CFHC Talkback For News Story #59:
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Goes M Is Up
08:15 AM EDT - 23 July 2001

Yesterday the new GOES M satellite was launched, which is the last of that "generation" satellite, which will help track storms across the globe. Find out more on the GOES Web Site.

This weekend we had a little rain. Which is chipping away at our drought conditions, and actually start to get our lakes back up. This stalled front, though caused a low to develop west of us. But the conditions were (and still are not) favorible for development.

It didn't stop it from trying, however, and the west coast had a windy day and plenty of rain.

Spinout
I don't see it becoming anything.

Development Potential for Gulf Low
(forget it) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (sure thing)
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Otherwise, not much happening, and I'm still going for the no named storms in July goal.

NRL Monterey Marine Meteorology Division Forecast Track of Active Systems (Good Forecast Track Graphic and Satellite Photos)

NASA GHCC Interactive Satellite images at:
[NAtl visible] (visible -- Daytime Only) [NAtl infrared] (infrared), and [NAtl water vapor] (water vapor)--Nasa source.
Defiant Visible Infrared More...
Other commentary at: Mike Anderson's East Coast Tropical Weather Center - Accuweather's Joe Bastardi - SCOTTSVB's Hurricane Update Center - Jim Williams' Hurricane City - Gary Gray's Millennium Weather - Even More on our Links Page

Some Forecast models: (NGM, AVN, MRF, ECMWF, ETA)
DoD weather models (NOGAPS, AVN, MRF)
AVN, ECMWF, GFDL, NOGAPS, UKMET

- [jc]

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ride the roller coaster!!! (#75)
Posted by: Shawn Location: houston,tx
Posted On 07:35PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (RPWNRQXNRSTNRPP*)

what a day!!!up and down.the way it is looking,we might do it all over again.hope you guys are ready.hey,florida people,you all did a great job today reporting what you saw and the conditions you saw.if this thing in the central gulf does spin up,please keep your comments commin'.
Ok....I'm Not Hallucinating BUT (#76)
Posted by: Colleen Location: Lakeland, FL
Posted On 07:50PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (RPUNQXXNQYUNQYY*)

Some friends of mine in PA are telling me that a METEOR may have struck somewhere near Pittsburgh? One guy is listening to a police scanner; they are saying there are a lot of reports of people seeing a fireball coming out of the sky; houses shaken and things have fallen off the walls. One woman in NJ says that she saw a ball of fire streak by her car. This happened around 6:30pm.
More Information about the "Thing" that I was talking about... (#77)
Posted by: Colleen Location: Lakeland, FL
Posted On 08:12PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (RPUNQXXNQYUNQYY*)

just so you know I'm not making this up:

Possible Meteor Startles Commuters
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, It's a plane...It's a Bolide!

At about 6:20 p.m., afternoon commuters from all over the WTOP Radio listening area were startled to see a HUGE ball of fire streak across the sky. One listener called the station and described it as "glowing blue and orange and a quarter of a mile tail on it."

WJLA's Chief Meteorologist, Doug Hill, says the object was probably a bolide. The term is generic term used to describe anything from a rocky or metallic asteroid, to an icy comet. A "meteorite" is a chunk that impacts the earth. Hill says that since this object was seen in full sun and blue skies, it was probably fairly large; much larger than the usual aspirin-sized meteors we think of as shooting stars.

Given the range of calls here to WTOP Radio, from Frederick to Fredericksburg, Hill estimates the boloid was travelling between 30 and 50 miles above the surface of the earth.

The National Weather Service says Dulles International Airport officials saw the object from the tower, but they cannot confirm any impact of the earth.

There are no reports of damage.


(WTOP Radio, 2001)

Ok. There it is. I didn't make it up.








Quite Windy Here (#78)
Posted by: k___g Location: Orlando
Posted On 08:16PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (RTNRWNRRSNUS*)

Not much rain here today...however, the winds have really increased during the past hour. It appears that the high to our east and low to our west are creating a nice pressure gradiant.

The activity in the Gulf is becoming quite interesting to watch.
Low Now (#79)
Posted by: Mike C. (http://flhurricane.com) Location: New Smyrna Beach, FL
Posted On 08:21PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (RPYNQUVNRTPNR*)

This rogue system is interesting. It's causing a steady 15-20MPH wind on the east coast here. If it does do something strange, tomorrow will be the day to watch for it.


Hey colleen, Got gel? (#80)
Posted by: gary Location: jacksonville, florida
Posted On 08:31PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (VTNQRNQPTNRX*)

Hey , have you seen any planes spraying any green gel over there? Ha ha :) Boy we could have fun with that again...
me & the central gulf again (#81)
Posted by: Shawn Location: houston,tx
Posted On 08:44PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (RQVNXXNWYNV*)

it's starting to look like storms are trying to form around the center of the low in the central gulf.there still looks to bealot of dry air on the north side of it though.does anyone know if that will subside?what are the chances of it coming our way here in texas?calling on you experts out there to help me with this one.
Oh Sheesh!!! (#82)
Posted by: Colleen Location: Lakeland, FL
Posted On 08:55PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (RPUNQXXNQYUNQYY*)

Not the green gel again...lol...no, I have not seen any planes. I am busy right now reading/watching the coverage of this "meteorite" falling...apparantly, three pieces have actually HIT the earth, and explosions and fires are now being reported in N Central PA. Even CNN is/was covering it. Weird.
Test Post (#83)
Posted by: StevieB
Posted On 09:04PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (RQVNYWNRQSNVT*)

