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Euro is still pretty weak with a 1004mb low at 120 just between Jamaica and Cuba, south of the GFS for sure....

I am wondering if maybe in this cycle run if the GFS might be the outlier, even its ensembles would argue a closer to GGEM/Euro solution.

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The model runs are always going to move slightly from run to run especially since it's still a wave. Give it a couple of days to get going and perhaps recon data too if they fly into 97. In the meantime, NWS WFO discussions are starting to ramp up caution to the public for the possibility of something coming.

Mobile:WEWILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LARGE TROPICAL WAVE MOVINGWESTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC AS VARIOUS MODELS DO HAVE THISSYSTEM MOVING ACROSS EITHER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OR CARIBBEAN SEALATE IN THE FORECAST CYCLE. /22

Tallahassee and Charleston offices are being careful in their AFD's right now. Probably a smart move.

Oh NWS Tallahassee is watching it and was one of the first to have mentioned it in wednesdays overnight discussion.... I would say its still relevant

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

442 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

THE MODELSARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THE AMPLITUDE OF THE EASTERN U.S.TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...ALLOWINGUPPER RIDGING TO BUILD WESTWARD TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST FROM THEWESTERN ATLANTIC. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS FOR THE TRI-STATE AREAWOULD BE THAT TROPICAL SYSTEMS COULD BE STEERED MORE WEST AND THENNORTHWEST TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST...A SITUATION THAT WILL BEAR WATCHINGAS THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT WAVE MOVING WESTWARD THROUGH THE TROPICALATLANTIC THAT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH SOUTHEAST FLORIDA AND THESOUTHERN BAHAMAS BY THE MIDDLE TO END OF NEXT WEEK. THE GFS HASCONSISTENTLY WANTED TO DEVELOP THIS SYSTEM INTO A TROPICALCYCLONE...AND NOW THE NEW EURO HAS TRENDED TOWARD THE GFS...ANDDEVELOPED THE SYSTEM AS WELL. THE CURRENT TIMING OF ARRIVAL OF ANYTROPICAL SYSTEM IS JUST OUTSIDE THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...SOFOR NOW EXPECT TEMPS..ESPECIALLY MAX TEMPS...TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL.POPS WILL START THE WEEK BELOW NORMAL...THEN TREND UPWARDS BACK TONEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS BY THURSDAY...AS TROPICAL MOISTURE INCREASES ACROSS THE AREA.

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I really would like to see this storm as it would be a lucky chase because of a family vacay but i'll be on the outer banks next weekend and with every run it looks like this a no go for the eastern coast it looks like a florida peninsula to NO event if it survives the land interaction if cuts north shredarala will probably kill it.

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I really would like to see this storm as it would be a lucky chase because of a family vacay but i'll be on the outer banks next weekend and with every run it looks like this a no go for the eastern coast it looks like a florida peninsula to NO event if it survives the land interaction if cuts north shredarala will probably kill it.

Why would this happen when both models say its going to be a Florida and East coast hit? It was confirmed on the 00z models that a gulf hit is now a no-go right?

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Why would this happen when both models say its going to be a Florida and East coast hit? It was confirmed on the 00z models that a gulf hit is now a no-go right?

If you are strictly using the GFS and only the GFS, which consequently has had several runs that have ended up in the Gulf already.

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Why would this happen when both models say its going to be a Florida and East coast hit? It was confirmed on the 00z models that a gulf hit is now a no-go right?

You do realize we're still between 5 and 8 days from a USA landfall, depending on the track.... and there have been more than isolated notable instances where a pretty tight model consensus at 5 days has been hundreds of miles off, much less up to 8 days out...

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Rough 00Z Recap:

GFS=Greater Antilles/S FL

Euro=Greater Antilles/S FL

HWRF=Greater Antilles

CMC=S of Greater Antilles/Yucatan Channel

UKMET=S of Greater Antilles/Yucatan Channel

GFDL= Little development S of Greater Antilles

GFS ENS=S of Hispaniola/crossing Cuba/Dry Tortugas/W Coast FL

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Rough 00Z Recap:

GFS=Greater Antilles/S FL

Euro=Greater Antilles/S FL

HWRF=Greater Antilles

CMC=S of Greater Antilles/Yucatan Channel

UKMET=S of Greater Antilles/Yucatan Channel

GFDL= Little development S of Greater Antilles

GFS ENS=S of Hispaniola/crossing Cuba/Dry Tortugas/W Coast FL

Awesome summary-- thanks, Steve.

I Was referring the main models of the Euro and GFS which rarely agree. Since they agree so closely, should it not be taken seriously?

Right now this is an open wave without even a clear center. Until it has that, this is all voodoo. Take it all with a grain of salt. All we really know is that, more likely than not, a significant cyclone is going to make it pretty-far W into the basin. Everything else is voodoo. Pay more attention to broad trends-- not these little details.

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All this model watching for a system that hasn't consolidated yet. Models are going to swing wildly until it organizes, which may be a while yet.

Can a :weenie: not be a :weenie: these days? You're right but it kinda goes without saying...

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Awesome summary-- thanks, Steve.

Right now this is an open wave without even a clear center. Until it has that, this is all voodoo. Take it all with a grain of salt. All we really know is that, more likely than not, a significant cyclone is going to make it pretty-far W into the basin. Everything else is voodoo. Pay more attention to broad trends-- not these little details.

Ok yes I agree though the NHC has stated that there is an area of low pressure along the wave.

A LARGE TROPICAL WAVE IS IN THE W TROPICAL ATLC IS ALONG 52W

FROM 10N-18N WITH A 1007 MB LOW CENTERED NEAR 14N.

However it is not a tropical cyclone so somewhere in between. Do the models initialize this as a wave, a low or a tropical depression? Do they input the fact that its just a wave or do they pick a point long the wave and up it to a TD when running the models?

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Ok yes I agree though the NHC has stated that there is an area of low pressure along the wave.

However it is not a tropical cyclone so somewhere in between. Do the models initialize this as a wave, a low or a tropical depression? Do they input the fact that its just a wave or do they pick a point long the wave and up it to a TD when running the models?

It is not a tropical cyclone just yet-- it is an open wave. When it has a closed circulation-- however crappy and weak-- then it is declared a TD, and at that point, you can call it a cyclone. Until that time, these "center estimates" from the NHC are very rough-- which is why they round the coordinates to the nearest whole numbers.

As a cyclone starts to take shape from an open wave, the lower center can consolidate somewhere quite far from the "original" center-- and as the system organizes, that center can relocate several times until it's really consolidated. And of course even small relocations of the "initial" low center can have major effects on the models-- including down-the-road questions, like, "Will this hit the E Coast, or will it hit Pensacola?"

Right now, it's voodoo. :)

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I'll add that RECON is scheduled to fly out and take a peek tomorrow afternoon. We'll get a better feel (and additional data from that mission for guidance) for what is really happening at that time, if they fly.

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Just for fun, the long range GFS shows 97L becoming Irene, 98L becoming Jose, 99L becoming Katia, and a strong Hurricane Lee turning west north of the islands under a ridge. All for laughs of course.

I see it as 97L is Irene, 98/99L is actually one system that becomes named Jose then 90l becomes Katia as it rolls off in a few days then 91L comes off after the resolution change to make Lee. Four systems in forming in less than 2 weeks is a lot

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