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Tracking hurricane Joaquin OTS


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It looks poised to strengthen more.. outflow is awesome at the moment. It could still get cat 5 perhaps. It's been sitting but that water is warm pretty deep.

Ian although the water is bathtub warm in that region isn't still relatively shallow that close to land? I would think it's very slow movement and shallow water depth would allow for a lot of mixing/upwelling to take place perhaps capping it's max intensity. Wouldn't one rather see it moving slowly over gulf waters offshore if max intensity were to be reached?

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Ian although the water is bathtub warm in that region isn't still relatively shallow that close to land? I would think it's very slow movement and shallow water depth would allow for a lot of mixing/upwelling to take place perhaps capping it's max intensity. Wouldn't one rather see it moving slowly over gulf waters offshore if max intensity were to be reached?

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The region of the Bahamas the core is over right now is deeper than 500 meters. That location also has a deep 26º isotherm as well; 75 meters down. I'm sure it is upwelling, but the eyewall would have to sit over the same location for longer than it is currently forecasted and modeled to be there.

 

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Ian although the water is bathtub warm in that region isn't still relatively shallow that close to land? I would think it's very slow movement and shallow water depth would allow for a lot of mixing/upwelling to take place perhaps capping it's max intensity. Wouldn't one rather see it moving slowly over gulf waters offshore if max intensity were to be reached?

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Pretty sure the water east of the Bahamas where the hurricane is currently is very deep

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BULLETIN

HURRICANE JOAQUIN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 16A

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL112015

800 PM EDT THU OCT 01 2015

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE JOAQUIN BATTERING THE

CENTRAL BAHAMAS...

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR EASTERN CUBA...

SUMMARY OF 800 PM EDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...22.9N 74.5W

ABOUT 25 MI...45 KM ESE OF CLARENCE TOWN LONG ISLAND BAHAMAS

ABOUT 75 MI...120 KM S OF SAN SALVADOR BAHAMAS

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH...215 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WSW OR 250 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...7 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...931 MB...27.49 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS

--------------------

CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

The government of Cuba has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the

Cuban provinces of Camaguey, Los Tunas, Holguin, and Guantanamo.

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Gym, I think the most interesting part of the 12/18z comparison is the quite noticeable shift away from the NE jog as the storm starts gaining latitude.

Not saying it means anything other than potentially a shift in early track guidance. The storm is a damn beast right now. It will do whatever it wants. Lol.

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