| Hugh |
| (Senior Storm Chaser) |
| Sun Oct 09 2005 07:51 AM |
Re: Azores - Canary Islands system
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Agreed Clark, 96L should be a classified system. It certainly seems to meet the criteria at least for ST classification. It has again been given TNumbers of ST3.0/ST3.0 at 0600z this morning from SSD. It has consistently been given these TNumbers for at least the past 48 hours, numbers which shortlived STD22 didnt even attain. The convective structure remains well organised and intact with good convective banding features. The core remains relatively clear. And the winds are strong - potentially making it a ST Storm. Of course, the proximity to Spain and the Canary Islands probably are its inhibiting factors to classificationWe may see this go unclassified, but given the current and recent data on this system, it might have a shot at classification in the post season analysis.
Regards
The blasted thing has an EYE for crissake! (looking at NRL loop)... yet the NHC says it is non-tropical, and over cold water. How can anyone have much faith in the NHC forecasts when they ignore a hurricane (or at least a strong tropical storm), saying it is non-tropical?
Update: Dr. Lyons just called it a "subtropical" system and said "best I can estimate winds are about 30-35 mph".... the cloud tops don't look impressive on the colorized IR, either. Still, it should be classified if the short-lived subtropical low near Bermuda was classified!