Thunderstorms now being reported around the eye

[hurricane_lover]

Isn't that a sign of strenghening?

[chris_fit]

no... its a sign of dry air.

Sounds like good news.

[Dave C]

Only if it wraps all the way around the eye and dosen't immediately open up again. The dry air is our friend as for keeping this storm in check.

[hurricane_lover]

cool

[ColdFront77]

What does dry air have to do with it? Thunderstorms wrapping around a tropical cyclones is indicative of intensification.

[chris_fit]

When i talked to Cantore last night....

thuderstorms = lighting.

When there is lighting thats a sign of dry air in the hurricane. That was straight from Dr Steve Lyons when I asked Cantore :-P

[PurdueWx80]

How do we have proof that there are thunderstorms? Is there a reporting station near the eye or what? Just because convection explodes and the radar shows brightening doesn't mean there is lightning. But yes, the lightning comment is correct, at least near the eye. The feeder bands often have lightning associated with them though...especially as you increase distance from the center of the storm.

[chris_fit]

How do we have proof that there are thunderstorms? Is there a reporting station near the eye or what? Just because convection explodes and the radar shows brightening doesn't mean there is lightning. But yes, the lightning comment is correct, at least near the eye. The feeder bands often have lightning associated with them though...especially as you increase distance from the center of the storm.

Cantore said that they knew from Recon.

[skysummit]

My radar is showing a 60% chance of .25" hail appx 12 miles south of the town of Okeechobee, FL associated with a squal line. Is this possible....hail in a squal line? I've never heard of that before.

[chris_fit]

My radar is showing a 60% chance of .25" hail appx 12 miles south of the town of Okeechobee, FL associated with a squal line. Is this possible....hail in a squal line? I've never heard of that before.

Yes.

Recon reported this a few days ago as well.

[dixiebreeze]

What does sry air have to do with it? Thunderstorms wrapping around a tropical cyclones is indicative of intensification.

Right. Convection is deepening around the center, ColdFront77. Check this:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT ... IR4/20.jpg

[ColdFront77]

My radar is showing a 60% chance of .25" hail appx 12 miles south of the town of Okeechobee, FL associated with a squal line. Is this possible....hail in a squal line? I've never heard of that before.

Squalls ahead of cold front can have hail associated with them.

[Ed25]

How do we have proof that there are thunderstorms? Is there a reporting station near the eye or what? Just because convection explodes and the radar shows brightening doesn't mean there is lightning. But yes, the lightning comment is correct, at least near the eye. The feeder bands often have lightning associated with them though...especially as you increase distance from the center of the storm.

http://www.weathertap.com/protected/sta ... g_ani.html

[skysummit]

This visible imagery shows higher cloud tops around the center.

http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/04_ ... _full.html

[Eyes2theSkies]

we had hail in orange county during charley

[dennis1x1]

well there is no eye first of all.

[FritzPaul]

All hail is is rain that cannot fall to the ground because of wind speed and turbulance. If the rain drops get high enough it freezes, and this process repeats until enough ice forms to finally surrender to gravity and thus falls to earth.