Some systems in recent years I'd agree with that sentiment, Hermine is not such a case based on the satellite images I saw around time of upgrade. Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk
Good, because he was getting desperate. I'm sure he wasn't expecting the first chaseworthy threat in any accessible basin (apparently he still can't go to Japan for the recent typhoons because of their COVID travel restrictions, which is weird because a local metal band I'm a fan of recently announced they're planning a tour of Japan for December) this season to come after September 15th.
It's a Cat. 1. It's not a secret that Cat. 1s, even T.S.'s (heck, even open waves) are capable of catastrophic freshwater flooding, usually due to some combination of meteorological and geographic/orographic factors as is the case here.
However, its existence does not "un-bust" pre/early-season forecasts of AA to hyperactive ACE totals and multiple long-tracking CV majors.
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0536.html
Cells firing in far southeast Iowa with another further north, just north of I-80 NE of Des Moines. Biggest is the one between Centerville and Bloomfield. No warnings out as of yet. Some hints of rotation already per KDVN radar, but glad I sat this one out as CAM idea of initiation close to/maturing and after dark seems to be holding true.
This is actually a remarkably Hortense-like track (both observed thus far, and forecast). Surprised I haven't really seen that name come up as a potential analog before. Also like that storm, Fiona took until past the Lesser Antilles to intensify to hurricane status.
Here we go: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1796.html
Edit: Annnnnnnnnnd expired w/o watch being issued.
Edit 2: Finally went out a few minutes later.
Honestly, if it was April through July or even August I'd be all over this. September Sundays are for watching football with a beer. Haven't even looked at a satellite loop (that wasn't of Fiona) today. Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk
We talk about the "I Curse" a lot, to a lesser extend the "M Curse" (Marilyn, Mitch, Matthew, Maria, Michael) but "F" names have also produced a lot of big ones going back to the mid-'90s. Fran, Floyd, Francis, Fabian, Florence...now perhaps Fiona?
HRRR pretty much drops everything interesting on the 00Z run...or so I thought.
Then it fires supercells right at/after dark. Where's this setup in July?