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Re: ATL: ELSA - Tropical Storm - Discussion

#901 Postby St0rmTh0r » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:34 pm

DestinHurricane wrote:told you it would blow up after sunset 8-)

Now it is nearly stacked and I don't see much inhibiting it. Outflow is excellent in all quads, no sign of shear in the near future. Gonna be a ride!

Still going with my Cat 5 prediction. The weather worldwide this year has been unprecedented
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Re: ATL: ELSA - Tropical Storm - Discussion

#902 Postby tropicwatch » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:34 pm

The TPW loop is showing Elsa getting a nice spiral shape. The last frame is from about ninety minutes ago.

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Re: ATL: ELSA - Tropical Storm - Discussion

#903 Postby floridasun78 » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:38 pm

my weatherman say those storm are east of center that center expose a little bit to west of those storms that you all see tonight
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Re: ATL: ELSA - Tropical Storm - Discussion

#904 Postby StPeteMike » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:38 pm

St0rmTh0r wrote:
DestinHurricane wrote:told you it would blow up after sunset 8-)

Now it is nearly stacked and I don't see much inhibiting it. Outflow is excellent in all quads, no sign of shear in the near future. Gonna be a ride!

Still going with my Cat 5 prediction. The weather worldwide this year has been unprecedented

Don’t know about Cat 5 but I can see this reaching major. It’s going to go over the same waters is Charley did, it bit cooler water temps but still enough to allow decent strengthening.
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#905 Postby eastcoastFL » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:39 pm

Elsa is about 1900 miles away from Miami yet they could see TS winds in less than 72 hours…insane

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Re: ATL: ELSA - Tropical Storm - Discussion

#906 Postby Jr0d » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:40 pm

Tomorrow at 5pm Monroe County(the Florida Keys) is having an emergency meeting to decide what precautions they will take. With the current forecast as a tropical storm they will not do much. However I am fairly certain by 5pm tomorrow Elsa will be forecasted to become a hurricane.... especially if recon finds a stronger storm that expected.

If it is a cat 1 in the forecast, they will order all liveaboard vessels and RVs to evacuate to a safe place on land but hotels will remain open. If a cat 2 is forecast, they will order hotels closed and tourist to evacuate as well as mobile homes, mandatory evacuation for low lying areas, if a cat 3 is forecast (highly unlikely) mandatory evac for all.

With great uncertainty ahead and a very busy weekend, whatever decision is made will not be an easy one.
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Re: ATL: ELSA - Tropical Storm - Discussion

#907 Postby AtlanticWind » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:41 pm

floridasun78 wrote:my weatherman say those storm are east of center that center expose a little bit to west of those storms that you all see tonight

Not according to where NHC has the center
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#908 Postby Category5Kaiju » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:41 pm

I cannot believe that we are at the point of talking about a potential Category 4 in July in the Atlantic as an extreme but not 100% impossible case. We still have a few days before we find out for sure, but it looks like 2005 may not be alone.
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#909 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:42 pm

I'm getting Charley flashbacks here. Similar setup, but the big difference is that it is much earlier in the season. Land interaction will be key going forward.
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#910 Postby MarioProtVI » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:43 pm

St0rmTh0r wrote:
DestinHurricane wrote:told you it would blow up after sunset 8-)

Now it is nearly stacked and I don't see much inhibiting it. Outflow is excellent in all quads, no sign of shear in the near future. Gonna be a ride!

Still going with my Cat 5 prediction. The weather worldwide this year has been unprecedented

This is, to put bluntly, doomcasting and also 100% impossible. No model has it going above C1/2, not even the HWRF which before maxed it at a high-end C3.
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Re: ATL: ELSA - Tropical Storm - Discussion

#911 Postby USTropics » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:44 pm

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Kazmit wrote:Question: If the max winds are 45 kts and it's moving at 25 kts to the west, does that mean they are actually more like 65 kts on the north side of the storm?

To my mind, if the maximum sustained winds (MSW) stated in an NHC advisory for a tropical cyclone (TC) are 50 kt and its forward speed (FS) is 10 kt, the actual MSW are only 40 kt. But that would mean the MSW would increase whenever the FS of the TC accelerates and vice versa, which would be odd. As such, speaking under correction, on the right and left sides of the track the FS should be added to and subtracted from the stated MSW, respectively.


That's correct, in the forward right quadrant the storm's forward motion is added to the maximum sustained winds at the surface (as they are both in the same direction). Conversely, in the forward left quadrant of the storm, even if the pressure difference is minimal, the storm motion substracts from the maximum sustained winds at the surface.

