Why Franklin may LOOP after all
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It appears to be moving southward again.
http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/rmsd ... PICAL.html
http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/rmsd ... PICAL.html
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Matt-hurricanewatcher wrote:It appears to be moving southward again.
http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/rmsd ... PICAL.html
Of course it's moving southward...it's doing a cyclonic loop. By this evening it should be moving back to the SE or E. Beware though...it's hard to get a movement on the RAMSDIS site because that sat image there (the 1 km) is storm centered. IT's going to stay centered on the storm...not over the same geographical location. It's a lot easier to see movement when it's not storm centered. Try the GHCC site and zoom in...
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mike18xx wrote:They're all an hour old now -- I have 1900utc pics of Minnesota already, but nothing newer than 1815 in the trops (including the GHCC, which is usually the quickest to update).
Same with the sats I get off my military sites. There's a problem somewhere effecting the whole system.
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Nope; all those particular chips I won in the first place when Franklin moved south -- so even if I lose 'em, the seed money is still intact. Ah well...that's what I get for letting my winnings "ride" for another roll.Air Force Met wrote:So...did you lose all your money?mike18xx wrote:(Mike18xx shoves big pile of chips toward "Franklin will hit the US" spot on roulette table.)

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mike18xx wrote:Nope; all those particular chips I won in the first place when Franklin moved south -- so even if I lose 'em, the seed money is still intact. Ah well...that's what I get for letting my winnings "ride" for another roll.Air Force Met wrote:So...did you lose all your money?mike18xx wrote:(Mike18xx shoves big pile of chips toward "Franklin will hit the US" spot on roulette table.)
...This stupid thing better not last as long as Ginger...that'll be one pain in the arse!
Oh...I thought from your post you were betting that Franklin was going to loop around and hit the US...and considering all the posts...I figured thats what you were betting on...not that it would move south a little bit...but loop back around totally. Either way...your piles gone

Never play roulette...terrible odds.

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http://www.nlmoc.navy.mil/cgi-bin/movie.pl?sat+jpg+10tttt+600+800+aor+wv
That trailing front is becoming reeeeally elongated now, with the main low-associated portion now swinging past 40W in the north Atlantic south of Greenland.
Are any of the models hinting at E trending SE movement?
That trailing front is becoming reeeeally elongated now, with the main low-associated portion now swinging past 40W in the north Atlantic south of Greenland.
Are any of the models hinting at E trending SE movement?
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mike18xx wrote:I have never seen a LLC die over warm water in the Atlantic unless it was shredded by an easterly surge (and all of these cases involve Cape Verde systems traveling west in excess of 20mph).dhweather wrote:Franklin is going to die. Much sooner than later. I'm planning the services now.
Roxanne...1995. Died over the BOC after sitting there for too long....and was a very frustrating storm to forecast. Roxannes spin itself so long it upwelled.
Grace in '97 got sheared to death and died a naked swirl. Debbie in '94 died from shear...over the CAR...and was only moving at 17...Ernesto also died that way in '94...over warm waters. Karen in '89 (late season but still over warm water).
These are just the ones off the top of my head (and not counting TD's)...so it does happen. If something sits there long enoug and with steady shear...it's toast...regardless of how warm the water is. Franklin's only saving grace right now is that it has been baroclinically forced into a lower pressure...but even those days are numbered.
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