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Wazza Admin
Posts : 506 Hi-Five : 4 Join date : 2010-04-12 Age : 41 Location : Milton Keynes, UK
| Subject: Hurricane Earl Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:16 am | |
| And it's heading towards the coast...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11141730 | |
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Wazza Admin
Posts : 506 Hi-Five : 4 Join date : 2010-04-12 Age : 41 Location : Milton Keynes, UK
| Subject: Re: Hurricane Earl Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:19 am | |
| And latest imagery from NOAA. | |
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Wazza Admin
Posts : 506 Hi-Five : 4 Join date : 2010-04-12 Age : 41 Location : Milton Keynes, UK
| Subject: Re: Hurricane Earl Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:22 am | |
| State of emergency issued in Northern Carolina ahead of Hurricane Earl.
http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/102002013.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook | |
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jp Moderator
Posts : 136 Hi-Five : 1 Join date : 2010-04-26 Location : sunderland, uk
| Subject: Re: Hurricane Earl Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:05 am | |
| Hurricane Earl is currently a category 4 hurricane on the saffir-simpson scale and is currently heading almost due north. here is the latest discussion on Earl.... Hurricane EARL Forecast Discussion:
000 WTNT42 KNHC 021456 TCDAT2 HURRICANE EARL DISCUSSION NUMBER 33 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072010 1100 AM EDT THU SEP 02 2010
THERE HAS BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF EARL DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. HOWEVER..MICROWAVE INAGERY SUGGEST THAT AN EYEWALL REPLACEMENT COULD OCCUR SOON...IN WHICH CASE THE WIND FIELD WOULD BECOME LARGER. THE HURRICANE CONTINUES WITH A DISTINCT EYE SURROUNDED BY DEEP CONVECTION. SATELLITE INTENSITY ESTIMATES AND DATA FROM A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT A FEW HOURS AGO INDICATE THAT THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS 120 KNOTS. EARL PROBABLY HAS ALREADY REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY AND IT SHOULD SOON BEGIN TO WEAKEN GRADUALLY AS THE SHEAR INCREASES. THE HURRICANE SHOULD WEAKEN EVEN FASTER AFTER 36 HOURS...AS IT MOVES OVER A COLDER OCEAN. EARL SHOULD BECOME EXTRATROPICAL BY 72 HOURS AND DISSIPATE THEREAFTER AS IT BECOMES ABSORBED BY A MUCH LARGER EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE.
AS ANTICIPATED...EARL HAS BEGUN TO MOVE NORTHWARD OR 355 DEGREES AT 16 KNOTS. SINCE THE STEERING PATTERN HAS NOT CHANGED...EARL IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE NORTHWARD TODAY. IN ABOUT 24 HOURS...THE HURRICANE SHOULD BE ENCOUNTERING THE BASE OF THE MID-LATITUDE WESTERLIES AND EARL SHOULD THEN TURN MORE TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AND NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. THIS SHARP TURN HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY INDICATED FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS IN THE OFFICIAL FORECAST AND BY THE TIGHTLY CLUSTERED TRACK GUIDANCE.
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INITIAL 02/1500Z 30.9N 74.8W 120 KT 12HR VT 03/0000Z 33.5N 75.0W 115 KT 24HR VT 03/1200Z 36.5N 73.5W 100 KT 36HR VT 04/0000Z 40.0N 70.8W 85 KT 48HR VT 04/1200Z 44.0N 67.0W 65 KT 72HR VT 05/1200Z 53.5N 62.0W 40 KT...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP 96HR VT 06/1200Z...ABSORBED BY A LARGE EXTRATROPICAL LOW
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jp Moderator
Posts : 136 Hi-Five : 1 Join date : 2010-04-26 Location : sunderland, uk
| Subject: Re: Hurricane Earl Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:18 am | |
| http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t2/flash-ir4.html latest satellite loop of hurricane Earl which updates every 30mins. you can see the eye of the hurricane is going through what is known as eye wall replacement.
you can watch live streaming from hurricane Earl @ http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hurricanetrack-com or http://www.weathernut.net/ there should be a couple more streams going live later today and sa soon as i have them i'll post the links. | |
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Wazza Admin
Posts : 506 Hi-Five : 4 Join date : 2010-04-12 Age : 41 Location : Milton Keynes, UK
| Subject: Re: Hurricane Earl Sat Sep 04, 2010 3:10 am | |
| Yeah nice loops here.
Shame it has lost it's intensity though, but still it'll be a tad Breezy! Lol | |
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jp Moderator
Posts : 136 Hi-Five : 1 Join date : 2010-04-26 Location : sunderland, uk
| Subject: Re: Hurricane Earl Sat Sep 04, 2010 3:22 am | |
| im watching hurricanetracks.com just now and they just recorded a 42mph gust so defo still a touch on the breezy side. theres some awesome waves battering the coast, looks like hawaii! Scott Mcpartland is heading to Cape Cod to intercept Earl later today so hopefully he will be streaming on CTV later. | |
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jp Moderator
Posts : 136 Hi-Five : 1 Join date : 2010-04-26 Location : sunderland, uk
| Subject: Re: Hurricane Earl Sat Sep 04, 2010 3:25 am | |
| Latest discussion on Hurricane Earl:
HURRICANE EARL DISCUSSION NUMBER 37 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072010 1100 AM EDT FRI SEP 03 2010
SATELLITE IMAGES AND DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATE THAT EARL HAS CONTINUED TO WEAKEN. THE INITIAL INTENSITY HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 75 KNOTS. THE HURRICANE IS ALREADY MOVING OVER INCREASINGLY COOLER WATERS AND A CONTINUED WEAKENING IS ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...EARL IS FORECAST TO PASS NEAR CAPE COD AS A HURRICANE WITH A LARGE AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WHICH SHOULD AFFECT A LARGE PORTION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND COASTS. EARL SHOULD REACH CANADA AS A STRONG TROPICAL STORM AND THEN BECOME EXTRATROPICAL IN ABOUT 36 HOURS.
EARL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 030 DEGREES AT 18 KNOTS. THE HURRICANE HAS ALREADY RECURVED WHILE EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING MID-LATITUDE TROUGH. EARL SHOULD CONTINUE ON THIS GENERAL TRACK WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED UNTIL DISSIPATION IN A FEW DAYS.
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INITIAL 03/1500Z 36.8N 73.1W 75 KT 12HR VT 04/0000Z 39.7N 70.8W 70 KT 24HR VT 04/1200Z 43.8N 66.5W 60 KT 36HR VT 05/0000Z 49.0N 62.0W 45 KT...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP 48HR VT 05/1200Z 52.0N 56.5W 45 KT...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP 72HR VT 06/1200Z...DISSIPATED
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