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Much needed soaking rains across the Carolina’s and Georgia, just what the Dr ordered
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Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
First pass shows no real structural changes. No evidence of an outer eyewall development and no real pressure changes. Winds about the same. Let’s see what’s in the NE eyewall. I will say from a sat perspective this is the best the storms has looked. -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
Might be most photogenic eye photos from recon in history -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
https://x.com/reedtimmerusa/status/1982917665669669192?s=46&t=NyKvXvI1o-sJQb-68mmo4g -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
That it’s a possibility now is quite shocking. These wobbles we’ve been watching for days now have extreme meaning given 2/3 of Jamaica is now probably too far right to be reasonably at threat for a direct landfall. I’m not saying it will miss but NHC explicitly has it heading NNE now on its track and it has definitely dipped due west. It will not take much more at all to miss entirely -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
I will say if this gets to about 79W it would have the chance to miss wide left given the forecast angle of recurve -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
Is there a chance this thing misses Jamaica? Like I know no model shows it and it would be an epic modeling fail of even more epic proportions but dang if this doesn’t keep dragging further west when everything has it riding N or NE now -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
One thing about the western shifts in track that might make this even more unlucky is we are getting close to a point where it could directly hit every potential landmass: Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, and Bermuda. Bermuda now squarely in play -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
It’s actually wobbling south of due west again. What an impactful forecast where we don’t even know when the turn of a cat 5 will happen that will determine the literal fate of some towns on the south coast -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
It definitely is. Looks like it’s just now starting to gain some latitude -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
No words. Just a beast this morning -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
This is going cat 5. Eye has completely cleared and is perfectly symmetrical. Beast mode activated -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
People were claiming the intensity a bust in this flight bc of a NW-SE pass -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
Recon confirms intensity. NHC > online weather forum weenies -
2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season
NorthHillsWx replied to BarryStantonGBP's topic in Tropical Headquarters
If forecasts hold, Melissa all but guarantees we will finish the season above average ACE. This legitimately did not seem possible going into the third week of September -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
Crazy that 4 of 5 hurricanes this year have been cat 4+ -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
Recon would indicate a hurricane -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
Outflow finally expanding to the west. Seems like it’s getting there -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
GFS has been better than Euro and the hurricane models that took this well west of Jamaica. If anything they have started caving to GFS which was predicting the center reformation to the east that happened. That being said, none of this is good news for Jamaica they are squarely in the bullseye -
My farm in Franklin county dipped to 33.1 and the airport close to there was 35. Frost advisory verified outside urban areas it would seem. Still my point click had me down to 37 this morning so we missed significantly
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Only got down to 45.5 here
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Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
I don’t think it would on that track but NHC is showing it for continuity due to the otherwise extremely favorable environment. Track will play the pivotal role here in maximum intensity as all other factors would favor extreme intensification over the hottest water in the basin. GFS once again weak and east, similar to ICON. Will be some major losers on the model front from this one -
As expected, severe drought has spread into central NC as far west as Wake county. Meanwhile a pocket of severe drought conditions have developed SE of Charlotte as well. Widespread rain looks possible next week and will be more than welcomed given the rapidly escalating drought conditions across the state. Some areas have seen under 2” of rain total since the second half of August
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Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
Obviously terrible flooding situation but that would be nonstop land interaction to keep it somewhat in check intensity wise -
Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall
NorthHillsWx replied to GaWx's topic in Tropical Headquarters
Overnight trends are east which probably would reduce the maximum potential intensity
