Tropical Major Hurricane Helene

[DopplerWx]

Eye now surrounded by very cold cloud tops

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[Shawn]

@GaWx , do you have the lat lons from the 12z UKMET? I don't have inbetween frames but it looks pretty similar to it's last run. A bit stronger

 

[jrips27]

Think I'll head down to my old stomping grounds in Macon this evening and try to catch what's left of the east eyewall overnight

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

Local Mets ain’t slashing. @Rain Cold make the call please

 

[weatherfide]

Eye now surrounded by very cold cloud tops

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That gap of no convection is not the eye. The COC is to the NW under cloud cover. That gap is likely more dry air being pulled in to the COC.

 

[RoddyPiper]

Eye now surrounded by very cold cloud tops

IR Satellite Loop for Hurricane HELENE | Tropical Tidbits

Hurricane HELENE IR Satellite Loop

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Appears due north for quite a few frames....and with the blow up of convection on the SE side of the COC, maybe even a little NNW component to it in the last couple of frames. Any westward component would only be wobbles though, as the general motion is going to be north or somewhat northeast with the steering currents.

 

[Ethan80963]

 

[RoddyPiper]

That gap of no convection is not the eye. The COC is to the NW under cloud cover. That gap is likely more dry air being pulled in to the COC.

Correct....however I think that dry air will wrap up, get spit out, and essentially become the mechanism for the eye to form as that process occurs.

 

[Ethan80963]

GSP wayyyyy upped their numbers

 

[lexxnchloe]

That gap of no convection is not the eye. The COC is to the NW under cloud cover. That gap is likely more dry air being pulled in to the COC.

The good news is it is having a hard time while running out of time.

 

[tucker]

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Holy….

 

[mrdaddyman]

10-14% shaded area just added for Friday for SE NC/NE SC:

 

[MichaelJ]

Be careful with the intensification not being elevated at this point. This is going over warm water in a relatively low shear area and it has plenty of time to explode before reaching Fl. The one saving grace as it approaches Fl is the relatively shallow water it will enter just before landfall. I have seen many storms lose intensity in the gulf as it encounters shallower waters

 

[DustinWx]

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Banter, but I don’t care. I never in my life thought I’d see that for my home

 

[NEGaweather]

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[Nerman]

Atlanta will be on the far weaker west side. I’m thinking 30-40.

So you don't think it's heading toward Chattanooga?

 

[DustinWx]

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Where did you get that? Feels like an error

 

[RoddyPiper]

Explosions on the E, NNE, and NW side of COC.....she's trying

 

[jaymackd3]

958

 

[Wild Weather Monger]

We have some 100 knot flight-level winds in the SE quadrant. Helene is contracting the outer wind maximum. I do believe liftoff is imminent.