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Atlantic Tropical Action 2014


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The late season increase in instability associated with the SST rise helped boost

the ACE out of the basement. It's interesting that it took one of the greatest

AMO increases that we have seen from June to September.

 

2014 -0.041 -0.022 -0.060 -0.073 0.019 0.083 0.242 0.356 0.331

 

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/accumulated_cyclone_energy.asp

 

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Impressive features of the tropical cyclone season:

1) Landfalling tropical cyclone on the Big Island of Hawaii approaching from the east.

 

2) Two landfalling tropical cyclones within one week on the island of Bermuda.

 

3) Landfalling major hurricane over Cabo San Lucas.

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The 00Z Ensembles are fairly good agreement of developing a sub/extratropical low in the Bay of Campeche the week. The remnants at the mid/upper levels associated with EPAC former TS Trudy as well as an approaching 5H low in Arizona/Northern Mexico should allow for lowering pressures across the BoC and Southern Gulf where a stalled frontal boundary is draped. High wind sheer across the Northern Gulf should keep any real development in check, but provide S Florida and the Keys with some heavy rainfall into next weekend. Bad timing for the beginning of Fantasy Fest in Key West next weekend.

 

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Euro is still very aggressive in showing something subtropical.  With building heights across the north central U.S. and a trough getting stuck underneath it, it should catch your eye.  Moisture will be getting drawn up into the Bay of Campeche area over the next several days and lowering pressures occurring with a trough of low pressure moving into the Western Gulf.  The Euro interacts it with a ULL in the Central Gulf.  

 

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The 00Z Ensembles are fairly good agreement of developing a sub/extratropical low in the Bay of Campeche the week. The remnants at the mid/upper levels associated with EPAC former TS Trudy as well as an approaching 5H low in Arizona/Northern Mexico should allow for lowering pressures across the BoC and Southern Gulf where a stalled frontal boundary is draped. High wind sheer across the Northern Gulf should keep any real development in check, but provide S Florida and the Keys with some heavy rainfall into next weekend. Bad timing for the beginning of Fantasy Fest in Key West next weekend.

 

Was there for it last year - what a great time, and we were fortunate enough to have great weather too.  Seems like just as often as not though, some sort of slopgyre or something is brewing in late Oct close enough to the Keys to, at the very least, throw some gusty showers their way.

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All of the 12Z models now ramp up 93L pretty significantly.  I believe GFS is alone in showing a split system, but all models have the main energy moving to the Caribbean and then tracking towards FL.  This should be an interesting one to watch.

 

Edit: 12Z CMC also shows a second low developing off of the east coast front but preserves 93L as the main feature.

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It also should be noted that the MJO is in a significant amplitude RMM phase 1, which tends to be a favorable phase for Central American gyre (CAG) development. Combine that with antecedent vorticity provided by TC Trudy and a favorable climatological state (CAGs are more favorable in Sep-Nov), and Its not surprising to see the models latch on to a gyre solution.

 

Note that even as the vorticity maxima organizes over the Bay of Campeche, there is plenty of background cyclonic vorticity stretching across Mexico into the EPAC. Extensive anomalous westerly flow in the EPAC is a synoptic characteristic of these CAG events. 

 

The big question is whether or not it can become something more. My research focal points looks at these features, and a decent chunk of them go on to become tropical cyclones (~33 percent). However, that percentage goes down quite significantly when an upper tropospheric trough is involved, which ramps up the vertical wind shear over the low-level circulation. If the upper-level trough forecasted to impact the gyre-like circulation can stay poleward, this system probably has a better chance to organize further as a tropical cyclone.

 

Some good examples of CAGs that went on to become significant tropical cyclones during this time of year.... Opal (1995), Roxanne (1995), Michelle (2001), Wilma (2005) just to name a few. It may be a slopgyre for now, but slopgyres can develop into pretty robust TCs if given the right environment and enough time. 

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The Atlantic is in a favorable intraseasonal state thanks to a western hemispheric MJO passage. ECMWF ensembles are now highlighting a strong suppressed Kelvin wave passage during the late 7-14 day period. These next two weeks could be the final hoorah of the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season in light of another upcoming intraseasonal shift in the tropics.

 

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Plan of the Day
000NOUS42 KNHC 201411REPRPDWEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTSCARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL.1015 AM EDT MON 20 OCTOBER 2014SUBJECT: TROPICAL CYCLONE PLAN OF THE DAY (TCPOD)         VALID 21/1100Z TO 22/1100Z OCTOBER 2014         TCPOD NUMBER.....14-142I.  ATLANTIC REQUIREMENTS    1. SUSPECT AREA (BAY OF CAMPECHE)       FLIGHT ONE -- TEAL 72        FLIGHT TWO -- TEAL 73       A. 21/1730Z                  A. 22/1130Z, 1730Z       B. AFXXX 01IIA INVEST        B. AFXXX 0209A CYCLONE        C. 21/1445Z                  C. 22/0830Z       D. 19.7N 94.0W               D. 19.9N 92.0W       E. 21/1700Z TO 21/2130Z      E. 22/1100Z TO 22/1730Z       F. SFC TO 10,000 FT          F. SFC TO 10,000 FT    2. OUTLOOK FOR SUCCEEDING DAY: CONTINUE 6-HRLY FIXES IF       SYSTEM DEVELOPS.

