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[mention=14667]ldub23[/mention] this season. TBH I'm starting to get there, too and so are some others based on the state of the season thread lately. 4dmemb.jpg.a439b9c61221ea1391e34a1e42368ecb.jpg

In a nutshell, mid-range modeling has sucked this year for upper pattern features. Look at this GFS shear forecast when 99L (pre-Nana) was developing in the eastern Caribbean and tell me what you see and do not see?

 

Edit: Might help if I post the right image. At any rate, it's probably unwise to bank on smaller upper anticyclonic features versus larger regional upper ridging. You can easily get burned when a small upper trough or pinched PV is underdone. Clearly the northerly shear was underdone in this case when trying to figure out potential setup three days in advance for 99L versus just having an overall larger / regional upper 200 hPa ridge. Even those don't always go perfectly. See: Laura with strong backflow upper convergence on the TC as it moved south of the Cuban shoreline. The following image is from 12z Sunday.

 

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44 minutes ago, CheeselandSkies said:

@ldub23 this season. TBH I'm starting to get there, too and so are some others based on the state of the season thread lately.

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Nana is running  into the  problems they have all had. A struggle against shear and dry air. If  i was told  in june that we would  have  15 named storms  by  sept 02 i would  have laughed at anyone saying ace would  be  under  50. I am quite  confident ace will be  below avg for the season.

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000
WTNT41 KNHC 030252
TCDAT1

Hurricane Nana Discussion Number   8
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL162020
1000 PM CDT Wed Sep 02 2020

After the center of Nana nearly became exposed during the late
afternoon, a new burst of convection developed near and to the
south of the center which has resulted in strengthening this
evening.  Very recently received data from an Air Force Reserve
reconnaissance aircraft has indicated that Nana has become a
hurricane.  The plane has measured a peak 700-mb flight-level
wind of 72 kt to the north of the center, and peak SFMR winds
of 62 kt earlier this evening.  These data support an initial
intensity of 65 kt, making Nana the fifth hurricane of the 2020
Atlantic basin hurricane season.  Since Nana should make landfall
along the coast of Belize within the next several hours, little
additional strengthening is expected before the center crosses the
coast.  Rapid weakening will occur after landfall, and the new 12
through 36 hour intensity forecast reflects this.  The low-level
center is likely to dissipate over mountainous terrain within 48
hours, if not sooner.

Nana is moving just south of due west at about 265/14 kt. A low- to
mid-level ridge to the north of Nana should keep it moving on a
west-southwestward motion during the next day or so.  The guidance
enveloped has shifted slightly southward and the new NHC track
forecast has been adjusted accordingly.

KEY MESSAGES:

1. Hurricane conditions and a dangerous storm surge will spread
onshore along portions of the coast of Belize within the Hurricane
Warning area through early Thursday.

2. Tropical storm conditions are expected in the tropical storm
warning areas in Belize, the Bay Islands, Guatemala, and the
Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico through early Thursday.

3. Heavy rainfall with isolated maximum amounts as high as 8 to 12
inches could result in flash flooding in Belize, Guatemala, and
portions of southeastern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula.


FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT  03/0300Z 17.0N  87.5W   65 KT  75 MPH
 12H  03/1200Z 16.8N  89.2W   50 KT  60 MPH...INLAND
 24H  04/0000Z 16.4N  91.6W   30 KT  35 MPH...INLAND
 36H  04/1200Z 16.0N  93.9W   20 KT  25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
 48H  05/0000Z...DISSIPATED

$$
Forecaster Brown

 

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3 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Once again, while the models did have a signal for development, virtually every global not named the Para GFS failed to develop a truly coherent tropical cyclone in the days leading up to development.

The models continue to struggle across the board with regard to TC genesis. Something to really pay attention to as we move into the next two weeks where there are a lot of impulses in the flow. 

NHC earning their pay this season. Every one of their forecasts defied the models up until the very end for Nana. They’ve been incredible this season

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