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Black Pearl
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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: West FL Jess]
      #81762 - Sun Aug 17 2008 10:32 AM

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THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE CHANGE TO THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY...ALTHOUGH THE CONFIDENCE HAS DECREASED DUE TO A SPREADING OF THE GUIDANCE ENVELOPE.



It looks like the models have basically split with the official forecast down the middle.

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shewtinstar
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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: Black Pearl]
      #81774 - Sun Aug 17 2008 10:55 AM

I am very far from being an expert on these things, but it sure looks to me like Fay is dying out.

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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: Black Pearl]
      #81776 - Sun Aug 17 2008 10:56 AM

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It looks like the models have basically split with the official forecast down the middle.




When the models have a wide divergence, the NHC generally has little choice but to either pick one of the tracks, or split the difference (go with the consensus). That's why you have to look at the cone, rather than the actual forecast lines.

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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: shewtinstar]
      #81792 - Sun Aug 17 2008 11:54 AM

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I am very far from being an expert on these things, but it sure looks to me like Fay is dying out.




Its taken a beating for sure, pretty much cut off from its warm ocean energy source by Cuba. Personally I don't believe the 50mph wind estimate at this time, I doubt its blowing over 40 at the center (provided you could even find it!).

Once Fay moves off Cuba its going to start to get squeezed between the low (west of it) and the front (to the north). I just don't see how it can intensify given those conditions. I do see more of turn to the east today versus yesterday so NHC cone appears to be a good average of what could (should?) happen. I think the possibility of Panhandle landing is getting more remote, between Naples and Tampa seems like a better bet. I'd agree with current GFS model, after landfall the track will head east with storm exiting between Daytona and Jacksonville.

Cat 1 at landfall is about it, but given its condition now even that seems like an over estimate. Everything depends on the arch of this turn to the north, if she swings wide she can gain strength, if she cuts the corner tight (like I've been thinking all along) she'll be in Key West and already sucking up drier air off the mainland which will zap any development as she comes ashore about the same place Charley did.

However the sloppyness of this system makes it hard to judge. The center could hop Cuba early or drag right thru the middle of country, either way the vertical structure of Fay as a whole will be ruined so it should remain weak.

The standard disclaimer applies: I'm not a professional, just throwing my dart on the board for comparison.

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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: JMII]
      #81809 - Sun Aug 17 2008 01:05 PM

Looking at the water vapor loops this morning/afternoon, I'm beginning to lean toward a more NE or NNE track on Tuesday/Wednesday if the trough axis just south of Louisiana continues to dig and move eastward.

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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: shewtinstar]
      #81810 - Sun Aug 17 2008 01:12 PM

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I am very far from being an expert on these things, but it sure looks to me like Fay is dying out.




agree.Fizzle/drizzle.To all Tampa wishcasters,better luck next time!


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HMM [Re: Captain Jed]
      #81815 - Sun Aug 17 2008 01:23 PM

Hmm It looks like a depresion if you ask me. Fay is WEAK The LLCC is exposed to west of the tiny little blob of convection south of cuba she was under. Her circualtion is tight but small very small. It appears now she is getting away from jaimiaca and what was all that convection and mess south her all day yesterday and before is disapaiting breaking off and is heading south, off west of jaimiaca. The Circualtion seems to haved jogged west and is now crossing the 80th parralel in slightly more open water with the south west more open for breathing and the fact the center is more offshore of cuba, a western jog might be enough to get a better cluster of thunderstorm to fire. the only thing hindering this is that the center is pasing near a mountian with a deecent slope probally drawing cooler drier air from higher altidude being injected in the surface stream. this might be the cause for the center becoming exposed, but im not sure. I belive this evening will bring a big blow of convection over the center before moving inland over night and, well we will see what he have left in the morning.

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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: Captain Jed]
      #81818 - Sun Aug 17 2008 01:36 PM

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I am very far from being an expert on these things, but it sure looks to me like Fay is dying out.




agree.Fizzle/drizzle.To all Tampa wishcasters,better luck next time!




And I was so looking forward to a day off work.


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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: shewtinstar]
      #81825 - Sun Aug 17 2008 02:29 PM

Wait a minute, the 2pm location is radically to the west of the prediction, and picking up speed. Double the disagreement with the NHC prediction of any other point during the life of the storm.

