ATL: KIRK - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[Cainer]

AL, 11, 2012082900, , BEST, 0, 238N, 445W, 35, 1007, TS, 34, NEQ, 60, 0, 0, 40, 1014, 160, 60, 0, 0, L, 0, , 0, 0, ELEVEN, M,

Looks like we have Kirk!

[ROCK]

fairly nice convection firing off...nice fish storm to watch.....

[hurricanes1234]

Eleven looks more like Haleys comet than Capt Kirk....lol

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/flash-rb.html

Exactly!

[hurricanes1234]

ELEVENTH NAMED STORM OF THE SEASON! Did it surpass 2005 yet?

[galaxy401]

ELEVENTH NAMED STORM OF THE SEASON! Did it surpass 2005 yet?

Certainly close. Katrina formed about a week ago. If that Azores storm before the season started becomes a tropical system post-analysis, I think this will be the earliest 12th named storm.

[Buck]

Wow, after seeing the last couple of posts, I thought, "Kirk? No, this is Joyce!" I have already completely forgotten that Joyce has already come and gone.

[Buck]

11:00 PM AST Tue Aug 28
Location: 23.9°N 45.0°W
Moving: W at 12 mph
Min pressure: 1007 mb
Max sustained: 45 mph

[galaxy401]

Considering this storm will be moving to the subtropics, this storm might bring us some suprises.

[HurricaneBrain]

Wow, after seeing the last couple of posts, I thought, "Kirk? No, this is Joyce!" I have already completely forgotten that Joyce has already come and gone.

Same here!

[Buck]

I'd love for some surprises from Kirk. A nice semi-long tracking hurricane could give our ACE a good boost.

[HurrMark]

Keep in mind that the total ACE for the season thus far is 32.6...Kirk and Isaac in its waning days may contribute a few points, but considering we are at the 11th storm, this is far below what is normal. Even last year, when we didn't get our first hurricane until the 'I' storm, we were at nearly 60 at the 11th storm.

[tolakram]

Edge of this live IR loop

http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ge ... =spect.pal

[Buck]

Exactly! Its frustrating to see such a low 'score' with such an interesting, active season as this one.

[Macrocane]

Yeah, this season is being more active than I thought it was going to and at least Kirk is already stronger than Joyce It would be an interesting system to watch if conditions are good in the subtropics...not as interesting as Isaac though.

[cycloneye]

Keep in mind that the total ACE for the season thus far is 32.6...Kirk and Isaac in its waning days may contribute a few points, but considering we are at the 11th storm, this is far below what is normal. Even last year, when we didn't get our first hurricane until the 'I' storm, we were at nearly 60 at the 11th storm.

A major cane is needed to jump a lot those ACE numbers as Ernesto and Gordon came shy from that. (Pending post season analysis)

[colangie]

Just going to keep an eye on this, maybe it will slip through the loop-hole

[HurricaneRobert]

Up to 'K' without a single major storm. Is that a record?

[Hammy]

Up to 'K' without a single major storm. Is that a record?

more than likely as last year we got to I before even having a hurricane at all

[Fyzn94]

I see what appears to be an eye-like feature with this.

[Macrocane]

So do I but I'm not sure if it's just a dry slot, anyway Kirk looks stronger than 40 kt right now, it has nice symmetry and the outflow is great in all quadrants.