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Erractic Movement of NIDA

Posted by: Spetrm, 03:08 AM GMT del 30 novembre 2009

Erratic Movement of NIDA

Nida continues to be and pardon my language, a pain in the butt!! This storm has shifted direction of movement from NE to now W in the past 24 hours. Plus its strength has only weakened slightly to 110kts still leaving at a Super Typhoon Strength. The winds are creating seas up to 35ft near the core! That is enough to take down most large ships. The eye is still very vivid and remains approximately 50nm across. It looks like I may just sit near its current location and fill itself from below due to lack of exhaust over the next 72 hours.

The Typhoon continues to sit in between two ridges shown on the 500mb model analysis from GFS witch is agreeing better with current and past conditions than NOGAPS. This and the ZONAL flow with the PFJ to the north are keeping the storm in its stationary position 380 NM south of IWO TO. For the past 12 hours winds on the Island have remained below 15 knots and if the system continues to drift west these winds should remain steady.

(Picture I took of IWO TO (IWO JIMA) in September.)

An increase in shear 48 to 72 hours out will start to finally knock the tops of NIDA, thus weakening it’s exhaust as mentioned above and the typhoon should quickly fill and weaken, then 96 hours out it will likely finally be picked up by the PFJ and move quickly off to the NE. FYI this could spell some weather for the NW U.S by the early next week.

Also was NITA a record breaker? The answer is no, the official lowest reading via JTWC was 990mb, that keeps it 10mb above Typhoon Tip, yet it still give it a run for it’s money.

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Deployment pictures

Posted by: Spetrm, 01:10 PM GMT del 20 novembre 2009

I had an awesome time on my cruise, the work was work, but thank god I love being a weather forecaster so everything worked out!

Below are a few of the pictures I took, if you want to see even more check out my facebook and there is even more at that site!

Updated: 09:50 PM GMT del 22 novembre 2009

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3 month cruise almost done!!

Posted by: Spetrm, 06:38 PM GMT del 14 novembre 2009

Time to do a little dance becuase tonight is my last watch for this 3 month cruise I'v been on, that means pictures over the next couple days!! O YA!

So ya, no weather to talk about tonight, seas are calmer and high pressure is moving in.

Updated: 01:03 PM GMT del 18 novembre 2009

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I love my job...

Posted by: Spetrm, 05:01 PM GMT del 14 novembre 2009

It's cool, I just sent an email to the man of the week (CO of the USS LASSEN) for ABC news, this was brought to my attention by SSI! THANKS MAN!!

Any how, if any one wants a idea of a job in weather that will pay for your training and you get to do a lot of cool stuff, become an AG!

ABC NEW MAN OF THE WEEK!/a>

Photo from the blue ridge with the LASSEN following..

Updated: 06:31 PM GMT del 14 novembre 2009

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Goooood Morning Vietnam!!!

Posted by: Spetrm, 11:14 PM GMT del 07 novembre 2009

Always wanted to say that and it be for real.. Any how weather here.. Its hot and muggy, thats really what I got in for the 5 day forecast. Good stuff.

Got a ton of pictures coming of about 8 different countries over the course of the last 3 month in about a week and a half so everyone look out for that!

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