Amped Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 The first flight left for Tijuana with 44 passengers aboard. The Mexican government on Monday said damage from the tropical storm that struck Sunday and Monday had stranded some 30,000 tourists, including 26,000 foreign visitors, in Los Cabos. Odile was downgraded to a tropical storm an is expected to be reduced to a tropical depression by Wednesday. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hurricane-odile-mexico-airlifts-stranded-tourists-los-cabos-n204776 30,000/44 -1= 681 more flights before all the tourist get out of there. Hopefully, Josh has a snickers or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DISCUSSIONNWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD715 AM EDT WED SEP 17 2014...VALID 12Z WED SEP 17 2014 - 12Z THU SEP 18 2014......REFERENCE AWIPS GRAPHIC UNDER...DAY 1 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...SOUTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LARGE SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK AREAS WERE MAINTAINED ON THE LATESTEXCESSIVE RAINFALL POTENTIAL OUTLOOK FROM THE SOUTHWEST INTO THESOUTHERN PLAINS. WIDESPREAD HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL LIKELYTHIS PERIOD ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIRCULATION OF ODILE AND WELL TOTHE EAST OF THIS CIRCULATION IN THE MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE PW AXISTHAT WILL STRETCH FROM SOUTHERN CA/SOUTHERN NV---EASTWARD INTOAZ---NM AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. OBSERVED PW VALUES ACROSSTHESE AREAS ARE NEAR OR ABOVE THE 99 PERCENTILE FORSEPTEMBER---WITH NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED DURING THISPERIOD TO THESE VALUES. THERE IS A STRONG MODEL SIGNAL FOR HEAVYTO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN AZ---SOUTHERNNM---LEADING TO HIGH CONFIDENCE ACROSS THESE AREAS. FARTHER TOTHE EAST FROM THESE AREAS--THERE IS MORE MODEL SPREAD WITH HOWQUICKLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION BREAKS OUT INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.THE HI RES MODELS ARE MORE EMPHATIC ACROSS THIS AREA---BUT STILLHAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT NORTH-SOUTH DIFFERENCES WITH THEIRRESPECTIVE AXES. CONFIDENCE IS LOWER HERE--BUT WITH THE ABOVEMENTIONED HIGH PW AXIS AND MODEL FORECASTS OF UPPER DIFFLUENCEMAXIMUM IN THIS HIGH PW AXIS---FAVOR THE HI RES IDEA OF SPREADINGHEAVY TO LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS EASTWARD QUICKER.WHILE MODELS DO NOT DEPICT MUCH PRECIPITATION ON THE NORTHWESTERNPORTION OF THE ANOMALOUS PW AXIS FROM SOUTHERN CA INTO SOUTHERN NVAND NW AZ---SCATTERED CONVECTION LIKELY AGAIN ACROSS THESEAREAS--WITH LOCALLY HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 LocoAko has a pinned thread in the Central/Western sub forum for those that would like to follow the potential flooding events associated with Odile and its remnants across our Region. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/44494-remnants-of-tropical-storm-odile/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabehippie Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 From Josh on FB Greetings from San Diego, California. Steve and I just crossed back into the USA following quite an odyssey to get out of Cabo San Lucas (via La Paz and Tijuana). Cabo was devastated by ferocious Hurricane Odile, with the infrastructure smashed and the airport destroyed. A big subplot is the plight of thousands of American citizens trapped in Los Cabos and La Paz. We took this pic when we finally realized we'd be getting out of there. (Excuse our grubby appearances after sleeping on the airport-terminal floor overnight.) Now our job is to get the story out-- after two days with no connection to the outside world. (Thanks for the messages of concern. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 From Josh on FB Greetings from San Diego, California. Steve and I just crossed back into the USA following quite an odyssey to get out of Cabo San Lucas (via La Paz and Tijuana). Cabo was devastated by ferocious Hurricane Odile, with the infrastructure smashed and the airport destroyed. A big subplot is the plight of thousands of American citizens trapped in Los Cabos and La Paz. We took this pic when we finally realized we'd be getting out of there. (Excuse our grubby appearances after sleeping on the airport-terminal floor overnight.) Now our job is to get the story out-- after two days with no connection to the outside world. (Thanks for the messages of concern. ) Considering the impact, there has been embarrassingly low media coverage on this storm. If a storm like it were to hit the US... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Evan Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Considering the impact, there has been embarrassingly low media coverage on this storm. If a storm like it were to hit the US... To be fair, there's been no deaths in Baja. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 To be fair, there's been no deaths in Baja. But in my mind the difference between a few deaths, and no deaths shouldn't be the difference between media coverage and no media coverage. After all, people die of freak accidents all the time, how is a hurricane any different? (sorry for the banter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSUBlizzicane2007 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 All of that stormy weather heading into the Gulf is such a waste... we could use some rain on the Gulf Coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 To be fair, there's been no deaths in Baja. Reported, there is a lot of chaos and not much news coming out,there probably aren't too many deaths or we would have heard something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 To be fair, there's been no deaths in Baja. There's two Odile-related fatalities from what I've heard so far, not sure if they are in Baja or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeznado Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 The qpf forecasts