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Hurricane Joaquin 2015


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It is. It doesn't even touch Cape Cod, and doesn't make landfall until it gets to the Canadian Maritimes...

 

yeah now lets see the ens since the 00Z GFS ens mean was still over NC coast....in fact only a handful of the 00Z ens were right of the 00Z op track if the same happens here its gonna be odd to say the least. Also the GFDL which runs off the GFS still had the NC hit at 00Z so if it holds serve I think it has to do with the strength and timing.....all the models that hit the Carolinas are stronger and faster with the storm the ones that miss are weaker and slower..we should know this afternoon though if the storm stalls and then starts NE again the Euro wins

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How can an ull drop that much rain over such a large area. Just amazing.

 

The 06z GFS is a bit more tame with 10-13 or so around the Midlands.  Less in your area too I think I remember around 6?  I forget and heading to bed currently.  Lets just hope the Euro is overdone with it's ridiculous amounts.

 

Edit: I have to worry about those precip amounts since you know, it's whipping the GFS with Joaquin track currently.  But the EPS mean was only 8 inches here opposed to close to 20 on the OP.  Which is in line with the GEFS past few runs around 7.5-8.

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Hard to go against the EURO.  Says a lot about that model, considering it was just about the only one OTS a day or 2 ago...  

 

As far as the rain for central NC that was separate of Joaquin, looks like the main axis is shifting south and west.  We may "only" get 3-4 inches.  I'd rather have than than 8+

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Well that devolved quickly. So the GFS, and every other model, is now on par with the old stick the finger in the air method while the euro makes people like Greg Fishel look smart. Wonderful news to wake up to. And my weekend gets thoroughly washed out too!

I will definitely put more emphasis on model initializaton. As others have stated, no way that 40mb doesnt have an impact in the forecast.

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Its frustrating since a lot of us stand to be directly impacted by a high end event if the Carolina landfall of a strong hurricane pans out, the not knowing what it is going to do is the worst. Both model camps make sense its all about strength and timing......the Euro doesn't move it much in the next 48 hrs with it dropping south then moving almost back the way it came, the models that hit NC for the most part keep it moving in a W to NW motion and bring it north sooner so we should know by Friday morning which of these are the most accurate.

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NHC track is terrible, there is literally no model support for that particular track at all..... really its either OTS or the Carolinas so the track they have splitting the difference is just stupid as according to the models its the least likely path for it to take.....

in cases like this they should be able to just go 3 day and then use disco's to highlight their thinking versus putting dots on a map where the storm is likely to not go just because they are blending the guidance.

That's the map they're using on one of the stations here in Hampton Roads and he teased trends showing "eastward movement".

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The 06z GFS is a bit more tame with 10-13 or so around the Midlands. Less in your area too I think I remember around 6? I forget and heading to bed currently. Lets just hope the Euro is overdone with it's ridiculous amounts.

Edit: I have to worry about those precip amounts since you know, it's whipping the GFS with Joaquin track currently. But the EPS mean was only 8 inches here opposed to close to 20 on the OP. Which is in line with the GEFS past few runs around 7.5-8.

Thanks Shawn but remember the op was mostly by itself first and the members flipped later. Big big win for the euro.

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Not when the euro has been showing the same output and other models leaning towards it. Euro embarrassed the Americans and Canadians .

The Euro isn't a God send. It was completely out of whack yesterday, curving it eastward just before Bermuda. GFS still has Joaquin riding up the coast, several hundred miles off shore. Completely different solutions.

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The Euro isn't a God send. It was completely out of whack yesterday, curving it eastward just before Bermuda. GFS still has Joaquin riding up the coast, several hundred miles off shore. Completely different solutions.

It's over man. Even ensembles are trending to a out to sea solution. You will see when 12z comes out, that the solution will hold. 

 

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It looks like the upper low is almost too strong at this point and is causing joaquin to head nne/instead of curving around it. Once it get's high enough in lattitude then it just floats north until it finds a weakness in the ridge. Will be interesting to see if the other models shift this morning.

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It's over man. Even ensembles are trending to a out to sea solution. You will see when 12z comes out, that the solution will hold. 

 

gfs-ememb_lowlocs_us_17.png

although trends the last 2 runs now are to the right there is still modeling showing landfall so it's too early to be saying those kinds of definitive  statements so soon.

 

Btw folks, since it's becoming clear that the heavy rainfall over the southeast will be largely associated with the upper low and not directly or entirely dependent on joaquin making landfall, to avoid confusion i encourage the talk of the excessive rains to the other thread and leave this thread exclusive to the track and/or direct impacts of  the cane.. Thanks.

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At 800 AM EDT (1200 UTC), the center of Hurricane Joaquin was

located near latitude 23.2 North, longitude 73.7 West. Joaquin is

moving toward the west-southwest near 5 mph (7 km/h), and this

motion is expected to continue today. A turn toward the west-

northwest is forecast tonight, followed by a turn toward the north

and an increase in forward speed on Friday. On the forecast track,

the center of Joaquin will move near or over portions of the

central Bahamas today and tonight and pass near or over portions of

the northwestern Bahamas on Friday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 120 mph (195 km/h) with higher

gusts. Joaquin is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson

Hurricane Wind Scale. Some strengthening is forecast in the next

day or so, with some fluctuations in intensity possible on Friday.

Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the

center and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 140 miles

(220 km).

The minimum central pressure just extrapolated by an Air Force

Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft is 942 mb (27.82 inches).

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