HurricaneJosh Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 Cory and I are camped out in the parking lot of a convenience store trying to figure out this steaming pile of "cyclone". The BRO feature seems to be dissipating, whereas the official center seems to be possibly reasserting itself with some new convection on the W side. Given this, we're thinking to stay up between Corpus and Baffin Bay. Our latest idea is to get onto the part of Padre Island that's accessible from Oso Bay (at the S end of Corpus Christi Bay). The road goes pretty far down, and we'd be right on the open Gulf, which could make the conditions slightly interesting. We're going to watch a few more radar frames before deciding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSUBlizzicane2007 Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Since it is difficult to get a center location, have you considered dumping the idea of catching the center and instead catching the convection to find the highest winds in the system? Might be an idea since there is no recon, and your data could certainly help in identifying a landfall intensity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott747 Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Probably don't have enough time to wait but recon is nearing the system - *credit to Dave at S2K* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 Since it is difficult to get a center location, have you considered dumping the idea of catching the center and instead catching the convection to find the highest winds in the system? Might be an idea since there is no recon, and your data could certainly help in identifying a landfall intensity! This is actually not a crazy idea, given the circumstances. Fortunately, the "official" center seems to be reasserting itself a tad, and there are some nice convective cells near it. So we're thinking to head to Loyola Beach, at the W end of Baffin Bay, where Scott directed us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 Probably don't have enough time to wait but recon is nearing the system - *credit to Dave at S2K* I think we do have time. When should we get some new obs? We're trying to decide between Loyola Beach (Baffin Bay) or Padre Island S of Oso Bay. Hard to decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott747 Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 I think we do have time. When should we get some new obs? We're trying to decide between Loyola Beach (Baffin Bay) or Padre Island S of Oso Bay. Hard to decide. Might get lucky and get one in about 30 min. At operational altitude and figure they will try and get a center fix asap where the original one is supposed to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 3 hours old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 Cory and I are close to aborting. Not only is the system lacking a coherent center, but current radar doesn't even show clear rotation to the overall system. It seems to be unraveling into a big blob of rain showers. It's hard not to laugh at the lameness of this system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott747 Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Cory and I are close to aborting. Not only is the system lacking a coherent center, but current radar doesn't even show clear rotation to the overall system. It seems to be unraveling into a big blob of rain showers. It's hard not to laugh at the lameness of this system. Recon should be closing in on the center if there still is one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 They are having trouble finding one... there's a definite depression, 1004mb, but no west winds. It's probably a surface trough now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 christ you guys are already down there...you might as well get as close to the water as possible and go have some fun!!! test out BASTARD! take some pics!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Going for the other vortex now.... NW winds in the first one only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Nah, surface pressures are too high. That was it. Edit: There are W winds, but well removed from the center (talking about the original LLC), so it has become broad and less defined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Nah, surface pressures are too high. That was it. All the W wind is down near Brownsville. The 'center' is up the coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott747 Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Josh was having trouble downloading anything and asked me to pass along a short clip of the current conditions he and Cory are experiencing. Enjoy - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Cory and I are close to aborting. Not only is the system lacking a coherent center, but current radar doesn't even show clear rotation to the overall system. It seems to be unraveling into a big blob of rain showers. It's hard not to laugh at the lameness of this system. 20 years eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Josh was having trouble downloading anything and asked me to pass along a short clip of the current conditions he and Cory are experiencing. Enjoy - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallow Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 What a crapfest this one turned into! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Just received this pic from Josh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 Hey, folks-- We're in Riviera Beach, right on Baffin Bay. We did not come here to chase-- rather, we just wanted to some recon for future cyclone chases in this area. We were kind of surprised that the new (7 pm CDT) advisory suggests a coherent cyclone, with a center, about to make landfall right where we are-- because nothing much is happening here: 1009.8 mb NE 6 kt 84 F Cloudy, not currently raining Choppy seas There's a cafe, so we're going to have a cup of coffee while the BASTARD records some data. We figure even these lame-azz obs will be useful for assessing what happened in postanalysis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 What a crapfest this one turned into! Hence KCRP is apropos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Light rain. What looks to be a good rainband is approaching us from across the Bay-- and hopefully it'll bring some interesting obs. Pressure 1009.4 mb, winds around 10 kt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Pressure seems steady now, as it's 1009.3 mb, with light rain and breezes. Big non-event. What's really bizarre is the current (0015Z) IR image, which has us in the center of the action, under reds. It just goes to show how course IR imagery really is-- because based on that image, you'd think we were at least having heavy downpours right now. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 The apparent remnants of the circulation center seem to be passing over us. The pressure has steadied at 1009.3 mb for a while, and we're seeing patches of blue sky and even a rainbow over the Bay. The W sky is sunny and orange, the sky to the E (across the Bay) is dark and purple. Let's see if we get a shift in the wind direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 The sky is gorgeous-- low purple clouds to the W with slashes of bright orange just above-- and then a bank of nearly black clouds over that. We're just about to lose daylight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Baffin Bay is really nice, by the way. I'm sitting on the edge of a pier in Riviera Beach, overlooking the Bay-- just a little bit of light and color left in the W sky. Warm and humid, wind no more than 10 kt. A couple of dudes are fishing two piers down, and a couple of windows are lit in a couple of cottages-- otherwise, no sign of people if this sleepy fishing village. (Cory's off somewhere else, talking on the phone.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Baffin Bay is really nice, by the way. I'm sitting on the edge of a pier in Riviera Beach, overlooking the Bay-- just a little bit of light and color left in the W sky. Warm and humid, wind no more than 10 kt. Someone's fishing two piers down-- otherwise, no sign of people. (Cory's off somewhere else, talking on the phone.) probably not even enough wind to make the palm trees bendy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 probably not even enough wind to make the palm trees bendy Dude, that is funny! lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Pressure down a little more, to 1008.5 mb. We're waiting for it to start going back up so we can report a low pressure/time for this location. Zzzzzzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Center should be crossing in the next 10-30 mins, according to radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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