in parts of AZ especially were way overblown- they were handing out sandbags in Tucson- they got only about .1. Cantore looked perplexed standing there with not one drop of rain falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeromus-X Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 They were handing out sandbags as far north as downtown Phoenix, too. End result: 0.14" as measured at Sky Harbor, all during a two hour period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e pluribus unum Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 To be fair the flooding last week there probably amplified the concern with this one. But definitely an underperformer so far in most of AZ and NM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 High Water rescues and multiple building fires reported in the Austin, TX Area with a meso low that has developed. Looks like Texas may be the big winner from Odile's remnants after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Some footage is out on the icyclone Facebook page. It is some of the most impressive footage I've seen inside of a building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 The qpf forecasts in parts of AZ especially were way overblown- they were handing out sandbags in Tucson- they got only about .1. Cantore looked perplexed standing there with not one drop of rain falling. I don't think overplaying such an event is that surprising. Most of the bigger rain events with tropical systems even in the Southwest often have mini jet streaks with them. I thought the same problem might occur in Texas but near Austin got an organized MCS to set up over them. With so much moisture and weak upper level flow, I guess a stationary or slow moving small scale MCS is no surprise. The problem is that with no real boundary to focus convection, the scale becomes smaller and it's harder to figure out where the convection might focus. As I posted elsewhere last night, glad I'm retired. Forecasting such systems are tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Some footage is out on the icyclone Facebook page. It is some of the most impressive footage I've seen inside of a building.Chase FTWhttp://www.weather.com/video/watch-hurricane-odile-slam-hotel-53741 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslkahuna Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 The qpf forecasts in parts of AZ especially were way overblown- they were handing out sandbags in Tucson- they got only about .1. Cantore looked perplexed standing there with not one drop of rain falling. [/quote You wouldn't want to say that to some living in Cochise and Santa Cruz Counties SE of Tucson today where flooding remains an issue after 2-5 inches ofr rain in the valleys. Had to circulation of Odile remained intact and followed the forecast track TUS would have been blitzed big time. However the mid level circulation decoupled and tracked across Cochise and Santa Cruz Counties where the heavy rains were leaving table scraps for TUS and PHX. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 US man dies during evacuation from Cabo: http://abc7chicago.com/news/chicago-womans-father-dies-on-evacuation-flight-out-of-cabo/314808/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncforecaster89 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Some footage is out on the icyclone Facebook page. It is some of the most impressive footage I've seen inside of a building. That's some serious funneling of the wind! The subsequent damage to the roofing materials is typical of windows/glass doors being blown out. I concur...very impressive footage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Josh has posted the hotel security camera footage from the hotel. The first shot at :31 is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Josh has posted the hotel security camera footage from the hotel. The first shot at :31 is amazing! Thanks for posting it. The second shot is amazeballz, too. Watch it closely-- there are all kinds of cool details: a flying chair, a large door launching from the entranceway like a missile, a sofa cushion swirling in a circle... It's nuts. Oh, and there's me reaching for my camera like a nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Thanks for posting it. The second shot is amazeballz, too. Watch it closely-- there are all kinds of cool details: a flying chair, a large door launching from the entranceway like a missile, a sofa cushion swirling in a circle... It's nuts. Oh, and there's me reaching for my camera like a nut. I saw your MacBook pro get launched! Then it looks like it started right back up ha. That was insane, hope you got your sock on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I saw your MacBook pro get launched! Then it looks like it started right back up ha. That was insane, hope you got your sock on. That was Steve, my cameraman. I'm the dude in black in the second shot. The computer was destroyed and he never found his sock. He wrapped his foot in duct tape instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Hey, everybody—I just released iCyclone's official Hurricane ODILE video from Cabo San Lucas—ground zero for this devastating storm. Check it out: If you've ever wondered what it’s like to be inside a building while a severe hurricane tears it to pieces, wonder no more—just watch. If it seems bad before the calm eye arrives, just you wait until the backside. This video captures the terror thousands of residents and tourists across the city experienced that night, hiding under tables and in closets and bathrooms as the cyclone’s ferocious winds roared through. Nighttime darkness often hides a hurricane’s violence. Not this time. This is probably my most-graphic video. I actually think it's more intense and more nuts than my Super Typhoon HAIYAN video, because this one really shows the violent energy of the cyclone up close. Many folks have said this is the scariest hurricane video they've seen—let me know what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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