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| Posted by: Dr. Jeff Masters, 04:25 PM GMT del 05 Agosto 2012 | +45 |
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Jeff co-founded the Weather Underground in 1995 while working on his Ph.D. He flew with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters from 1986-1990.
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If it becomes a major, yes. Otherwise, the GFS has been spot on this entire time.
When I was living in Duluth, MN when the NWS predicted 1-3 inches of snow we would routinely get 8-12. When they predicted 8-12 we'd get a trace to 3.
Some places the weather is just harder to predict than others. The only thing I was sure of up there were the temps and when they predicted a foot or more me, the shovel and my snow blower were going to get a workout!
Transmitted: 6th day of the month at 13:44Z
Aircraft: Air Force Aircraft (Last 3 digits of the tail number are 302)
Storm Number & Year: 05L in 2012
Storm Name: Ernesto (flight in the North Atlantic basin)
Mission Number: 8
Observation Number: 10
A. Time of Center Fix: 6th day of the month at 13:17:00Z
B. Center Fix Coordinates: 15°43'N 80°10'W (15.7167N 80.1667W)
B. Center Fix Location: 261 miles (420 km) to the SSE (162°) from George Town, Cayman Islands (GBR).
C. Minimum Height at Standard Level: 1,381m (4,531ft) at 850mb
D. Estimated (by SFMR or visually) Maximum Surface Wind: 40kts (~ 46.0mph)
E. Location of the Estimated Maximum Surface Wind: 3 nautical miles (3 statute miles) to the SE (137°) of center fix
F. Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: From 235° at 54kts (From the SW at ~ 62.1mph)
G. Location of Maximum Flight Level Wind Inbound: 3 nautical miles (3 statute miles) to the SE (137°) of center fix
H. Minimum Sea Level Pressure: 994mb (29.35 inHg)
I. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Outside Eye: 17°C (63°F) at a pressure alt. of 1,538m (5,046ft)
J. Maximum Flight Level Temp & Pressure Altitude Inside Eye: 21°C (70°F) at a pressure alt. of 1,400m (4,593ft)
K. Dewpoint Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): 15°C (59°F)
K. Sea Surface Temp (collected at same location as temp inside eye): Not Available
L. Eye Character: Closed Wall
M. Eye Shape & Diameter: Circular with a diameter of 8 nautical miles
N. Fix Determined By: Penetration, Radar, Wind, Pressure and Temperature
N. Fix Level: 850mb
O. Navigation Fix Accuracy: 0.02 nautical miles
O. Meteorological Accuracy: 1 nautical mile
Remarks Section:
Maximum Flight Level Wind: 55kts (~ 63.3mph) in the east quadrant at 12:05:30Z
Maximum Flight Level Wind Outbound: 77kts (~ 88.6mph) in the northwest quadrant at 13:19:00Z
Radar Signature: Good
Ernesto is a hurricane , could get a special advisory soon, appears to be moving NW also.
Hey...I speak Spanglish. Duh.
To each their own. My dislike of crow is why I tend to avoid making bold predictions - especially those unsupported by data. When Ernesto was still east of the islands, I said once it passes 75W, it would slow down and blow up. And it did. But that wasn't much of a reach, since all the data and models were right there with it.
LOL...
Yeah thanks, UTC or Zulu time which must be what the "z" is, is 5 hrs. earlier than EST time and then another hr. for Central, Mountain, and Western.
models and the nhc arent into putting any RI into a forecast.... they just go with expected gradual intensification...but then this might not be RI either
I don't see a hurricane in that.
LOL
Eastern Time) GMT-5
01:00 UTC = 9:00 p.m. EDT
02:00 UTC = 10:00 p.m. EDT
03:00 UTC = 11:00 p.m. EDT
04:00 UTC = 12:00 a.m. EDT
05:00 UTC = 1:00 a.m. EDT
06:00 UTC = 2:00 a.m. EDT
07:00 UTC = 3:00 a.m. EDT
08:00 UTC = 4:00 a.m. EDT
09:00 UTC = 5:00 a.m. EDT
10:00 UTC = 6:00 a.m. EDT
11:00 UTC = 7:00 a.m. EDT
12:00 UTC = 8:00 a.m. EDT
13:00 UTC = 9:00 a.m. EDT
14:00 UTC = 10:00 a.m. EDT
15:00 UTC = 11:00 a.m. EDT
16:00 UTC = 12:00 p.m. EDT
17:00 UTC = 1:00 p.m. EDT
18:00 UTC = 2:00 p.m. EDT
19:00 UTC = 3:00 p.m. EDT
20:00 UTC = 4:00 p.m. EDT
21:00 UTC = 5:00 p.m. EDT
22:00 UTC = 6:00 p.m. EDT
23:00 UTC = 7:00 p.m. EDT
If it gets strong enough, still think Brownsville area could get some rain from this....
So is EI faster than RI?
I use to have a conversion chart posted to the side of my computer desk -- made life easier.
Weatherbell
1934 - TS #2
Storm Two carved an erratic path through Central America and the Gulf of Mexico, causing catastrophic flooding that killed thousands. It formed in the Gulf of Honduras in early June and slowly moved north and then west into Belize as as Tropical Storm. Over the next four days, it made a slow loop over the same general region of Central America. It went down through Guatemala and El Salvador and then back north into Honduras and the western Caribbean. Still hugging the coast, it strengthened into a hurricane, making landfall north of Majahual, Mexico on the Yucatan Peninsula. It weakened back to a storm as it began to move west across the northern part of the peninsula and into the Bay of Campeche. The storm slowed down further, making a tight (and rare second) counterclockwise loop then turning northward and gaining speed. It regained hurricane status, making landfall in Louisiana at Point au Fer Island on the east end of Atchafalaya Bay. The scale of the destruction in Central America was immense. As many as 3,000 people died in the catastrophic floods. Many places saw in excess of two feet of rain in just 72 hours.
Link
Looking more at this website...storms do REALLY crazy things when they hit Belize. Interesting read!
Look at my post above.
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