Posted on 09/11/2003 1:30:19 PM PDT by John H K
BULLETIN HURRICANE ISABEL ADVISORY NUMBER 23 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM AST THU SEP 11 2003
...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISABEL NOW AT CATEGORY FIVE INTENSITY...
SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT HURRICANE ISABEL HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN...AND HAS REACHED CATEGORY FIVE INTENSITY ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. ISABEL IS THE FIRST CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN SINCE MITCH OF 1998.
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISABEL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 55.3 WEST OR ABOUT 500 MILES...805 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLAND.
ISABEL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 160 MPH...260 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES... 95 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 MILES...295 KM.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 921 MB...27.20 INCHES.
LARGE OCEAN SWELLS AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND PUERTO RICO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...21.6 N... 55.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...160 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 921 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.
FORECASTER PASCH
Now that's what I call an allergy to peanuts.
Lord, not another peanut ban flame war. LOL.
Let me guess... are boiled peanuts a hot topic around here?
A good example is the infamous "Long Island Express" hurricane of 1938. Devastated L.I. and points surrounding.
This never would have happened if Bush hadn't unsigned the Kyoto Protocol!
Well, ya gotcher One 5-year-old's allergy leads to class peanut ban [lunch searches?????] , and ya gotcher Parents go nuts over peanut ban. According to some, it appears you're either a saint or the devil incarnate depending on which side of the great peanut divide you fall on.
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WTNT43 KNHC 120226
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HURRICANE ISABEL DISCUSSION NUMBER 24
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT THU SEP 11 2003
ISABEL LOOKS LIKE IT IS ABOUT TO BEGIN AN EYEWALL REPLACEMENT CYCLE. AN AMSU MICROWAVE PASS AT 1737Z SHOWED THREE-FOURTHS OF AN OUTER EYEWALL. AT 2313Z...AN SSMI PASS SHOWED TWO CONCENTRIC EYEWALLS...WITH SOME EROSION ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE INNER EYEWALL. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH CONVENTIONAL IR IMAGERY WHICH ALSO SHOWS CONSIDERABLE WARMING OF THE CONVECTION IN THE NORTH EYEWALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. THE RELATIVELY LIGHT WIND EYE AND MOAT BETWEEN THE TWO EYEWALLS CAN EVEN BE SEEN IN THE RAW RETURNED SIGNAL FROM THE QUIKSCAT SCATTEROMETER PASS AT 2116Z. WHAT THIS MOST LIKELY MEANS IS THAT THE HURRICANE WILL WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO AS THE INNER EYEWALL COLLAPSES...BUT THEN COULD REINTENSIFY AFTER THAT AS THE OUTER EYEWALL CONTRACTS. WE DO NOT NORMALLY TRY TO INCLUDE THESE KINDS OF FLUCTUATIONS IN THE OFFICIAL INTENSITY FORECAST...BUT BECAUSE THIS REPLACEMENT SEEMS TO BE UNDERWAY I HAVE TAKEN A SHOT AT IT. REGARDLESS OF HOW THE CORE STRUCTURE EVOLVES IN THE NEAR TERM...ISABEL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD. RECENT SST ANALYSES SHOW THAT THE COOL WAKE OF FABIAN IS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AND MAY NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON ISABEL.
A SLIGHT WOBBLE TO THE LEFT IS OCCURRING AT THE MOMENT...BUT THE LONG-TERM MOTION REMAINS 280/8. THERE HAS BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE SYNOPTIC THINKING...SHORT-RANGE MODEL GUIDANCE...OR OFFICIAL TRACK FORECAST. A DEEP-LAYER HIGH PRESSURE AREA TO THE NORTH OF ISABEL IS LIKELY TO MAINTAIN THE SLOW WESTWARD TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD STEERING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. BEYOND THE 5-DAY FORECAST PERIOD...MODEL GUIDANCE BEGINS TO DIVERGE AS STEERING CURRENTS WEAKEN. IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE WHAT PORTIONS OF THE U.S. EAST COAST MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY ISABEL.
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INITIAL 12/0300Z 21.6N 56.1W 140 KT
12HR VT 12/1200Z 21.9N 57.5W 130 KT
24HR VT 13/0000Z 22.3N 59.4W 135 KT
36HR VT 13/1200Z 22.7N 61.3W 130 KT
48HR VT 14/0000Z 23.3N 63.2W 125 KT
72HR VT 15/0000Z 24.5N 66.5W 115 KT
96HR VT 16/0000Z 25.5N 69.5W 115 KT
120HR VT 17/0000Z 26.5N 72.5W 110 KT
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Translation: She's heading my way and I'm hoping.
Thanks Franklin. ;-)
It's goin north.
Happens sometimes. Depends on the forecaster - and more likely to happen on the late watch 8^)
Speaking of late... gotta go to bed in order to get up at 0430 for the 0500 forcast. Nite all.
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