Brent
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Irma will have a wide wind field. Tropical force winds will increase from south to north as Irma makes it's way to the north. So, the chance of tropical force winds will be under 50% but increasing as time goes on. Hurricane force winds will be along the FL coast up to the South Carolina coast. Some weak hurricane force winds are possible inland.I just don't see how the "earliest reasonable time" for tropical storm force winds in southern NC is 8pm Sun when the storm is forecast to be in South FL at that time.
Wow it's not even forecast to be a major near Savannah. I guess it's possible that Irma never makes landfall as a major. It could have just enough interaction with FL to weaken it significantly yet not make landfall until it gets to GA or SC.
Irma is still a powerful hurricane and is expected to remain a powerful hurricane when the time comes of making landfall. Irma has a confined eye, it still has strong circulation.Irma doesn't look so healthy.
Edit: Well, at least not as healthy as it has been
Irma doesn't look so healthy.
Oh yeah no this thing is obviously still a monster and I wouldn't expect it to be anything less than that at the current time. Just noticed slightly warming cloud tops.Irma is still a powerful hurricane and is expected to remain a powerful hurricane when the time comes of making landfall. Irma has a confined eye, it still has strong circulation.
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It's much further off the Florida coast so far and trough over NE is slightly slowerGFS looks a bit east this run..NC heads up!
Unfortunately no model has been initializing correctly. Euro at 12z initialized at 960. It's quite frustratingKeep it mind that the GFS initialized at 967mb.
CMC initialized at 987 mb
Comes close to Miami then goes north
That’s interesting.UKMET Is way west actually gets into the Gulf and hits on the SW coast of FL
1200UTC 10.09.2017 84 23.2N 81.1W 941 83
0000UTC 11.09.2017 96 24.5N 81.4W 926 91
1200UTC 11.09.2017 108 26.1N 81.3W 923 84
0000UTC 12.09.2017 120 28.4N 81.0W 949 78
1200UTC 12.09.2017 132 30.8N 80.8W 959 69
0000UTC 13.09.2017 144 32.9N 80.4W 974 49
to be fair 12z was a way east outlierWow Canadian is way west of its 12Z run
Hard to say anything is an outlier when it's not even the same from one run to another.to be fair 12z was a way east outlier
great pointHard to say anything is an outlier when it's not even the same from one run to another.
UKMET plots, white line on the EC Is the prior run
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So the storm is going to get stuck for a short time?Trough is Stronger and Further South!!
Euro is going to be interesting.. that's an understatementYeah I saw that. I just tweeted out a similar graphic (giving him credit of course for recognizing this) in that the trough over New England has been progressively slowing down on recent GFS runs. If this trend continues, it could nudge Irma further east than forecast after day 3-4... This could mean a higher probability for a strike on North or South Carolina and it still leaves the door open for a last second OTS route...
Euro gonna go up the West Coast of Florida and we will be back to square one between GFS and EuroEuro is going to be interesting.. that's an understatement