Extrapolated as Webber was talking about . Dropsonde showed 949 . Either way it's strengthening lolLast pass still showed pressure of 946.6
Extrapolated as Webber was talking about . Dropsonde showed 949 . Either way it's strengthening lol
The dropsonde that found 949mb pressure in the center of Harvey is really about 947-948 due to the 10 kt winds it found near the surface. A good approximation for dropsondes is to adjust the MSLP down about 1mb per every 5 knots of wind
The dropsonde that found 949mb pressure in the center of Harvey is really about 947-948 due to the 10 kt winds it found near the surface. A good approximation for dropsondes is to adjust the MSLP down about 1mb per every 5 knots of wind
I think this hits strong cat 4/border cat 5 tonight. Has every reason in its favor and RI is still happening. No pro just my opinion. That loop current and bath water, topography of land perfect enviroment. Sometimes concentric bands will choke off a storm preventing RI as oppossed to spiral banding. And as webb has pointed out spiral banding can work in favor of RI and work against it as well ( against more likely in most cases). Just think when this thing hugs up against the coast tonight its gonna tighten up like no ones business and this gives it the big nudge toward the Cat 4/5 threshhold line.
I agree on that. This thing is too close to landfall, and doesn't seem too far from a cat 3, so it should reach that state, but otherwise it's already interacting with land on its outer side, so I can't see anymore RI occurring.I think a strong cat 4-5 is very unrealistic atm, intensification is liable to be slow, if at all here because of the multiple concentric rings around the eye that are trying to choke off the inner core. This storm is effectively unraveling like we've seen countless times in the past several years, henceforth the lack of major hurricane landfalls on the US coast.... It could still intensify into a mid grade category 3 but I don't see this getting much beyond that.