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Floydbuster

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  1. I agree. I don't think Dorian gets the respect it deserves.
  2. Interesting that the NHC takes Lee up to 180 mph in 12 hours, I actually got the feeling it might be peaking out tonight before possible future deepening again over the weekend.
  3. Wasn't there discussion after Irma that people put way too much stock into the SFMR?
  4. That infrared loop looks extremely similar to Hurricane Rita in September 2005, when Rita explosively deepened in the Gulf of Mexico.
  5. Invest 96L looks great, my guess is this may be "Margot" already if their is a circulation underneath that bursting convection.
  6. I didn't mean to trigger anyone the other day with my post about climate change alarmists. In 2005, 2007, and 2008, I had the privilege of speaking to the late great Dr. William Gray from Colorado State University. He empathized that hurricanes are controlled by things such as the thermohaline circulation, which has an impact on the AMO and hurricane activity. He was adamant about climate change not playing any role, or at least not enough of a role for us to take our eye off using funds towards tools to forecast hurricanes instead of combating climate change. I guess I've spent the last 15 years trying to take Dr. Gray's advice to heart, given that he was the gold-standard as the lead hurricane forecaster for decades. (If you spoke to Einstein about theoretical physics, would you take his word or the word of someone on Twitter who likely has some kind of agenda?) So I get frustrated when I see people using every developing hurricane as a weapon for any kind of "I told you so" agenda with regards to climate change. Once you hear the facts from someone like Dr. William Gray, I find it difficult for anyone to convince me otherwise.
  7. The 18Z GFS had a 944 mb hurricane near the Turks and Caicos at 366 hrs, and it's not Lee.
  8. Continued west motion and a center formation in the near-term could have huge impacts for the U.S. Virgin Islands on determining how close this system may get.
  9. Wow did the ensembles really have Irma that far north? I didn't remember that at all.
  10. Anything is possible but everyone seems pretty definitive early on so they may be on to something. Perhaps I should join the bandwagon. I guess I just didn't think the long-range models showed a convincing enough set-up for a system to be quickly swept to sea without at the very least slowing down near the Bahamas.
  11. There are some on Twitter who are laughing at those concerned about this system. I know it's a long way out and of course we don't even have a depression yet, but I wouldn't be laughing. I actually have a bit more concern about this system potentially moving further west than the typical out to sea track. There are some indications the western Atlantic ridging may begin to rebuild around the time it would be near the Bahamas. Still a long time to watch, though.
  12. Time goes so fast that even though it feels like the islands just got slammed by Irma and Maria, that was already six years ago, a similar time frame from between Hugo 1989 and Luis 1995.
  13. I have a suspicion this one could make it very far west, and potentially be a threat to the Virgin Islands.
  14. TD-11 has strengthened into Tropical Storm Jose. That means August gave us 6 tropical storms, 2 hurricanes, and 2 major Category 4 hurricanes. Pretty impressive.
  15. Idalia reminded me a lot of Hurricane Dennis in 2005. Very small core, weakening at landfall in the Florida panhandle. In fact, Dennis made landfall with 115 mph winds (lowered from 120 mph operationally) and a pressure of 946 mb. I think Idalia may have been more in the 115-120 mph range at landfall, rather than the operational assessment of 125 mph. The pressure also rose to around 949 mb, similar to Dennis, and the surge was nasty and similar, but Dennis hit a more populated area of the Florida panhandle than Idalia struck.
  16. Weakening hurricanes have winds that just ain't bursting down the surface the way strengthening hurricanes are.
  17. I'm not convinced Idalia will get that much stronger. The eye seems so small that it almost looks ready to peak, IMO.
  18. SUMMARY OF 400 AM EDT...0800 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...28.9N 84.1W ABOUT 90 MI...145 KM WSW OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA ABOUT 60 MI...95 KM S OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH...205 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...27 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...941 MB...27.79 INCHES Up to 125 mph. Not quite a Cat 4 yet.
  19. 11:30pm Video Update on Idalia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McX8BTvxbn4
  20. Chasers in Florida tonight be like:
  21. Reminds me a bit of Dennis in 2005. Very tight core. With the hurricane force winds extending out only 25 miles, you miss them and it could be night and day.
  22. New Video Update for those interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXfNa-LHOt4
  23. Probably a little less. I'm thinking 8-10am Wednesday.
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