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olafminesaw

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  1. The only one I could find that made a sharp turn was Mitch, didn't seem to significantly weaken when making the turn, but did weaken gradually not too long after. Matthew maintained Cat 4 strength well after the turn, but did weaken slightly
  2. Hard to believe it's nearly 3 days from landfall based on that radar image. For context, Jamaica is about the size of Connecticut
  3. No doubt that the Euro has outperformed the GFS on this one, with the NHC being remarkably consistent
  4. Anyone have an idea of the construction quality in Kingston? I. Know a lot of these Carribean islands are pretty well constructed cinder block buildings, but poor areas/slums may be vulnerable. Obviously flooding a huge concern regardless
  5. I do think that if this rapidly intensifies overnight or Tommorow it is very likely to go through an ERC before landfall on Jamaica. Timing will be key if that is the case, but the conditions support a relatively quick ERC more often than not, so not sure that's a good thing with wind field expansion and wider footprint of flooding rains
  6. Recon reporting a much more organized storm this morning. Well defined center, pressure down towards 1002 mb, LLC had been pulled under the robust convection
  7. Land interaction actual may help it to wind up at that approach angle, at least for a while. The island is small enough to not choke off the storm too much unless it gets really close
  8. Actually some consensus starting to emerge. Aside from the stubborn GFS of course
  9. Focus is naturally on whether this will be a US threat, but I am very concerned about possible impacts of a slow moving hurricane passing directly over the Caribbean islands. Particularly Haiti which is under a significant humanitarian disaster from ongoing gang violence and political turmoil
  10. And the Sandhills all the way to near the coast. Just inland from Jaxonville got down into the upper 30s
  11. Pretty crazy how closely 2015 matches to this season
  12. Could be the first season since 2015 without a land falling US hurricane. Ironic given that 2015 featured Joaquin, which like Imelda was forecasted to hook into the coast from the Bahamas a few days out but exited stage right instead
  13. No landfall would be a big win for the Euro AI
  14. I think it has a lot more to do with slower development of Imelda and slower speed
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