't the best design. The correct, better engineered desgn. was to relocate the pumping stations to the mouth of each outlet canal so you wouldn't need to have a dam at the end, like they have constructed and have made the older pump stations at the mercy of the newly installed pumps at the dams at the end of the canals.
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Re: ATL: ISAAC - Hurricane - Discussion

#7704 Postby Solaris » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:52 pm

Pilot Town 970.8 mb with 30-50 kts winds
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Re: ATL: ISAAC - Hurricane - Discussion

#7705 Postby drezee » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:55 pm

Meteorcane wrote:Currently Pilotown station is showing pressure of 971 mb it must be very close

Land station S of there on reporting NNW winds. That means the center is N of there...seems like landfall at the mouth of the MS

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.p ... t=M&tz=STN
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Re: ATL: ISAAC - Hurricane - Discussion

#7706 Postby hurricanes1234 » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:55 pm

Just 5 mbar higher than Gordon...what?! Isaac is really a queer little (big) storm! Gordon was 30 mph higher than Isaac is now, but just 5 mbar lower in pressure?! Pinch me - I must be dreaming! :eek:
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#7707 Postby northjaxpro » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:56 pm

FYI, for anyone looking for an excellent alternative to TWC, extensive coverage on Hurricane Isaac's approach on the SE LA coast is being provided by DirecTV. Since yesterday , they have been running a public information channel on their channel line-up which I have watched exclusively. This channel is showing all of the major television stations in New Orleans covering live Isaac's approach to the Big Easy. If you have DirecTV satellite service, tune into it when you have a chance. It is an excellent outlet to stay on top of what is happening in and around New Orleans and the surrounding area. The channel line-ups are different in various markets.
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Re: ATL: ISAAC - Hurricane - Discussion

#7708 Postby CYCLONE MIKE » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:57 pm

Looking at latest wv loops of Isaac, he looks like he is starting to bump up against the ridge. Look how he is starting to flatten out along the northern fringes. Maybe the stall and turn west could happen soon. We shall see.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/floater ... short.html
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Re: ATL: ISAAC - Hurricane - Discussion

#7709 Postby Puddinhead » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:59 pm

Heavy squalls just south and south east of you. Looks to enter the NO area in 30 minutes or so.

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Thanks for the heads up. We've had the rain on such an intermittant basis so far that the streets are barely staying wet to this point, so we should be able to handle a decent amount at first. I've lived through a number of rainwater flood events here totally unrelated to tropical systems (just "training" thunderstorm systems dropping unGodly amounts of water in too short of a time) so I've seen what lots of rain falling really fast does around here.

Somewhat surprised I still have power at this point, actually.
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Re: ATL: ISAAC - Hurricane - Discussion

#7710 Postby GCANE » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:59 pm

Overshooting tops over the Delta.

Its not slowing down over the swamps.

http://tropicalatlantic.com/satellite/c ... 27&lon=-88
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#7711 Postby lester » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:59 pm

NOAA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT HURRICANE ISAAC MADE LANDFALL
ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH JUST
SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT 645 PM CDT...
2345 UTC...WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 80 MPH...130 KM/H.
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#7712 Postby rainstorm » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:00 pm

yea, a clear west jog. is this the turn the models were showing?
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#7713 Postby Wx_Warrior » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:01 pm

Cantore confirms landfall, just SW of the Mouth of the Mississippi...No city has been named, yet. (which is basically marsh). 2nd landfall soon.
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#7714 Postby tolakram » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:01 pm

lester wrote:NOAA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT HURRICANE ISAAC MADE LANDFALL
ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH JUST
SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT 645 PM CDT...
2345 UTC...WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 80 MPH...130 KM/H.


That caught me by surprise.
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#7715 Postby monicaei » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:01 pm

lester wrote:NOAA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT HURRICANE ISAAC MADE LANDFALL
ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH JUST
SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT 645 PM CDT...
2345 UTC...WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 80 MPH...130 KM/H.


Any chance they have gps coords available????
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Re: ATL: ISAAC - Hurricane - Discussion

#7716 Postby GCANE » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:02 pm

Looks like it'll run into capped air close to Houma.

Most likely will slow down or stop the hot towers from firing then.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanaly ... sector=18#
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#7717 Postby wx247 » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:02 pm

The next couple of hours will be pretty rough in the region around Grand Isle. The intense band near the center should pass over that region.
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#7718 Postby ConvergenceZone » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:03 pm

Very doubtful, Isaac still appears to be deepening with no end in sight. The marshlands off SE LA won't do much to hurt it. You seemed to be something of a naysayer earlier in the game would you say Isaac has exceeded your expectations?

98L looks to be a potential player down the road and TD 11 looks nice. I am wondering if perhaps you're backing off on the claims you have made in the past the basin is overall unfavorable yet we appear to be almost on pace with 2005? I do realize those it's the quality of the storm not quantity but 11 is impressive....most people predicted 12 all season....


The end in sight is the land it's going to be coming upon soon.....No, actually, so far Isaac is fairly close to my low end prediction. No Cat 2, no Cat 3 etc....But a minimal hurricane capable of lots of flooding...
As far as my earlier predictions, nothing has changed in the Atlantic,Carib or Gulf, so no, haven't back off my earlier predictions regarding low end systems having a problem getting going......

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#7719 Postby WeatherGuesser » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:03 pm

So, right where I said it was, but where others were saying there was no land.

I just called it about 25 minutes too early:
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#7720 Postby WeatherGuesser » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:04 pm

monicaei wrote:
lester wrote:NOAA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT HURRICANE ISAAC MADE LANDFALL
ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH JUST
SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT 645 PM CDT...
2345 UTC...WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 80 MPH...130 KM/H.


Any chance they have gps coords available????


I put it near 29.03, -89.25
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