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Hurricane Flo Banter Thread-no fun allowed, no saying the storm isn’t that bad plz


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14 minutes ago, hickory said:

Mods delete this if you want to. Look am not a meteorologist nor do I claim to be, but the consensus is getting clear. There is a constant east in the tracks. If the euro goes east again tonight then that's a sign. You have a powerful Hurricane that will tend to pull more to the north. Also given climo in perspective it wouldn't make landfall at all. Am looking at a cape lookout north landfall. I wouldn't be surprised if it just brushes the OBX and OTS. It's not making landfall in SC or south of cape lookout. You have to follow the trends and its east! Models will wobble back and forth every run, but look at the trend. I would bet $1000 doesn't make landfall west of cape lookout and am willing to put my honor and name to it. Rant over!

If you're not a meteo then don't speak with this kind of authoritative tone. Seems like a garbage post to me.

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3 minutes ago, BlunderStorm said:

It's the banter thread your safe here. To be fair that probably would have passed on the main thread. Were running in unprecedented territory with this storm so will just have to find out. I'm not willing to take a more southwestern landfall off the table until the 0z Euro has a say in this.

It was in the main thread... I moved it here.  

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It would seem the GFS just can't decide exactly what it wants to do with Florence this run...  The GFS was notably west of where it was in previous runs.
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When you spit out your coffee after simultaneously seeing the GFS loop and hearing TWC JC mention it as a possible solution.

Be safe SE and MA folks!


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Normally don't join in on Tropical Discussions but wanted to wish everyone in the path of this monster to stay safe. We have family that live on the shore of Oak Island, NC just south of Wilmington and not looking very good for them right now. They are planning on evacuating by tomorrow morning at the latest. 

Also it appears that the EWRC is almost completed for Florence on the last few frames of the IR.

 

 

 

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What is causing the front / line of clouds that has formed to the west of Florence?  I am curious as it is moving in a north westerly direction: 

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/GOES16_sector_band.php?sector=eus&band=GEOCOLOR&length=24

With Disturbance 1 pushing north, and a continuing easterly flow coming off of Florida, it seems to me that Florence would follow the front/cloud line I'm asking about.

EDIT:  had the air flow off Florida moving the wrong direction.  Corrected.

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1 minute ago, Buddy said:

That really doesn't seem to be the case at all, in the longer time frames: 

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I think that poster is probably focusing on the timeframe around landfall... whether the eye would scrape the coast/stay offshore or move inland. That is the aspect where the GFS appears to be headed toward being late to the party.  

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1 minute ago, Hoosier said:

I think that poster is probably focusing on the timeframe around landfall... whether the eye would scrape the coast/stay offshore or move inland. That is the aspect where the GFS appears to be headed toward being late to the party.  

Probably. Just pointing out that the GFS has actually been one of the higher performing models IRT this storm, and we're a good way out now.  We've seen this movie a few times haven't we? ;-)

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Maybe I'm forgetting but I don't recall seeing a storm with that satellite presentation before.  What's the deal with the fingers of cooler cloud tops oriented straight out from the center?

 

It's due to strong divergence aloft. You have strong upper level airflow jets away from the convection that stretches the high cirrus clouds. It creates finger-like linear striations / furrows in the cloud canopy's appearance. Essentially, the CDO is being stretched and it's also a sign of strong outflow channeling establishing.

 

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Just now, Vice-Regent said:

Anyone wishcasting this hurricane to their backyard is out of their damn mind. Hopelessly batsh** crazy. That's all I got. One of the rare instances where I would rather observe from a distance.

Indeed.  I, for one, do am not wanting to be without power for weeks at the end of Virginia summer.:yikes:

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Many of those in the Lumber River / Lumberton NC area still have not fully recovered from Hurricane Matthew less than two years ago. If the models predicting Florence inland 'stall' over southeast NC prove true, that is a cruel fate for those poor people. This time there will be better preparedness, but  so unfortunate to lose again what they have managed to rebuild  

 

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12z Euro is...interesting. If it holds on to that solution and it verifies, I'll be willing to hail King Euro forever and ever. But I'm skeptical.

Edit: For discussion's sake I'll say that the 12z Euro is showing Flo stalling out just off Wilmington for ~3 days then scooting south and making landfall in Charleston.

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