ATL: IDALIA - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[CrazyC83]

It's tricky to keep track when there are 3 planes out there now (2 to Idalia, 1 to Franklin).

[Iceresistance]

It's tricky to keep track when there are 3 planes out there now (2 to Idalia, 1 to Franklin).

NOAA3 to Idalia is having signal problems, signal could come and go from it, but the AF planes are doing fine.

[Emmett_Brown]

It will be interesting to follow the recon center fixes this evening to see if Idalia gets pulled to the right of the official track in the near term by the mid level NW shear. Usually these small moves get smoothed out in the end, but sometimes a tug here or there can change the track a little.

[TallyTracker]

Tallahassee is under a hurricane watch now in addition to the tropical storm warning. That last westward shift was enough to warrant that. Not a high chance of hurricane force winds here but we’re being told to prep for Cat 2 winds as a precaution.

[ScottNAtlanta]

Radar is looking better. Trying to wrap

[Poonwalker]

Why is the radar so bad in that area? We should get better equipment. That’s the fuel lane for these things.

[Iceresistance]

Why is the radar so bad in that area? We should get better equipment. That’s the fuel lane for these things.

Different countries have different radar standards.

[tolakram]

Why is the radar so bad in that area? We should get better equipment. That’s the fuel lane for these things.

That's Cuban radar. Pretty good considering overall quality of their infrastructure.

[Nimbus]

It's tricky to keep track when there are 3 planes out there now (2 to Idalia, 1 to Franklin).

NOAA3 to Idalia is having signal problems, signal could come and go from it, but the AF planes are doing fine.

Bird strike that took out their navigation system at -84.3W?

[ScottNAtlanta]

It's tricky to keep track when there are 3 planes out there now (2 to Idalia, 1 to Franklin).

NOAA3 to Idalia is having signal problems, signal could come and go from it, but the AF planes are doing fine.

Bird strike that took out their navigation system at -84.3W?

https://i.imgur.com/iFAy2Px.jpg

Not too many birds at that altitude...lol

[Poonwalker]

Why is the radar so bad in that area? We should get better equipment. That’s the fuel lane for these things.

That's Cuban radar. Pretty good considering overall quality of their infrastructure.

I posted right before seeing that loop. That one is way better than what I was seeing.

[Iceresistance]

NOAA3 to Idalia is having signal problems, signal could come and go from it, but the AF planes are doing fine.

Bird strike that took out their navigation system at -84.3W?

https://i.imgur.com/iFAy2Px.jpg

Not too many birds at that altitude...lol

I was thinking a malfunction of their navigation system that they managed to resolve?

[weeniepatrol]

[Iceresistance]

https://i.imgur.com/p9YuslC.png

Uhhhh.... This has a strong pressure gradient, it wasn't there on the morning recon flights.

[ScottNAtlanta]

Bird strike that took out their navigation system at -84.3W?

https://i.imgur.com/iFAy2Px.jpg

Not too many birds at that altitude...lol

I was thinking a malfunction of their navigation system that they managed to resolve?

I thought you were just being funny

[ScottNAtlanta]

Don't forget...the NOAA plane has been about 5mb too low when reporting pressures

[eastcoastFL]

Why is the radar so bad in that area? We should get better equipment. That’s the fuel lane for these things.

The radars there belong to Mexico and Cuba. I imagine radar stations get expensive.

[Zonacane]

Don't forget...the NOAA plane has been about 5mb too low when reporting pressures

NOAA and AF planes have been reporting the same pressure

[Extratropical94]

980.8 mb on first NOAA pass.

[Fancy1002]

980.8 mb on first NOAA pass.

That’s pretty low for a tropical storm isn’t it?