B.C.Francis
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I`ve been watching the radar loops out of Wilmington for the last 3 hours and I might be wrong but I don`t see any of the north component in Ophelias track. In fact I see a west north west drift and it looks like she may be heading more towards the Georgetown area. I`m in north Charleston at the moment and I`m not an expert but I know what my eyes are seeing. Large rain band off shore will affect the coast later on today I believe . It seems to be getting a tad more organized around the center. ........Correct me if I`m wrong anybody........Weatherchef
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Thunderbird12
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I think the movement of the system is ill-defined at the moment. The circulation associated with the "eye" that is trying to form is not anchored as the center of larger circulation, but appears to cyclonically rotating within the larger center at a slow rate of speed (currently appears to be drifting east on radar). It's tough to tell which way the overall larger circulation is moving, since the center is so broad and it is moving so slowly. The system as a whole does appear to be slowly progressing (or expanding) northward toward the coast.
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Random Chaos
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Yeah...where is Ophelia? Recon has her looping again. 4 hours ago she headed north, 2 hours ago it was west. Now it's south.
On Visible and IR she isn't appearing to loop, though the tracks are hard to find.
Ophelia has a mind of her own...and will go where she wants to.
http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/omd/ops/weather/vortex.html
Edited by Random Chaos (Tue Sep 13 2005 04:05 PM)
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HanKFranK
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the fix they're giving is that weak, old inner core that's ricocheting around inside the large envelope of the storm. it's gonna keep doing that as long as the storm moves slowly and doesn't mix the dry air out of the center. some of that appears to be taking place, but it doesn't happen quickly. as for the earlier quote on bastardi's intensity... i don't see why it can't get to cat 2, later on. if anybody remembers gustav in 2002, it took a similar glancing path against the outer banks, and deepened baroclinically as it moved out into the north atlantic quite a bit. ophelia could do something similar. near the outer banks i doubt it will surpass category 1, however.
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Clark
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Considering the cooled waters (both due to storm-induced and physically-induced upwelling), poor inner-core organization of the storm, and proximity to land -- among other factors -- I think a call of a 90kt storm at landfall is, quite frankly, unrealistic. It may organize a bit more than forecast, but that's by 5kt and not 30kt. We've seen storms with impressive satellite signatures actually be quite a bit weaker than they are in reality this season, including this one throughout its lifecycle -- something Bastardi hasn't picked up on all season long despite recon & surface obs to the contrary -- and given what the current state of the storm is, it's going to take a lot for the surface representation of the storm to match any improved satellite appearance. It doesn't have the time, the environment, or the state of organization to do so. That is in no way to say that people in SC/NC shouldn't be prepared for a hurricane -- we've been harping on that possibility for days now -- but to think that something intensifying to major hurricane status will affect the region is just beyond reason right now.
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Thunderbird12
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Ophelia seems to be making a go at intensification. Convection continues to flare-up closer to the center, especially near that sub-vortex that is floating around in there. Radar wind speeds have been increasing in the western semi-circle of the system, possibly being enhanced by that smaller vortex. Outflow is excellent, but unless it starts jogging more to the NNE, it will move off of the Gulf Stream before too long. It also needs to develop a stable inner core for any significant intensification.
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bigpapi
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Tropical Storm force winds just began here in Myrtle Beach. Some good gusts. Looks like the rain is beginning. This should be the beginning of what may be a long 24 hours. Also looking at radar it appears to be still moving NNW. Also latest have Ophy at a 4.0/4.0. Should be a Hurricane again.
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Thunderbird12
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Looks like they did a test SHIPS run of a system at 9.5 N, 38.5 W:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/productview.php?pil=WBCCHGHUR
Perhaps they are getting a little more interested in the disturbed area of weather out there. The output suggests that conditions would be favorable for strengthening, but keep in mind it is still just a wave at this point and may never be more than that.
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Chris Bryant
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FWIW- the NWS "experimental" radar page has doppler wind velocity images- http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/ltx.shtml
. It does look like the entire North Corolina coast is going to get a whole *bunch* of rain at the least- and more wind than I like  .
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rexsc
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Weather is beginning to deteriorate in Charleston. The winds are picking up with bands beginning to make an impact. It looks as if Myrtle Beach will get take a bit more of a beating than first anticipated. Radar looks as if it still has somewhat of a western component/wobble left in it before heading due north. 
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Random Chaos
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We have invest 95L out in the Atlantic:
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc-bin/tc_hom...es&DISPLAY=
Here are the model tracks:
http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/omd/ops/weather/plots/storm_95.gif
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Rexcs: Here's the 48 hour rainfall estimate from (rainfall ending 8am Thursday): http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/gfs/12/images/gfs_p48_048l.gif
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BTW - take a look at the sat loops at . I made a thread about it over at the Hurricane History section
Edited by Random Chaos (Tue Sep 13 2005 09:05 PM)
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CoalCracker
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Yep. Time to start looking in the rear view mirror once again. 12Z 850 vort , , UKMET, and to a lesser degree the runs are showing the possibility of something spinning up and approaching the Lesser Antilles in the next 6 days. Believe the models have been picking up on this the last couple of runs. Way too early to tell, however, what'll play out.
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bigpapi
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It's been raining nonstop now for a while. Gusts come and go. Probably nothing over 40mph yet. I have a question for the mets. Now that Ophelia is getting her core back. We've seen what looked like an enormous eye for the past few days. Cat 1borderling TS storms don't usually have eye features. Will this fill in completely over the next few hours making the "appearance " of a weaker storm even though it's slightly intensifying? 
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Thunderbird12
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5pm advisory kept Ophelia as a tropical storm, but they just did an update to upgrade it back to a hurricane with winds of 75 mph, based apparently on new recon data.
No mention of 95L in the 5:30 pm outlook, so they aren't expecting anything to happen soon, apparently.
Edited by Thunderbird12 (Tue Sep 13 2005 09:43 PM)
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amonty
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I Was just watching . At the end of the tropical update "Dr. Lyons" waved is hand across the Atlantic and Caribbean and said " Look at this, a beautiful Atlantic and Carribean ocean with no worries there are no other tropical systems out here it's beautiful weather for you vacationers."
Keep in mind he said this as he waived his hand right over Invest 95L. You can make what you want of that!!!
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bn765
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Bad news....Ophelia has stalled......
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Random Chaos
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Bad news....Ophelia has stalled......
Yep, I'm seeing that on radar. Last hour has no movement. IR still shows a slight northward movement and the next recon fix is probably about an hour off..could be more or less though.
It could be just a wobble, or an artifact of the reorganization she's undergoing. Only time will tell with this storm.
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Beaumont, TX
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So what is the deal with 95L? Is this anything to be concerned about in the future?
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Random Chaos
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So what is the deal with 95L? Is this anything to be concerned about in the future?
Several models show possible development, and the daily TWD's from have been steadily making this system seem more and more organized over the past few days. It is still a ways from being a TD, but I wouldn't be surprised if it turns into one.
--RC
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bigpapi
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Dvorak up to 4.5/4.5. So that supports 979 pressure and 89mph. Wonder what the next advisory will say.
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