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Tropical Major Hurricane Helene

Wild Weather Monger said:
Based on modeling, the center is far more likely to go over Athens than Atlanta.

And yes, it's beyond frustrating the NHC continues to not explain their reasoning. Especially in this social media age with so much modeling data available to the layman.
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I believe it is a matter of which models. The global models are going more east, but the more specialized tropical models are pretty consistent with the NHC cone:helene_path_tropics.png
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
It’d be a lot cooler storm to track if HRRRRR kept me out of the NE eyewall 🫤View attachment 151993
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Isn't it that the truth. I'm essentially ground zero for the eye on much of the guidance and it's not fun worrying about how much damage there will be and how many days am i going to be without power. I don't normally get nervous or worried over big weather events but I have been with this one.

jrips27 said:
WPC with a large high risk of flooding
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Impressive. I'm up to around 3.75 so far. They have some ominous wording in their meso discussions.



Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 1066
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
1049 AM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024

Areas affected...Southern Appalachians

Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding likely

Valid 261449Z - 262030Z

Summary...Widespread heavy rain downstream of Hurricane Helene
will continue today into the Southern Appalachians. Rainfall rates
of 1-2"/hr are likely, which through repeating rounds could
produce 2-3" of rain with local maxima of 5". This will enhance
flash flooding, with significant impacts becoming likely across
the Southern Blue Ridge.

Discussion...The regional radar mosaic this morning shows an
expansive area of heavy rain across much of the Southeast and into
the Southern Appalachians. This is associated with a pronounced
moisture plume noted in the GOES-E WV imagery extending downstream
from Hurricane Helene in the Gulf of Mexico. PWs within this
moisture plume have been measured as high as 1.75 to 2.0 inches on
the 12Z U/A observed soundings from KRAX and KFFC. Instability is
somewhat limited, only around 100-250 J/kg of MLCAPE, but deep
layer ascent is impressive. Mid-level divergence between Helene
and a pronounced upper low over IN is combining with a nearly
stationary poleward arcing jet streak over TN to leave favorable
RRQ over the region, while low-level SE flow continues to upslope
into the terrain. In this environment, rainfall rates have already
been measured via MRMS as high as 1.25", and these will likely
continue through the aftn.

During the next several hours, persistent moderate to heavy rain
with rates 0.5-1"/hr will lift northward across the area, with
embedded convective cells producing locally enhanced rain rates to
2"/hr as reflected by HRRR 15-min rainfall exceeding 0.5". 850mb
inflow will remain out of the S/SE through the aftn while
gradually intensifying to above 30 kts, resulting in moisture flux
that is progged by the SREF to exceed +3 sigma later today. This
impressive moisture advection combining with nearly unchanging
robust ascent will result in continuous rainfall into areas that
have already received 4-8+" of rain the past 24-hours. The HREF
neighborhood probabilities indicate a 50-70% (10-20%) chance of
more than 3" (5") of rain the next 6 hours, with the highest
probabilities across Upstate SC and into far western NC along the
Blue Ridge. Elsewhere in northeast GA, eastern TN, and southwest
VA, 1-3" of additional rainfall is likely through the aftn.

This rainfall occurring atop saturated soils, sensitive terrain,
and ongoing flash flooding, will almost certainly enhance impacts
across the region. FFG has been extremely compromised to as low as
0.25"/3hrs for which the HREF exceedance probabilities reach above
70%. This lends high confidence to flash flooding and impacts as
rain continues across the region. However, across the Blue Ridge,
current streamflow anomalies are as much as 400-600% of normal, so
any additional rainfall could quickly result in significant and
life-threatening flash flood impacts.

Additional rainfall this evening will almost certainly necessitate
future MPD issuances across this region with widespread
significant flash flooding, and possibly locally catastrophic
impacts, developing as the rain persists and becomes even more
intense into tonight.
 

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Makeitsnow said:
Isn't it that the truth. I'm essentially ground zero for the eye on much of the guidance and it's not fun worrying about how much damage there will be and how many days am i going to be without power. I don't normally get nervous or worried over big weather events but I have been with this one.


Impressive. I'm up to around 3.75 so far. They have some ominous wording in their meso discussions.



Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 1066
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
1049 AM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024

Areas affected...Southern Appalachians

Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding likely

Valid 261449Z - 262030Z

Summary...Widespread heavy rain downstream of Hurricane Helene
will continue today into the Southern Appalachians. Rainfall rates
of 1-2"/hr are likely, which through repeating rounds could
produce 2-3" of rain with local maxima of 5". This will enhance
flash flooding, with significant impacts becoming likely across
the Southern Blue Ridge.

Discussion...The regional radar mosaic this morning shows an
expansive area of heavy rain across much of the Southeast and into
the Southern Appalachians. This is associated with a pronounced
moisture plume noted in the GOES-E WV imagery extending downstream
from Hurricane Helene in the Gulf of Mexico. PWs within this
moisture plume have been measured as high as 1.75 to 2.0 inches on
the 12Z U/A observed soundings from KRAX and KFFC. Instability is
somewhat limited, only around 100-250 J/kg of MLCAPE, but deep
layer ascent is impressive. Mid-level divergence between Helene
and a pronounced upper low over IN is combining with a nearly
stationary poleward arcing jet streak over TN to leave favorable
RRQ over the region, while low-level SE flow continues to upslope
into the terrain. In this environment, rainfall rates have already
been measured via MRMS as high as 1.25", and these will likely
continue through the aftn.

During the next several hours, persistent moderate to heavy rain
with rates 0.5-1"/hr will lift northward across the area, with
embedded convective cells producing locally enhanced rain rates to
2"/hr as reflected by HRRR 15-min rainfall exceeding 0.5". 850mb
inflow will remain out of the S/SE through the aftn while
gradually intensifying to above 30 kts, resulting in moisture flux
that is progged by the SREF to exceed +3 sigma later today. This
impressive moisture advection combining with nearly unchanging
robust ascent will result in continuous rainfall into areas that
have already received 4-8+" of rain the past 24-hours. The HREF
neighborhood probabilities indicate a 50-70% (10-20%) chance of
more than 3" (5") of rain the next 6 hours, with the highest
probabilities across Upstate SC and into far western NC along the
Blue Ridge. Elsewhere in northeast GA, eastern TN, and southwest
VA, 1-3" of additional rainfall is likely through the aftn.

This rainfall occurring atop saturated soils, sensitive terrain,
and ongoing flash flooding, will almost certainly enhance impacts
across the region. FFG has been extremely compromised to as low as
0.25"/3hrs for which the HREF exceedance probabilities reach above
70%. This lends high confidence to flash flooding and impacts as
rain continues across the region. However, across the Blue Ridge,
current streamflow anomalies are as much as 400-600% of normal, so
any additional rainfall could quickly result in significant and
life-threatening flash flood impacts.

Additional rainfall this evening will almost certainly necessitate
future MPD issuances across this region with widespread
significant flash flooding, and possibly locally catastrophic
impacts, developing as the rain persists and becomes even more
intense into tonight.
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Yeah all of the weakening talk isn’t doing a lot to calm my worries being that we’ll be on the east/northeastern side of things for the duration of the storm. Hardly a consolation prize 🏆 👎🏽
 
A little off topic but with all of the overbuilding we’ve seen here in the last 3 years I’m curious to see how the rivers and new home sites look after tomorrow. I have a feeling there’s going to be a lot of issues in that department
 
Perhaps the current SE radar loop can offer some clues. The rain shield associated with the trough over the SE is moving north rather than NE even as the rain shield is retrograding NW. Offering some ground truth to the expected northward or even NNW turn post-landfall?
 
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