Tropical Hurricane Ida

[Tornadocane]

That guy is wanting this thing to be east so bad

I was all aboard the eastern shift until I thought the trend would stop. The steering currents that people are looking at are the 250Mb-850Mb, and the steering speed on that maps is around 2-4 knots, while the more westerly 700-850Mb is 10-12 knots. From 250-700Mb, the map indicates that there's no strong steering, and the speed is 0.

 

[WeatherNC]

???

 

[NickyBGuarantee]

Spot the difference in the past two hours :

 

[NickyBGuarantee]

oh man maybe 6 hours or so and this thing might go buzzsaw mode View attachment 89579

Each phase of a storm has “that look” we went through the “that look” phase with the shrimp making it into cane status … now it has “that look” when a hurricane goes major! … I hope we don’t get to “that look” with the buzz saw being the next animal up

 

[Snowfan]

 

[Brick Tamland]

Anyone else see the face?

 

[Snowfan]

Anyone else see the face?View attachment 89586

I saw that too.

 

[Webberweather53]

Yeah if Ida keeps this pace of intensification up tonight, we may be knocking on the door of category 4 status by morning. Not sure if the winds will catch up that remains to be seen.

 

[Avalanche]

I dont blame those for wishcasting it east. But it looks now like we have to face the fact that NOLA is going to be on the east side and getting a beating. Really feel for that city and the horror theyve had to endure.

 

[Brent]

Do y'all remember when Northern Gulf hurricanes used to be falling apart at landfall? Heck even Katrina was. There was a long list of others too

But lately Harvey Michael Laura and barring something crazy Ida is joining the list

 

[accu35]

I dont blame those for wishcasting it east. But it looks now like we have to face the fact that NOLA is going to be on the east side and getting a beating. Really feel for that city and the horror theyve had to endure.

You are probably right, but I wondering if New Orleans will get the eye?

 

[WeatherNC]

CDO finally encased by -70C tops with colder towers firing on all sides, what was a sustained gradual deepening is now becoming more aggressive.

 

[Shaggy]

I'm working nights tonight so I'll get to watch this unfold tonight. That next recon flights gonna be very interesting.

 

[Snowfan]

The AF is now enroute. Should be there in about 1 1/2 hours.

 

[Tornadocane]

The AF is now enroute. Should be there in about 1 1/2 hours.

I feel like the HHs assigned this mission cause they saw everybody ?ing on them for last several hours.

 

[Snowfan]

everybody

It was actually planned.
FLIGHT TWO - TEAL 72
A. 29/0000Z A. 28/2330Z,29/0230Z,0530Z
B. NOAA2 1009A IDA B. AFXXX 1109A IDA
C. 28/2000Z C. 28/2045Z
D. 25.9N 87.8W D. 25.8N 87.7W
E. 28/2130Z TO 29/0130Z E. 28/2300Z TO 29/0530Z
F. SFC TO 15,000 FT F. SFC TO 15,000 FT

 

[Snowfan]

SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...27.2N 88.0W
ABOUT 145 MI...235 KM SSE OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ABOUT 235 MI...375 KM SE OF HOUMA LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH...165 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...964 MB...28.47 INCHES

The pressure is lower but no change in wind speed.

 

[Tornadocane]

It was actually planned.
FLIGHT TWO - TEAL 72
A. 29/0000Z A. 28/2330Z,29/0230Z,0530Z
B. NOAA2 1009A IDA B. AFXXX 1109A IDA
C. 28/2000Z C. 28/2045Z
D. 25.9N 87.8W D. 25.8N 87.7W
E. 28/2130Z TO 29/0130Z E. 28/2300Z TO 29/0530Z
F. SFC TO 15,000 FT F. SFC TO 15,000 FT

About dozen people kept saying the HHs wouldn't make it into the storm until 2:30AM. How did many people not realize that there was a 'Z' after the numbers?

 

[Brent]

About dozen people kept saying the HHs wouldn't make it into the storm until 2:30AM. How did many people not realize that there was a 'Z' after the numbers?

I just saw a tweet it was emergency recon shrugs lol

Actually no now that I read the above the 2330z flight was supposed to do a fix at 230z that's what that means. When the flight aborted obviously no fix

 

[Arcc]

Do y'all remember when Northern Gulf hurricanes used to be falling apart at landfall? Heck even Katrina was. There was a long list of others too

But lately Harvey Michael Laura and barring something crazy Ida is joining the list

Yeah something has changed over the past few years. You absolutely could count on a hurricane weakening at landfall every time.