ATL: NICHOLAS - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[NDG]

Reed Timmer reporting lightning and thunder in the eyewall.

Does this mean its made landfall? I did see a dark dark spot pop on sandwich right at the coast.. but is that the center? Wait for recon i guess.

No, CoC is still offshore, been heading almost parallel to the coast during the past couple of hours.

[wx98]

Reed Timmer reporting lightning and thunder in the eyewall.

Does this mean its made landfall? I did see a dark dark spot pop on sandwich right at the coast.. but is that the center? Wait for recon i guess.

No it hasn’t made landfall.

[IcyTundra]

Reed Timmer reporting lightning and thunder in the eyewall.

Does this mean its made landfall? I did see a dark dark spot pop on sandwich right at the coast.. but is that the center? Wait for recon i guess.

Not yet...

[jasons2k]

Wow y'all. What an interesting system. Very dynamic with a mixture of dry and tropical air. It looking more like a Freeport area landfall and a very tight rainfall gradient. I may not be getting much more out of this. Forecasts for Houston and a lot of surrounding areas are going to bust...

I wouldn't speak so soon on that looks like areas in Jefferson County south of I-10 are going to see very heavy rainfall still

Jefferson County is a different metro area. For the Houston area, mostly dry.

[TeamPlayersBlue]

I keep watching the HRRR today. Been showing that the storm will drag along the coast since this am. Looking good right now.

[grapealcoholic]

CB partially wrapped, outflow expanding. That should hold off shear for a little bit

[Snowman67]

At this point, I'm just hoping to get some decent rain out of this and not have to run the sprinklers for a few days. Have had hardly anything so far..

[HurricaneBrain]

Definitely hasn’t made landfall yet. Making a jog ENE currently, riding coast.

[grapealcoholic]

That NE quad definitely has hurricane force winds

[NDG]

That NE quad definitely has hurricane force winds

Source?

[ElectricStorm]

That NE quad definitely has hurricane force winds

Recon has said otherwise so far. E side is the strongest

[galaxy401]

NHC upgraded it to a hurricane...Late advisory too...Must have been a tight decision.

[zzh]

NHC issuing advisories for the Atlantic on Hurricane Nicholas

[grapealcoholic]

That NE quad definitely has hurricane force winds

Source?

Just had a gut feeling

[NDG]

Officially a Hurricane now.

[ElectricStorm]

Looks like we got ourselves a cane. Hopefully the strongest winds in the E quad stay offshore

[rw1984]

How long does it have before official landfall?

[galaxy401]

The hurricane upgrade wasn't from Recon but rather a Weather station in Matagorda recorded hurricane-force sustained winds.

[IcyTundra]

The cone isn't updating on the NHC site.

Edit: I can see it now.

[grapealcoholic]

IR presentation still improving. There's room for more strengthening I think