lakeeffectkid383 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 That's the best your going to do.. and for the situation that's pretty damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Incredible intercept Josh! You couldn't have picked a better spot. I can't wait for the video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U_Thant Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 That's the best your going to do.. and for the situation that's pretty damn good. Have to give Strat and everyone else here mad props for setting Josh up in the sweet spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJHurricane Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Yucatan Peninsula....where tropical cyclones go to die sustain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 You the man Josh. Nice guess from Strat on position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlwx Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 kudos to strat on getting josh in a good spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am19psu Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Have to give Strat and everyone else here mad props for setting Josh up in the sweet spot. Scott did an amazing job, as always. Good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Congrats to Josh and Scott for a successful intercept given the short timeframe to pull all of it together. From LA to MX to car to eye in about, what, 16 hours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Incredible intercept Josh! You couldn't have picked a better spot. I can't wait for the video! This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Have to give Strat and everyone else here mad props for setting Josh up in the sweet spot. This! Scott did an amazing job, as always. Good work! And This. +1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Scott did an amazing job, as always. Good work! Agreed, now maybe the next time all the other weenies will shut up and let the two of them work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Josh, grats... are you OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Agreed, now maybe the next time all the other weenies will shut up and let the two of them work. you mean stupid stuff like this? What's the weather like Josh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am19psu Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 you mean stupid stuff like this? All of the armchair quarterbacking of where Josh should intercept was way worse. This thread was terrible last night and the terrible postings will not continue through today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 All of the armchair quarterbacking of where Josh should intercept was way worse. This thread was terrible last night and the terrible postings will not continue through today. Understood. I hope we hear from josh soon and that he is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Major props to Scott for getting him in the best possible spot! Not an easy task when the center is only a few miles wide. Hope you had a great time. Sent from my 4G 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad strangler Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Josh almost never rushes back to proclaim "I'm Ok!" "I'm Ok!" Many times he has to crawl back to his hotel due to travel conditions. Some times he is out of the car helping the locals move debris, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 All of the armchair quarterbacking of where Josh should intercept was way worse. This thread was terrible last night and the terrible postings will not continue through today. Even I know enough to just read once the actual intercept is underway. I think etiquette permits some of the better red taggers to give storm updates (believe it or not, I am starting to hold some of you highly paid professionals in higher esteem than others, in fact, there are a few I would trust less than say, Jorge)* and everyone else who hasn't chased down there to stay off the Google Earth and let Scott and Josh do what they have clearly shown they can do. Excellent job to the chase team. I cna't wait to hear Josh's minimum recorded pressure, and, of course, eagerly await the video. *Didn't have any issues with any red tagger advice in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am19psu Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Even I know enough to just read once the actual intercept is underway. I think etiquette permits some of the better red taggers to give storm updates (believe it or not, I am starting to hold some of you highly paid professionals in higher esteem than others, in fact, there are a few I would trust less than say, Jorge) and everyone else who hasn't chased down there to stay off the Google Earth and let Scott and Josh do what they have clearly shown they can do. Excellent job to the chase team. I cna't wait to hear Josh's minimum recorded pressure, and, of course, eagerly await the video. Ed, this is your best post ever. Certain people's opinions are clearly welcome and others' are not. If you don't know which one you personally are, better to err on the side of not posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Great job Josh, anxiously awaiting to hear from you later today. One of these days your going to get a daytime storm! One thing about chasing in remote areas is you can reposition so much easier. Try moving 20 or 30 miles along the coast in the US just before a storm hits. Love these chase threads feels like Im there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-Chaser Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Good day all, No disrespect but your call earlier in this thread was Punta Allen. Costa Maya was only an option if Josh had arrived much earlier. On top of that to my knowledge Josh is the only chaser that made a ballsy decision to go after Ernesto and given when he landed it's a hell of a feat that he has put himself in a position to intercept it. Josh is the man - period. Originally (back on 8/6) I would be targeting the BZ / MX border and a bit north, with Costa Maya as the landfall point. Then yesterday (8/7) the storm did that crazy NW "run" making Punta Allen more likely, that's where I began posting. I'm not on here too much, but I see much more updates here since I joined (great site)! Against most of NHC's quidance, the storm turned due west, and stayed on that course until landfall. This is where the last-minute data comes into play - Josh really needed that! I remember a similar event with Charley in 2004 in FL. Everyone (NHC and all) forecasted the landfall near Tampa, but the last minute it came into port Charlotte / Punta Gorda. The data was more than essential, given the eye was ONLY 3 miles wide in that storm and we saw the blue sky in it surrounded by 145 MPH winds that extended only 5 miles from the center. I am wondering if Josh will attempt a second intercept, but it's appearing RIGHT NOW the storm is moving maybe a bit S of due west, keeping it over land more. This will make it parallel the coast more, opposed to going out into the BOC and making a second landfall. This was a very hard nut to crack ... Hat's off to Josh M again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Have to give Strat and everyone else here mad props for setting Josh up in the sweet spot. +1,000,000 Scott did an amazing job, as always. Good work! +1,000,000 Josh, grats... are you OK? I hope he's getting some much needed sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott747 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Really appreciate the kind words though behind the scenes teamwork along with board teamwork -in just the right amount of doses - contributes greatly in helping with giving Josh the best advice as his conditions and communications deteriorate. Quick update on Josh if he doesn't chime in... Safe and sound heading back to Playa del Carmen. Will give a few more technical tidbits shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Really appreciate the kind words though behind the scenes teamwork along with board teamwork -in just the right amount of doses - contributes greatly in helping with giving Josh the best advice as his conditions and communications deteriorate. Quick update on Josh if he doesn't chime in... Safe and sound heading back to Playa del Carmen. Will give a few more technical tidbits shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 josh checked in on FB: It was a small, violent cyclone. Rode it out in a roadside restaurant in Buena Vista, near 18.882N 88.244W, which is W or WNW of Costa Maya. Lowest pressure 975.0 mb at 12:34 am CDT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 975 is pretty impressive considering that the NHC had this at 980 during landfall. Excellent job! Looking forward to your summary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 975 and he wasn't even in the true center. I am curious to know what wind speeds he experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Probably will be another case where Josh's data will be very valuable to time NHC upon reanalysis. Rock on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallow Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Josh--yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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