#52 Postby Tireman4 » Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:59 am
From HGX AFD this morning...
TROPICAL...
Well, well, well...it appears the 00Z Euro has decided to try to
make things interesting. But in the large scheme of things, not
much has really changed. The guidance continues to spin up a
tropical cyclone out of an easterly wave interacting with a broad
Central American gyre - and we are now at a range where it`s
really hard to dismiss it out of hand. That`s not to say there
will be development, but it is not merely some fantasy of partial
differential equations. The NHC gives a 20 percent chance of
development in the next 5 days, which seems fair.
Now, the "interesting" part. If you read the long term portion of
the discussion, you`ll recall that the Southwest ridge looks to be
positioned farther north than before. In the GFS, this is of
little consequence - the steering flow continues to drive a low
into Mexico, far south of us. The Euro, on the other hand, decides
to have a little fun. The northern position of the ridge axis
allows a low (that seems to have largely missed the Yucatan) to
drive up into the Gulf. And though the ridge tries to build in,
it`s too late. A tropical depression or weak tropical storm
manages to sneak onshore around Matagorda Bay.
So now you may be asking, "Is this what`s going to happen?". In a
single word, doubtful. Even farther north, the ridge is pretty
stout, and I tend to side with the GFS solution on this one.
Additionally, it`s not the GFS alone on this one - GEFS is pretty
clearly in support of its deterministic counterpart, and MSLP
anomalies in the EPS implies the Euro ensemble is more in this
camp as well, leaving the Euro Op on its own.
I fully expect this Euro run to be more of a fluke - but it does
serve as a reminder to ensure that all our hurricane plans and
kits are refreshed and ready to go.
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