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2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season


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On 10/24/2017 at 7:32 PM, Windspeed said:

 

We did have Major Hurricane Otto in the SW Caribbean late in the 2016 eason and we may still get development in the W. Caribbean before the 2017 season is over. We could have had development sooner than later the past week had the surface trough been further east off of Colombia and more confined over the sea versus elongated over Nicaragua to El Salvador. But it is what it is..

Interestingly, cyclogenesis may occur just off the coast of Costa Rica. May have to dust the cobwebs off the EPAC thread.

Well it's dead now on the Euro, low is too elongated to even be declared a TS.  But it keeps hopes alive.   Time to start cheering on the central Atlantic cutoff low. We had one become a Hurricane in January 2016 so November definitely not too late.

 

 

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Up to 80% as of 2PM EDT.
12z GFS tries to get this up to strong TS intensity by the time it reaches the Bahamas before it gets sheared off and the MLC gets decapitated. All the energy transfers to the strong baroclinic coastal low that hammers New England.

 

I honestly have no idea how this will evolve but I think a hurricane is too much of a long shot. We would need to see a tight vortex forming in rapid fashion. The surface low is still rather broad. It may very well become a named TS but I don't think it will be strong enough to break the record. It will be interesting to watch this feature transition or "hand off" to the coastal baroclinic bomb I suppose.

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Looks like this will go straight to TS status when classified:

DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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At 500 PM EDT (2100 UTC), the disturbance was centered near latitude 17.5 North, longitude 84.5 West. The system is moving toward the north-northwest near 6 mph (9 km/h). A faster northward motion is expected to begin tonight, followed by a faster motion toward the northeast on Saturday and Sunday. On the forecast track, the system will move across western Cuba late Saturday and move through the northwestern Bahamas Saturday night and early Sunday. Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 24 to 36 hours. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for development, and the system is likely to become a tropical storm tonight or Saturday.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles (130 km), mainly to the south of the center.
The estimated minimum central pressure based on data from the aircraft is 1006 mb (29.71 inches).
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2 hours ago, gymengineer said:

NCDC's estimates for the three hurricanes' damage totals are out:

Harvey- $125 billion (#2 behind Katrina)

Maria- $90 billion (#3)

Irma- $50 billion (#5 behind Sandy)

Harvey is ahead of Katrina 125bn vs 108bn. This makes it the costliest tropical cyclone on record.

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5 minutes ago, NWLinnCountyIA said:

Harvey is ahead of Katrina 125bn vs 108bn. This makes it the costliest tropical cyclone on record.

The NCDC lists Katrina's damage as $161.3 billion (Consumer Price Index adjusted):

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/events/US/1980-2017

Even unadjusted for CPI, they have Katrina's damage as $125 billion, not $108 billion. Their estimates don't necessarily match the NHC's estimates, and haven't in the past either.They also specifically mentioned Harvey being #2 in the press release:

"Hurricane Harvey had total costs of $125 billion, second only to Hurricane Katrina in the 38-year period of record for billion-dollar disasters. Hurricanes Maria and Irma had total costs of $90 billion and $50 billion, respectively. Hurricane Maria now ranks as the third costliest weather and climate disaster on record for the nation and Irma ranks as the fifth costliest."

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-201712

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1 minute ago, gymengineer said:

The NCDC lists Katrina's damage as $161.3 billion (Consumer Price Index adjusted):

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/events/US/1980-2017

Even unadjusted for CPI, they have Katrina's damage as $125 billion, not $108 billion. Their estimates don't necessarily match the NHC's estimates, and haven't in the past either.They also specifically mentioned Harvey being #2 in the press release:

"Hurricane Harvey had total costs of $125 billion, second only to Hurricane Katrina in the 38-year period of record for billion-dollar disasters. Hurricanes Maria and Irma had total costs of $90 billion and $50 billion, respectively. Hurricane Maria now ranks as the third costliest weather and climate disaster on record for the nation and Irma ranks as the fifth costliest."

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-201712

I didn't know that. Thank you.

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