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Tropical Storm Erika


mappy

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They came across some TS force winds this morning but nothing I've seen suggested they've seen much since. Erika looks worse than it did 12 hours ago IMO.

That said I think keeping it as a TS is the right call. With another convective burst tonight it could be right back to where it was this morning I suppose, and I imagine there would be some difficulty changing current watches and warnings.

No need to confuse the public...

I agree.. it's a good call.
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The important point is that the above pattern almost gurantees a US landfall from the NE or SE for somebody. Alot can change in 240 hours.

 

Don't get me wrong, it is a bizarre setup that would take awhile to play out.

It looks very similar to Ophelia 2005.

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Puerto Rico does have some higher terrain but it's not the mountainous region that Hispaniola contains. The center would also likely be spending less than 12 hours overhead so I am not that worried about it surviving the trip. It needs to miss the DR though. I would say that it still has a chance to do so, but admittedly things are looking a bit more grim this morning track wise. It appears as if the 12z guidance has initialized with a projected center closer to the mid-level circulation that we saw yesterday and should it be able to organize some today it would then have the diurnal max coming up tonight while still over water. 

 

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Puerto Rico does have some higher terrain but it's not the mountainous region that Hispaniola contains. The center would also likely be spending less than 12 hours overhead so I am not that worried about it surviving the trip. It needs to miss the DR though. I would say that it still has a chance to do so, but admittedly things are looking a bit more grim this morning track wise. It appears as if the 12z guidance has initialized with a projected center closer to the mid-level circulation that we saw yesterday and should it be able to organize some today it would then have the diurnal max coming up tonight while still over water. 

 

05L_tracks_latest.png

There appears to be a good cluster on the extreme north side of the islands at least.

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