For example, if the forward right quadrant has a southeast wind at 100 knots, and the storm is moving from southeast to northwest at 20 knots, the maximum surface winds would theoretically be 120 knots. Conversely, if the forward left quadrant favors a northwest wind, the storm motion is subtracted from the surface wind speed, which would be 80 knots.
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#912 Postby Aric Dunn » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:50 pm

open wave ? :spam:
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Re: ATL: ELSA - Tropical Storm - Discussion

#913 Postby ElectricStorm » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:52 pm

St0rmTh0r wrote:
DestinHurricane wrote:told you it would blow up after sunset 8-)

Now it is nearly stacked and I don't see much inhibiting it. Outflow is excellent in all quads, no sign of shear in the near future. Gonna be a ride!

Still going with my Cat 5 prediction. The weather worldwide this year has been unprecedented

There is absolutely no way this becomes a Cat 5. Zero. I think Cat 3 is the max potential but for now I don't think it will get above a Cat 1 or 2.

One blowup of convection and people are already calling for a nearly unprecedented situation. Sure this storm is impressive for this time of year, I'm not here to say otherwise. But there's no reason to forecast a Cat 5 when NHC doesn't even have a hurricane in their forecast yet...
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#914 Postby Jr0d » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:53 pm

CrazyC83 wrote:I'm getting Charley flashbacks here. Similar setup, but the big difference is that it is much earlier in the season. Land interaction will be key going forward.


I was thinking that too. Especially now with the forecast shifting left. This could crossover the western tip.of Cuba like Charlie.....not a good scenerio for the West coast of Florida.
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#915 Postby eastcoastFL » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:54 pm

Jr0d wrote:Tomorrow at 5pm Monroe County(the Florida Keys) is having an emergency meeting to decide what precautions they will take. With the current forecast as a tropical storm they will not do much. However I am fairly certain by 5pm tomorrow Elsa will be forecasted to become a hurricane.... especially if recon finds a stronger storm that expected.

If it is a cat 1 in the forecast, they will order all liveaboard vessels and RVs to evacuate to a safe place on land but hotels will remain open. If a cat 2 is forecast, they will order hotels closed and tourist to evacuate as well as mobile homes, mandatory evacuation for low lying areas, if a cat 3 is forecast (highly unlikely) mandatory evac for all.

With great uncertainty ahead and a very busy weekend, whatever decision is made will not be an easy one.


Hopefully it won’t be too bad. I think I remember you having some flooding during Laura last year ?
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Re: ATL: ELSA - Tropical Storm - Discussion

#916 Postby abajan » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:54 pm

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GeneratorPower wrote:
abajan wrote:Well, that will be of little use to us in Barbados. Recon needs to be in there right now!


We always need more recon, baby. But I think we can see what’s in store for Barbados using satellite and radar for now. Should be ok.


Is there a site for Barbados Radar?


https://www.barbadosweather.org/BMS_Rad ... l_Resp.php but it may take several attempts for the page to load due to the site is getting lots of hits, as would be expected.
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#917 Postby ElectricStorm » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:55 pm

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Re: ATL: ELSA - Tropical Storm - Discussion

#918 Postby AtlanticWind » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:57 pm

In the forecast advisory the NHC said the bouy 200 mi north of center reported 38 mph winds .Big wind field
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Re: ATL: ELSA - Tropical Storm - Discussion

#919 Postby eastcoastFL » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:58 pm

MarioProtVI wrote:
St0rmTh0r wrote:
DestinHurricane wrote:told you it would blow up after sunset 8-)

Now it is nearly stacked and I don't see much inhibiting it. Outflow is excellent in all quads, no sign of shear in the near future. Gonna be a ride!

Still going with my Cat 5 prediction. The weather worldwide this year has been unprecedented

This is, to put bluntly, doomcasting and also 100% impossible. No model has it going above C1/2, not even the HWRF which before maxed it at a high-end C3.


While I agree it’s highly unlikely for this to play out you are incorrect about the models. HWRF has 964mb 111kt hurricane hitting Jamaica in 2 days.

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Re: ATL: ELSA - Tropical Storm - Discussion

#920 Postby CrazyC83 » Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:59 pm

Predicting the intensity beyond 36-48 hours is a fool's errand right now. I agree that it could strengthen some more in the short term, and would have considered a Hurricane Watch for parts of Hispaniola. But beyond that, what happens in the Greater Antilles will be enormous. The range of possibilities in Florida ranges from open trough to solid hurricane.

Northern side of the cone probably would mean there would be little left by the time it gets there. Southern side of the cone gives it ample time to develop and intensity with only a short time over Cuba (and a flatter part?).
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