ATL: LAURA - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[cfisher]

Convection has picked up on the east side so they'll probably get 140kts+

[supercane4867]

NHC update:

9:00 PM CDT Wed Aug 26
Location: 28.8°N 93.1°W
Moving: NNW at 15 mph
Min pressure: 937 mb
Max sustained: 150 mph

that doesn't have the most recent east/west pass from the NOAA plane right?

Those will likely be incorporated into the 10PM CDT advisory

[AubreyStorm]

NEXRAD Doppler Radar is showing winds at 173-175 mph on the eastern portion of #HurricaneLaura ... 157mph winds sustained are Category 5. Gusts of 175mph are clearly into Category 5 territory.

[HDGator]

With a pandemic still ongoing it surely is a very bad time evacuating from a Category 4 (possibly a Cat5) cyclone. The stress from taking shelter is one, but making sure not to catch the disease is another.

We are very simplistic Cajuns. Our thought process was that Covid is 98.7% survivable whereas Laura isn't giving us those odds so off we went. The eye is coming in right over my house. I said my goodbyes to my home this morning.

Prayers for you, your family and your home from South Florida. I sat here with Dorian churning 90 miles east of us and escaped scratch free. After a lifetime facing storms here I understand the feeling. Take care and stay safe.

[Hypercane_Kyle]

AF300 passing through the NE quad now.

[EquusStorm]

Definitely some of the most high-stakes and highly anticipated recon passes in the basin ever

Constant refresh time

[Blizzard96x]

With a pandemic still ongoing it surely is a very bad time evacuating from a Category 4 (possibly a Cat5) cyclone. The stress from taking shelter is one, but making sure not to catch the disease is another.

We are very simplistic Cajuns. Our thought process was that Covid is 98.7% survivable whereas Laura isn't giving us those odds so off we went. The eye is coming in right over my house. I said my goodbyes to my home this morning.

God bless you.

[StAuggy]

Look at all those tornadic cells coming in to the coast, wow!

https://i.imgur.com/WBwnEf0.gif

Wow! I think Ivan holds the record for the most tornadoes spawned from a tropical system. Given the track Laura is going to take inland I wonder how high the numbers will end up being.

[ronjon]

Look at all those tornadic cells coming in to the coast, wow!

https://i.imgur.com/WBwnEf0.gif

Yeah it is incredible looking at that.on radar. I am just nearly speechless.

Mesovortices...and from an outer band. Powerful.

[Highteeld]

[HurricaneEnzo]

May not be accurate that is in an area of range folding

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[Hammy]

https://i.imgur.com/8SEAZxo.jpg

May not be accurate that is in an area of range folding

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Dropsonde measured similar winds--it's a few thousand feet up.

[sponger]

KATC switching over to generator power. Has two day reserve. It is show time.

[eastcoastFL]

https://i.imgur.com/RA0xXu7.gif

What’s happening with the southern eye wall?

I think the radar beam is just being blocked by the northern eyewall. It is still intact.

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That makes sense since it looks perfect on SAT

Thanks!

[HurryKane]

And thus begins a thread that may live in some sort of infamy, if some of the solutions verify. The meat of the 2020 season has begun

Good call (this is post #2 from this thread).

[FLpanhandle91]

Dang.

[Blinhart]

https://i.imgur.com/8SEAZxo.jpg

May not be accurate that is in an area of range folding

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It's also up like 5000 feet

[Chris_in_Tampa]

Air Force through 9:00pm CDT.
NOAA through 9:01pm CDT.

[Highteeld]

It's probably a gust in a mesovort 5,000 feet up. Just a post for fun

[cfisher]

Seeing possibly the biggest lightning burst all night right now