ATL: ALBERTO - Post-Tropical
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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Sub-Tropical Storm
Fantastic view from GOES-16.
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UPDATE: NOAA's #GOES16 (#GOESEast) continues to closely monitor Subtropical Storm #Alberto this morning, May 25, 2018. This is the first, named #storm GOES-16 has captured as an officially operational satellite.
https://twitter.com/NOAASatellitePA/status/1000039344059625477
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UPDATE: NOAA's #GOES16 (#GOESEast) continues to closely monitor Subtropical Storm #Alberto this morning, May 25, 2018. This is the first, named #storm GOES-16 has captured as an officially operational satellite.
https://twitter.com/NOAASatellitePA/status/1000039344059625477
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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Models
GFS 983mb at NOLA in 90 hours, then bumps a tad to the NE to hit the MS Coast... a little Friday afternoon lagniappe for all the Who Dat fans... 

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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Models
GFS 982mb in NOLA... very likely a hurricane at that point.
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ATL: ALBERTO - Sub-Tropical Storm
Something I haven't seen much discussion of but certainly worth noting is the fairly large wind field models are indicating with Alberto. Here at landfall the GFS is indicating a strong TS or minimal hurricane with a large area of TS force winds. An area of TS winds like this would push a good bit of water up into the surge prone areas along the coast.


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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Models
OK so I have to give props to the ECMWF here. Look at where it had the system on the 00Z run on May 19th (first image, yes 5 days ago!) compared to what it is showing today on the last 00Z run. The model accuracy can be incredibly impressive, another coupe for the ECMWF and its ensembles.




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Re: ATL: Breaking News: NHC will initiate advisories on Subtropical Storm Alberto at 11 AM EDT
Patrick99 wrote:chaser1 wrote:Hmmm? Jump straight to T.S.? Must be a holiday week-end lol! (That, or a lot of really pissed off and seasick passengers on that Carnival ship!)
It has probably been quite the few hours for those passengers. I've been on large cruise ships in rough seas, and they start to rock and roll pretty significantly. I tend to enjoy when that happens, as it really rocks me to sleep in a way that just can never happen on land. I also enjoy watching the top deck pools violently slosh back and forth. Some people really can't handle the movement well, though.
I guess the NHC had a good deal of respect for that ship report after all.
I don't know about Carnival Cruise Line, but Royal Caribbean Cruises has its own Chief Meteorologist.
Rerouting multiple ships to calmer seas and open ports that are out of danger is no small task... With multiple ships per line, and hundreds to thousands of crew and passengers per ship, and lists of port closures changing with the progress of a storm as well as safe passage to those ports, well it has to be quite a logistical challenge.
Passenger ships really need reliable weather instruments to stay abreast of the latest and most accurate information possible. I don't think it's considered an option.
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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Models
JB's take on GFS:
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Amazing watching the GFS from an amusement point of view run after run of feedback fairy problems into s FLA, now is FURTHER WEST than euro which has always aimed at central gulf coast. It is seeing our worry about intensification tho, now down to 987 Busy weekend
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Amazing watching the GFS from an amusement point of view run after run of feedback fairy problems into s FLA, now is FURTHER WEST than euro which has always aimed at central gulf coast. It is seeing our worry about intensification tho, now down to 987 Busy weekend
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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Sub-Tropical Storm
txwatcher91 wrote:Something I haven't seen much discussion of but certainly worth noting is the fairly large wind field models are indicating with Alberto. Here at landfall the GFS is indicating a strong TS or minimal hurricane with a large area of TS force winds. An area of TS winds like this would push a good bit of water up into the surge prone areas along the coast.
You are correct about that. Even a strong tropical storm would likely bring enough surge to require warnings east of the center.
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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Models
Aric Dunn wrote:NDG wrote:Another westward shift by the GFS, now just south of the mouth of the MS River by hr 66.
Amazing what happens when the feed back issues go away lol
The issue definitely didn't go away, they're pretty evident hr 36 and hr 42.
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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Models
Double Barrel Low At hr 42 and it picks the more NW center. would it likely really have 2 centers after being a system for 2 days?


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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Models
The GFS is now basically where the Euro was aiming at consistently several days ago... and although the last day of Euro runs were a slight shift towards the MS/AL line... gotta give the Euro cudos for at least being in the same ballpark all week long... thus far...
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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Sub-Tropical Storm
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North of #Alberto's low-level center, mid-level westerly flow exists, suggesting that the mid-level center is somewhere near the convection to the NE. This may foreshadow a center-jump later.
Practically, this is expected, and is just the next step in the storm's organization.
https://twitter.com/TropicalTidbits/status/1000025626693324800
North of #Alberto's low-level center, mid-level westerly flow exists, suggesting that the mid-level center is somewhere near the convection to the NE. This may foreshadow a center-jump later.
Practically, this is expected, and is just the next step in the storm's organization.
https://twitter.com/TropicalTidbits/status/1000025626693324800
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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Models
Florida1118 wrote:Aric Dunn wrote:NDG wrote:Another westward shift by the GFS, now just south of the mouth of the MS River by hr 66.
Amazing what happens when the feed back issues go away lol
The issue definitely didn't go away, they're pretty evident hr 36 and hr 42.
The difference during the past couple of runs is that it keeps a stronger circulation with a couple of vortices rotating around it until windshear subsides after 36 hrs and the system becomes more organized, that is a lot more believable.
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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Sub-Tropical Storm
cycloneye wrote:@TropicalTidbits
North of #Alberto's low-level center, mid-level westerly flow exists, suggesting that the mid-level center is somewhere near the convection to the NE. This may foreshadow a center-jump later.
Practically, this is expected, and is just the next step in the storm's organization.
https://twitter.com/TropicalTidbits/status/1000025626693324800
Would that mean more shifts East or have the models accounted for that happening?
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Frank P wrote:The GFS is now basically where the Euro was aiming at consistently several days ago... and although the last day of Euro runs were a slight shift towards the MS/AL line... gotta give the Euro cudos for at least being in the same ballpark all week long... thus far...
Euro has been WAY more consistent than the jacked up GFS of late. Yep kudos..

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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Sub-Tropical Storm
The old center is moving NE now toward the convection. Could the jump be happening now?
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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Models
12z UKMET shifted west, but not significantly, and remains the eastern outlier.
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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Sub-Tropical Storm
caneman wrote:cycloneye wrote:@TropicalTidbits
North of #Alberto's low-level center, mid-level westerly flow exists, suggesting that the mid-level center is somewhere near the convection to the NE. This may foreshadow a center-jump later.
Practically, this is expected, and is just the next step in the storm's organization.
https://twitter.com/TropicalTidbits/status/1000025626693324800
Would that mean more shifts East or have the models accounted for that happening?
Read the last part of Levi’s tweet.
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Re: ATL: ALBERTO - Models
Evil Jeremy wrote:12z UKMET shifted west, but not significantly, and remains the eastern outlier.
How is the intensity?
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