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  1. May be getting some light snow for several hours Tue morning here. No worries about warm nose above 800mb because snow growth is below that. Classic low level stratus with overrunning moist air thanks to Sierra Madre CAD. This usually produces drizzle, but since it will be below freezing for the whole shallow column, snow can occur. This is not common, but it happened in the aforementioned 2021 cold blast. Usually to get freezing temps here we get a full on artic dome, which lower the DPs drastically, inhibiting any precipitation. Surface temps may be a factor as well since they will be hovering around 32F. No accumulation is expected, other than on cold surfaces.

     

     

     

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  2. 1 hour ago, hawkeye_wx said:

    The op Euro and AI Euro have given up on the sw turn into the Bay of Campeche.  They agree with the GFS now.

    Looks like the other way around (EC-AIFS has always been in the GFS camp, BTW), 18zGFS has mostly conceded into a turn towards the SW into the BoC. It basically decouples it first, before the LLC turns to the SW. Euro weakens it, but not fully decouples. Now, looking at the current trends, I don't buy the GFS decapitating Rafael in 36 hours or so, as a matter of fact, we are probably looking at a bounce back to major status for the next advisory. If it can walk the fine line around the shear boundary, south of 25N, then intensity could be much higher than forecasted.

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  3. Shear is weakening, and Rafael is showing a more symmetrical/round shape on satellite, also an eye is clearing out. Latest recon confirms FL winds around 106kts, we'll see about central pressure, but I'm guessing a down trend will shortly begin, especially after dry air gets mixed out through the strong convection going on right now.

  4. 33 minutes ago, Ed, snow and hurricane fan said:

    Wobble or trend?  Satellite and Cayman radar seems to be showing movement almost due W,

    I'll say a bit of both. There are definitely structure changes to the core, hence the propensity for wobbles, but i also think that there will be a farther left track from here to the Yucatan, probably not a 270 heading, but around 275/280, gaining a few tenths of latitude before LF

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  5. Re: Hurricane models and intensity. With the exception of the HMON, they all show more favorable GOM conditions.

    Regarding track. How much will the central plains trough erode the SE ridge is the central question. Also, if it will eventually hook Beryl up to the NW/N  capturing it or not. This is important regarding flooding issues in MX and/or TX. Some of the models, at times, show  Beryl completely missing the trough and continue to the W or WNW farther into MX (12z HAFS-X and the CMC), with little TX effects. Most runs show MX landfall, but turning right into TX fairly soon (most GFS runs, and the latest Euro and Ukie). The latter is what's have been favored by the NHC since advisories had shown a W GOM LF.

  6. 11 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

    There is def. a bit of a lag between presentation and actual intensity changes.

    I still like the northern side of the track envelop at this time...probably a First Call either tonight or tomorrow and Final on Sunday.

    TCHP isn't nuts in the SW GOM like it was in the Caribbean, but certainly enough to support intensification back to a hurricane assuming favorable mid levels.

    Yes, there is, it's usually structure->central pressure->wind speed ... both in the strengthening and weakening phases.

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  7. Recon definitely shows a continued gradual weakening, but I think current radar and satellite shows that trend may have halted, if not starting to reverse a bit, at least structure wise. Deepening and intensification may follow suit. I think that the reason is that shear may be abating a bit, due to what I explained above, the ULL pinching off the TUTT, the TUTT slowly lifting up and the ULL redirecting part of the upper level winds around it, instead of impinging the TC. Not saying that it will explode or anything of that sort, but I can see it steady state (or slightly strengthen) before the Yucatan LF.

    Next recon will dissipate any questions about the weakening trend halting for the time being.

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  8. 3 minutes ago, GaWx said:

     The 12Z UKMET has Beryl already at 85.4W when at 19.0N at 7PM CDT today. But regarding the 10AM CDT actual position, the NHC was already up to 19.0N with her only to 82.6W. That means she’s now a whopping ~185 miles E of the 12Z UKMET 7PM position. That implies to me that the UKMET is likely going to verify too far S when it reaches the W GOM.

    The thing is if that the Ukie, CMC and Euro all three have a due west path starting around 19N (which is right now) until the Yucatan, while the GFS has a more poleward track.

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  9. One thing is for sure, the environmental conditions sure look much better in modeling world than what they were forecasted to be 24 hours ago. The ULL moves away from Beryl faster, with a greater separation between the two, with lot less shear impacting the cyclone, and an ULAC building atop Beryl. If it has a good structure post-Yucatan, then it can intensify significantly before the W GOM LF.

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