dan88 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 120kt, quite small for a 940mb storm at 34N, with hurricane force winds extending out only 30 miles. Running short on time though, past the 28C waters now, and will be leaving 26C waters in less than 12 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floydbuster Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Hurricane Ophelia...the strongest storm of the season. Wow...how the hell did it go from a dissipated system to the strongest of the year in just a few days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Thats pretty far north for a CAT 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Hurricane Ophelia...the strongest storm of the season. Wow...how the hell did it go from a dissipated system to the strongest of the year in just a few days? People said too many bad things about it and unjinxed the storm. If you call a storm a POS enough times it will undergo RI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 NOAA buoy 44141 and 44139 are in the direct path of Ophelia today, will be nice to see that data come in as Ophelia comes close to or goes right over those two buoys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Still hanging in there over 22C waters, but they cool sharply to Ophelias north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 It's now past the latitude of Cape Cod and it still looks pretty good. Imagine if this had come up the East coast this summer. I'm surprised they don't have a Hurricane Warning for Avalon Peninsula-- just as a precaution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 It's now past the latitude of Cape Cod and it still looks pretty good. Imagine if this had come up the East coast this summer. I'm surprised they don't have a Hurricane Warning for Avalon Peninsula-- just as a precaution. Was thinking the same thing Josh. Displace this track a few hundred miles west and it really would have wreaked some havoc all the way up into NE. Alot of wide turns this year on the recurves. Anyone know why that is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 New update, no warning issued for NFLD. CHC feels leaving a watch in place with a rainfall warning is sufficient. 2. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AVALON PENINSULA. RAINFALL WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND. OPHELIA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES THROUGH AN INCREASINGLY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. A FRONTAL ZONE FROM SOUTHERN NEWFOUNDLAND TO SOUTH OF YARMOUTH WILL DRIFT NORTHWARD THIS MORNING WITH OCCASIONAL DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. RAIN FROM OPHELIA IS MOVING AWAY FROM CAPE BRETON AND INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEWFOUNDLAND THIS MORNING. COMPUTER MODELS HAVE CONVERGED ON A TRACK THROUGH OR JUST SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN AVALON PENINSULA WITH THE CLOSEST APPROACH SOMETIME THIS MORNING. A FEW MODELS SHOW CLOSEST APPROACH NEAR NOON, BUT THEY ALSO SHOW WEAKER INTENSITY. A. WIND. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR STRONG WINDS FROM OPHELIA IS OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND. THERE IS ABOUT A 70% CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OVER THE AVALON PENINSULA, HENCE THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN MAINTAINED. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE APPROXIMATELY 60 GUSTING TO 90 KM/H. CHANCE OF HURRICANE-FORCE GUSTS (120 KM/H OR HIGHER) IN THIS AREA REMAINS LOW AT 10-20% MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE PROJECTED DEGREE OF WEAKENING AND THE FACT THAT THE MAXIMUM WINDS SHOULD REMAIN OFFSHORE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmagan Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 At this rate, the Nor'easter that hits them Wednesday may be stronger than Ophelia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeEffectKing Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Was thinking the same thing Josh. Displace this track a few hundred miles west and it really would have wreaked some havoc all the way up into NE. Alot of wide turns this year on the recurves. Anyone know why that is? Persistent troughiness over the EC and/or weakness in the STR near or east of the Bahamas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 Buh Bye... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Buh Bye... Nice cyclogenesis on the East Coast, NF gonna get hammered with a snowstorm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazey Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Nice cyclogenesis on the East Coast, NF gonna get hammered with a snowstorm. The highest elevations of LAB and the north shore of QUE might. Be nice to lay down some snow this early in the season. won't last but still nice. Don't believe anywhere in NFLD received hurricane gusts. St johns had gust to around 80k/hr. Tropical storm watch was sufficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Thats pretty far north for a CAT 4. Only four storms in HURDAT maintained category 4 status north of 34.9N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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