 

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Still not updating on NOAA and some others. 

 

http://hoot.metr.ou.edu/text/?t=admin&f=KWNO_20141021133704_ADMNFD.txt

 

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NOUS42 KWNO 211337

ADMNFD

SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE

NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD

1325Z TUE OCT 21 2014

NESDIS IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH PRODUCTS NOT UPDATING ON THEIR

WEBSITES...THEY ARE AWARE OF AND WORKING ON THE ISSUE..

12Z NCEP MODEL PRODUCTION IS ON TIME..

12Z NAM RAOB RECAP...

78866/SXM - 10142

78486/SDQ - PURGED WINDS 213MB AND UP FOR GFS...PORTIONS TOO

STRONG

CRITICAL WEATHER DAY STATUS...

NCEP DOES NOT ANTICIPATE A CWD DURING THE NEXT 3 DAYS.

SHIREY/SDM/NCO/NCEP

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Recon has found a broad closed low deep in the BoC with winds near/at TS strength and a minimum central pressure around 1005mb.

 Make that 1001mb and tight. 33kt W winds too. Question is now does it have the "sustained convection" criteria to support TD/ 40 mph TS?

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 Make that 1001mb and tight. 33kt W winds too. Question is now does it have the "sustained convection" criteria to support TD/ 40 mph TS?

It would be nice to get it named, only Mitch '98 has been recorded as having a landfall in the W part of the Yucatan. Also, there's a patch of non contaminated 35+kts winds in the SE quad

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Product: Air Force Vortex Message (URNT12 KNHC)

Transmitted: 21st day of the month at 20:32Z
Agency: United States Air Force
Aircraft: Lockheed WC-130J Hercules with reg. number AF97-5305
Mission Purpose: Investigate eighth suspect area (flight in the North Atlantic basin)
Mission Number: 1
Observation Number: 20
A. Time of Center Fix: 21st day of the month at 20:01:30Z
B. Center Fix Coordinates: 19°15'N 93°37'W (19.25N 93.6167W)
C. Minimum Height at Standard Level: 692m (2,270ft) at 925mb
D. Estimated (by SFMR or visually) Maximum Surface Wind: 33kts (~ 38.0mph)
E. Location of the Estimated Maximum Surface Wind: 9 nautical miles (10 statute miles) to the SSW (193°) of center fix
F. Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: From 283° at 29kts (From the WNW at ~ 33.4mph)
G. Location of Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: 9 nautical miles (10 statute miles) to the SSW (193°) of center fix
H. Minimum Sea Level Pressure: 1000mb (29.53 inHg) - Extrapolated
I. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Outside Eye: 20°C (68°F) at a pressure alt. of 768m (2,520ft)
J. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Inside Eye: 23°C (73°F) at a pressure alt. of 767m (2,516ft)
K. Dewpoint Temp & Sea Surface Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): Not Available
L. Eye Character: Not Available
M. Eye Shape: Not Available
N. Fix Determined By: Penetration, Wind and Pressure
N. Fix Level: 925mb
O. Navigational Fix Accuracy: 0.02 nautical miles
O. Meteorological Accuracy: 1 nautical mile
 
Remarks Section:
Maximum Flight Level Wind: 32kts (~ 36.8mph) which was observed 19 nautical miles (22 statute miles) to the SSE (152°) from the flight level center at 19:47:00Z
Sea Level Pressure Extrapolation From: 925mb
General Notes About Vortex Messages:
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NHC made the right call on this one. Pressures are down to 1000mb with winds near 34 knots, but there is nowhere near enough convective organization to classify the system as a cyclone. 

 

 

 

An Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft did find a small well-
defined low in the southern Bay of Campeche. However, the
thunderstorms associated with the low are still not organized enough
for this system to be considered a tropical cyclone. Upper-level
winds could become more conducive for further development by
tomorrow, and this system has the potential to become a tropical
cyclone before it moves inland over the Mexican state of Campeche
late Wednesday or early Thursday. Later in the week, tropical
cyclone formation appears unlikely
due to interaction with
a cold front while the system is over the northwestern Caribbean
Sea.
Interests in Campeche and elsewhere in the Yucatan Peninsula
should monitor the progress of this system as tropical storm
warnings could need to be issued with short notice.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.

 

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If I was a betting man, I'd say 93L has a > 50% chance to be declared a TC prior to landfall in the Yucatan. I'd also say its likely to have a second life in the Caribbean, as the GFS suggests (the ECMWF showed a similar solution at 00z, but the 12z run shows the remnant low-level vorticity staying too far poleward for redevelopment due to high vertical wind shear).

 

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If I was a betting man, I'd say 93L has a > 50% chance to be declared a TC prior to landfall in the Yucatan. I'd also say its likely to have a second life in the Caribbean, as the GFS suggests (the ECMWF showed a similar solution at 00z, but the 12z run shows the remnant low-level vorticity staying too far poleward for redevelopment due to high vertical wind shear).

 

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Where is this thing projected to go? Any chance it hits the main land?

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