Posted on 08/31/2004 12:50:42 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Edited on 08/31/2004 4:05:13 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Hurricane Frances Now A Severe Category 4 Hurricane VORTEX Bulletin:
--Previous Message-- : 000 : URNT12 KNHC 311907 : VORTEX DATA MESSAGE : A. 31/1907Z : B. 20 DEG 22 MIN N : 65 DEG 20 MIN W : C. 700 MB 2579 M : D. 50 KT : E. 226 DEG 084 NM : F. 323 DEG 123 KT : G. 238 DEG 011 NM : H. 940 MB : I. 13 C/ 3074 M : J. 24 C/ 3057 M : K. 10 C/ NA : L. CLOSED WALL : M. C28 : N. 12345/07 : O. .1 /2 NM : P. AF985 1006A FRANCES OB 11 : MAX FL WIND 139 KT NW QUAD 1735Z. : SMALL HAIL IN SW EYEWALL.
Frances looks like she has a nipple instead of an eye.
Just Damm, Good Luck and God Bless, I will say a prayer for you.
"Anything from Palm Beach north is in play"
I am sitting in North Palm Beach at this very moment. I'll be heading back to South "By God" Carolina Thursday around noon.
I95 will probably be a real pain.
The storm will follow you. why not go across to Ft Meyers?
Current projections indicate that the storm will still be well south of here Thursday when I leave.
I live in the western most part of SC and will be there late Thursday night.
Unless Frances turns into a Hugo and heads inland, I should miss it all. Except the traffic on I95, of course.
Oh. I thought you lived down there in Fl. I am talking to some folks here who are heading to Kentucky.
I checked flights out to Washington State to see family (I can get $60 R/T tickets) but the flights there were full for my fare requirements. Bummer!
Where about were you in Oregon? I have a good friend who is a Pastor out there. You got FR mail
Latest reports are that storm pressure has dropped to 939 MB. Not good.
I'm on an assignment at Juno Beach and only go home about once every 5 weeks. It just so happens that this Labor Day weekend is it.
Whoa! That radar image out of San Juan gives new meaning to that old Journey classic "Wheel in the sky"
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: URNT12 KNHC 312057
: VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
: A. 31/2057Z
: B. 20 DEG 32 MIN N
: 65 DEG 45 MIN W
: C. 700 MB 2578 M
: D. 65 KT
: E. 309 DEG 62 NM
: F. 008 DEG 124 KT
: G. 285 DEG 012 NM
: H. 941 MB
: I. 14 C/ 3068 M
: J. 22 C/ 3055 M
: K. 11 C/ NA
: L. CLOSED WALL
: M. C26
: N. 12345/07
: O. 0.1/1 NM
: P. AF985 1006A FRANCES OB 17
: MAX FL WIND 131 KT NE QUAD 1912Z.
: SPECTACULAR STADIUM EFFECT.
: ;
: :
Very typical of strong
: storms. Keep an eye on the IR and we
: may see another burst of convection
: later tonight that could lead to a
: little more intensification.
: Also note the comment at the bottom
: about the spectacular stadium effect.
: This refers to a eyewall feature
: that slowly tapers inward from top to
: bottom. In other words it would look
: like you were standing on the 50 yard
: line of a stadium and the seats
: slowly slope to the sky. Very
: impressive.
convection is picking back up...
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/float-ir4-loop.html
After what happened to you yesterday -- completely understandable.
Bump for updates...
My dad called me this afternoon cause he was worried about us after what he saw on the news on Gaston (Add to that: my mom's visiting family in FL till Sept 7th. He always goes a little nuts when Mom's gone *L*)
Yeah I know, VA Beach isn't in the bullseye. YET. But if this thing is anything like Isabel was I am NOT sticking around. I actually paid attention during that one when the Navy sent the entire Atlantic fleet (along with my husband) out to sea....mind you I got picked on for leaving but I am not about to stick around with two kids (the oldest being autistic) in a house with no power for a week....
It's understandable he would be concerned - the news about Gaston last night in Virginia was pretty intense. You would be amazed at how many inquiries I've gotten about it today from folks that don't understand the geopgraphy of where in VA I live.
Prayers to those still cleaning and picking up in areas affected by Gaston and all the other storms that have visited upon us this year (there's been a lot)
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