Not getting closer to Cuba, but twice the distance from it, on top of all that warm water.

At the current angle, it would miss Cuba and shoot the gap into the Gulf.

No doubt backroom noise, randomness and uncertainty is a lot of it, but this stands out like a sore thumb.

http://flhurricane.com/googlemap.php?2008s6#


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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: TheOtherRick]
      #81828 - Sun Aug 17 2008 02:42 PM

Has anyone considerd the bam and its west turn bias the past day or so its been taungted about scince this got going. The longer this stay south and west the beteer its chance of being left behind to speak. being pulled north but not really getting absorbed by the trough and then just being droped like a doller falling out your pocket , then catching the ridge to?

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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: Robert]
      #81867 - Sun Aug 17 2008 05:17 PM

Well, Bevin did it in the 5pm discussion.... comparing the current forecast track of Fay to that of Charley.
Of course, this was after casting a huge doubt in the forecast track given the wide spread in models (finally, they mention the wide spread... good job!)... Overall, the current trend means no one can really feel at ease just yet.

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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: Hugh]
      #81873 - Sun Aug 17 2008 06:30 PM

South Florida (Lee Charlotte and Hendry Counties) Has Feeder Bands from Fay (or what I believe to be feeder bands from her)

Check out this link and my attached photos. The clouds In the photos are active lightning clouds.

http://www.winknews.com/weather/radar

And now for the photos:






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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: StrmTrckrMiami]
      #81880 - Sun Aug 17 2008 07:07 PM

StrmTrckrMiami - the thunderstorm activity you're seeing is not associated with Fay. Fay is more than 400 miles away. The storms are part of the overall e-w synoptic flow, but IMO they are in not feeder-bands into the tropical cyclone.

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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: LDH892]
      #81881 - Sun Aug 17 2008 07:12 PM

On Satellite it looks as though they are the feeder bands,.

http://www.winknews.com/

Check out the one that shows Fay and the one that shows florida..

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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: JMII]
      #81896 - Sun Aug 17 2008 07:47 PM

The very latest GFDL shifted East again. I need to stop looking at the models now.

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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: MikeC]
      #81897 - Sun Aug 17 2008 07:49 PM

Mike,

The models dont seem to know what they are doing for some reason.

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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: MikeC]
      #81903 - Sun Aug 17 2008 08:00 PM

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The very latest GFDL shifted East again. I need to stop looking at the models now.




Last GFDL I saw was an eastern outlier already.... BAMM is really odd now.... calling for landfall in Tampa, and then turning around and heading for Pensacola.

Who's feeding the data into the computers, a sicko?

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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: StrmTrckrMiami]
      #81908 - Sun Aug 17 2008 08:52 PM

StrmTrckrMiami - I looked at the radar loop of the storms in your area earlier, and as I said above they are not feeder-bands. Feeder-bands are more developed linearly and are typically directly linked to pull moisture into the cyclone. Do a google search of feeder bands to find out more, or you can visit this site that I just found - link hope this helps.

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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: LDH892]
      #81927 - Sun Aug 17 2008 10:19 PM

What?

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Re: Fay Forecast Lounge [Re: Hugh]
      #81931 - Sun Aug 17 2008 10:31 PM

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Who's feeding the data into the computers, a sicko?




Garbage in / Garbage out They can't get a fix on the center thus the models keep jumping around.

Instead of looking at the storm itself I keep looking at the conditions in its general path. IE: what's going in NW FL, where is the High over the Atlantic, what about the low-level spin in the Gulf. Storms always take the path of least resistance, see where ever the clear "road" is thats were she'll go. Of course if you can't tell where she is currently that makes this whole process rather silly and pointless.

The models have moved west but I still see a general flow to the east. I just don't see how this storm can get that far up the state before being pushed aside by westerly flow shown in the water vapor loop: http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/huwvloop.html However the problem I see down the road is that since the storm has slowed down (again) it might just miss the big dip in the upper level over TN and sneak in behind it. The low pressure ahead Fay in the Gulf is dropping further south so its effects are being minimized with each passing hour, thus maybe she'll slide even further west, I wonder if this is what the models are grabbing onto.

Then again these effects are mostly pronounced on more vertically stacked and developed storms. The weaker Fay stays the harder it is to judge just what will effect her the most.

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