Odette on the verge of becoming 8th hurricane of the season
Moderator: S2k Moderators
Forum rules
The posts in this forum are NOT official forecasts and should not be used as such. They are just the opinion of the poster and may or may not be backed by sound meteorological data. They are NOT endorsed by any professional institution or STORM2K. For official information, please refer to products from the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service.
- Hyperstorm
- Category 5
- Posts: 1500
- Joined: Sun Sep 07, 2003 3:48 am
- Location: Ocala, FL
Odette on the verge of becoming 8th hurricane of the season
Odette is consolidating tonight and it looks like land will be the only inhibitor for it to strengthen significantly. If it were a good 100 miles off the coast, I would say it will become a hurricane, but time is really running out. If current trends continue, it should make landfall within the next 3 hours and that's the time it has for it to strengthen 10 mph more and I think this tenacious December storm is not wasting time. Latest satellite images show a large mushroomed convection mass that consolidated and it might just be trying to form an eyewall. Next recon which should be in there in about 2 hours will prove interesting. I think is right on the borderline of hurricane strength, since is the best it's looked in its short existance.
0 likes
- wxman57
- Moderator-Pro Met
- Posts: 23011
- Age: 67
- Joined: Sat Jun 21, 2003 8:06 pm
- Location: Houston, TX (southwest)
No way! At best it's a poorly-organized tropical storm with one tiny area of squalls that are producing sfc winds of 50-65 mph in the northeast quadrant. But the rest of the wind field is MUCH less than that. It has lacked good feeder bands from day 1, and the center is now moving inland. No hurricane status for Odette. I doubt the recon plane will be able to get to the center, as it looks like it's inland.
0 likes
-
- Professional-Met
- Posts: 1243
- Joined: Wed Sep 03, 2003 9:45 am
- Location: Ft. Collins, CO
wxman57 wrote:No way! At best it's a poorly-organized tropical storm with one tiny area of squalls that are producing sfc winds of 50-65 mph in the northeast quadrant. But the rest of the wind field is MUCH less than that. It has lacked good feeder bands from day 1, and the center is now moving inland. No hurricane status for Odette. I doubt the recon plane will be able to get to the center, as it looks like it's inland.
Definitely. This thing is nearing the end of its rope, simply said.
0 likes
- cycloneye
- Admin
- Posts: 146139
- Age: 69
- Joined: Thu Oct 10, 2002 10:54 am
- Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Re: Odette on the verge of becoming 8th hurricane of the sea
Hyperstorm wrote:Odette is consolidating tonight and it looks like land will be the only inhibitor for it to strengthen significantly. If it were a good 100 miles off the coast, I would say it will become a hurricane, but time is really running out. If current trends continue, it should make landfall within the next 3 hours and that's the time it has for it to strengthen 10 mph more and I think this tenacious December storm is not wasting time. Latest satellite images show a large mushroomed convection mass that consolidated and it might just be trying to form an eyewall. Next recon which should be in there in about 2 hours will prove interesting. I think is right on the borderline of hurricane strength, since is the best it's looked in its short existance.
You can say goodbye to Odette in the next few hours as it has moved inland already with the majority of the circulation being teared apart by the big mountains there.
But it was fun to watch this system form for the first time in the caribbean ever in december and more interesting with a winter storm in the northeast US at the same time.
0 likes
Visit the Caribbean-Central America Weather Thread where you can find at first post web cams,radars
and observations from Caribbean basin members Click Here
and observations from Caribbean basin members Click Here
- Stormsfury
- Category 5
- Posts: 10549
- Age: 53
- Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2003 6:27 pm
- Location: Summerville, SC
Satellite shot of the Nor'easter with an "eye-like" feature and Tropical Storm Odette from earlier today ...
http://www.stormsfury1.com/Temp/NEstormAndOdette
http://www.stormsfury1.com/Temp/NEstormAndOdette
0 likes
- cycloneye
- Admin
- Posts: 146139
- Age: 69
- Joined: Thu Oct 10, 2002 10:54 am
- Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Stormsfury wrote:Satellite shot of the Nor'easter with an "eye-like" feature and Tropical Storm Odette from earlier today ...
http://www.stormsfury1.com/Temp/NEstormAndOdette
Indeed Mike that is a great pic showing both systems.
0 likes
Visit the Caribbean-Central America Weather Thread where you can find at first post web cams,radars
and observations from Caribbean basin members Click Here
and observations from Caribbean basin members Click Here
- george_r_1961
- S2K Supporter
- Posts: 3171
- Age: 64
- Joined: Sat Oct 12, 2002 9:14 pm
- Location: Carbondale, Pennsylvania
Bye Bye Odette
Odette will soon be torn apart by the mountains of Haiti. When whats left of it emerges into the Atlantic it will likely be extratropical. Now back to my Xmas shopping.
0 likes
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: AnnularCane, Blown Away, Canelaw99, CourierPR, galaxy401, jgh, jhpigott, JtSmarts, Lizzytiz1, Miami Storm Tracker, Pelicane, saila, StPeteMike, Stratton23, TomballEd, Weathertracker96, Wein, wzrgirl1 and 191 guests