Is this thing on?
WARNINGS FROM MIAMI NWS (#84)
Posted by: ROBERT Location: WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Posted On 09:29PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (RPUNQXXNQYRNQUT*)

Today, The Weather Service Office in Miami has issued an amazing 35 warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, floods and special marine advisories. WOW!!!!http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/fl/allwarnings.html
gulf? (#85)
Posted by: Shawn Location: houston,tx
Posted On 09:50PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (RQVNQRNRRSNQQY*)

does anyone know the newest on the gulf?it looks more like the concerns are starting to shift more west.alot of storms out there.
Warnings (#86)
Posted by: Rick D (http://www.flhurricane.com/rad/) Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Posted On 09:50PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (VUNSTNYRNWY*)

Yes, the weather radio has been going off consistently here . I see a further drift to the north . One more day of rain here in St Pete. Very interesting reports around town. Took a cruise to the local beach , higher than normal tides 2 to 3 ft above astronomical, minor flooding, alot of debris about . Finally PC is back up so the cam is operational again !
zzzzzzz? (#87)
Posted by: Shawn Location: houston,tx
Posted On 11:00PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (RQVNQRNQYTNQQR*)

did everyone go to sleep?
central gulf (#88)
Posted by: cajun Location: southwest LA
Posted On 11:13PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (RPWNQYQNQSNWU*)

Im still awake shawn. I thought the TW outlook was rather interesting at 11:00. Good Call. you called 12 hours before the Hurricane Center. A little info for all you guy's. On the morning that Allison was named the meterologist from the The national weather office from Lake Charles actually is the one that got the ball rolling that morning reporting to the hurricane center 60 mph winds on offshore platforms. The NHC were oblivious to the fact that there was a TS in the gulf. Interesting isn't. I was told this by the forecaster that made the call to the NHC.
cajun (#89)
Posted by: Shawn Location: houston,tx
Posted On 11:42PM 23-Jul-2001 with id (RQVNQRNQYTNQQR*)

looks like if this thing is going to form it has a long way to go.i'm trying to find anything in the satellite pix that would give me cause to stay up a while,but i don't see it as of yet.do you or anybody else see any sort of wrapping around or an increase in the activity associated with it?
swirls (#90)
Posted by: Kimmie Location: Baton Rouge. LA
Posted On 12:02AM 24-Jul-2001 with id (RPYNRQUNXTNV*)

Shawn and Cajun---TWC did not have much to say just now.....on the satellite pix you could see the swirl, but on the radar there was very little rain.....I guess time will tell. Tomorrow should be an interesting day.
gulf enigma (#91)
Posted by: HankFrank Location: Aiken, SC
Posted On 12:22AM 24-Jul-2001 with id (RPTNQQVNQVNXW*)

95L looks pretty diffuse tonight. whatever it had earlier has come undone. couple of models have been seeing another low forming in the central gulf along what part of the trough hasnt been filling, yet the environment looks rough. that one has a long way to go. save a late inning rally by 95L nothing will develop in the short term. colleen's meteor is a better story.
one more week of nothing and we get 3 consecutive stormless julys.
Here's the deal.... (#92)
Posted by: Steve Location: Old Metairie, LA
Posted On 12:26AM 24-Jul-2001 with id (VSNQWNQWNSW*)

If anything was forming S or SSE of here, we'd have North winds and falling pressures. The pressure is up to about 28.88 and rising, and the winds have been 3-10 out of the SE. That's something to look at later tonight and tomorrow, but for now, nothing is happening.

An interesting note was that both local weather reports I saw mentioned the building Bermuda High and major Atlantic pattern shift. Bastardi was talking about that the past few days on his web site. The further west the B-high nudges, the more likely waves will move along its periphery and also the more likely that the TX, LA and MS coasts are likley to return to a normal summertime flow with 40% afternoon thunderstorms and sea breeze fronts. Having an Eastern ridge will go further toward eliminating the drought in the Northern Gulf.

Steve
Oops.. (#93)
Posted by: Steve Location: Old Metairie, LA
Posted On 01:01AM 24-Jul-2001 with id (VSNQWNQWNVT*)

typo - that's 29.88. IR shows some developing cloudtops in the central gulf. If they blossom, SE LA will be on the wet side of that part of the new low tomorrow.

Steve
it's over!!! (#94)
Posted by: Shawn Location: houston,tx
Posted On 07:54AM 24-Jul-2001 with id (RPWNRQXNRQWNQP*)

looks like the excitement is over.i don't see anything that is going to happen today, or for a while.it will be just as boring today as it was interesting yesterday.well,it was fun while it lasted.
Not that boring.... (#95)
Posted by: Steve Location: Old Metairie, LA
Posted On 08:17AM 24-Jul-2001 with id (VSNQWNQWNQPT*)

We've got new storms developing off the coast here. Also, look down at Cuba. There is a wave moving w or wnw. Thundestorms are blowing up both north and south of the island. This will probably continue to track around the edge of the Bermuda high and could easily slip into the Gulf in a day or two.

Steve
steve (#96)
Posted by: Shawn Location: houston,tx
Posted On 08:36AM 24-Jul-2001 with id (RPWNRQXNRQWNQP*)

i don't see any kind of a circulation anywhere out in the gulf.i did notice storms building around your area but i was thinking it was just moisture that was being streamed up and sucked into the low moving inland in the panhandle of florida.please let me know if i'm wrong.also,does it look like that the wave around cuba has a circulation because i thought the part in the caribbean also had a seperate circulation.i just got up though,so i could be seeing things.
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