Jump to content
  • Member Statistics

    17,597
    Total Members
    7,904
    Most Online
    DAinDC
    Newest Member
    DAinDC
    Joined

2023 Tropical Tracking Thread


SnowenOutThere
 Share

Recommended Posts

  • 2 months later...
7 hours ago, SnowenOutThere said:

Gfs with a fantasy tropical thing in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s almost the time of year for us to start tracking the tropics. 
image.thumb.png.b5fa42252b47f99fcc07e7acbce40484.png

 

5 hours ago, Maestrobjwa said:

With the El Niño seemingly brewing up fast (whatever form it's gonna take), can't imagine the forecasts for the tropics are too high, lol

Still a little early, but we’ve had a run of preseason tropical development.

Western Atlantic (minus Caribbean) remain warmer than normal but sea temps are far from warm. Nino should put a lid on things but an early enough start to the season may allow for some action. 

Can’t believe we’re close to the season starting.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...
  • 2 weeks later...
5 hours ago, Herb@MAWS said:

Satellite and wind vector maps suggest a small circulation possibly developing just east of Mayaguana in The Bahamas on 5/21/23 in the morning. 

Indeed. Probably not much happening with it but NHC has a 10% lemon on it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 5/17/2023 at 12:04 PM, WxWatcher007 said:

Increasing odds of the cat 5 up the bay scenario becoming a reality? 

Mawar’s eastern sibling loves it some Chesapeake.

I see they’ve got Ophelia lined up as a name for the Atlantic. So because they’re running short of “I” names (I mean, rilly, “Idalia”?), they ought to go full Bard and put “Iago” into the rotation.

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

It looks like for the first time in nearly a decade we won’t have a preseason storm in May.

That said, the NHC has designated an area in the Gulf with a lemon for 10/20% odds of development. 

Environment looks marginal at best with high shear and dry air nearby, but the last two cycles of the Euro have been fairly bullish. More than usual for weak TC or STC genesis. Worth a casual eye, especially if convection can consistently fire enough to spawn a surface low.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The broad low in the Gulf has been designated Invest 91L. No change in development odds, unsurprisingly. 

Recon has been scheduled for tomorrow and Friday, though I think they’ll cancel Thursday unless there’s some modest organization overnight/early tomorrow. 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

A new season is upon us.

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Jun 1 2023

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. Northeastern Gulf of Mexico (AL91):
Showers and thunderstorms associated with a low pressure area over 
the northeastern Gulf of Mexico have become a little more 
concentrated during the past several hours. Environmental 
conditions appear marginally favorable for some slow development 
over the next day or so as the system meanders over the northeastern 
or eastern Gulf of Mexico. However, by this weekend environmental 
conditions are forecast to become unfavorable for additional 
development as the system drifts southeastward towards the Florida 
Peninsula. Regardless of development, the system could produce heavy 
rainfall and gusty winds over portions of the Florida Peninsula 
through this weekend. An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft 
is scheduled to investigate the system on later today, if 
necessary. Additional information on the rainfall and flooding 
potential can be found in products issued by your local National 
Weather Service forecast office and Excessive Rainfall Outlooks 
issued by the Weather Prediction Center.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.

Today marks the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, which 
will run until November 30. The long-term averages for the number of 
named storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes are 14, 7, and 3, 
respectively.

The list of names for 2023 is as follows:

Name         Pronunciation       Name         Pronunciation
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Arlene        ar-LEEN            Lee          lee 
Bret          bret               Margot       MAR-go
Cindy         SIN-dee            Nigel        NY-juhl     
Don           dahn               Ophelia      o-FEEL-ya  
Emily         EH-mih-lee         Philippe     fee-LEEP 
Franklin      FRANK-lin          Rina         REE-nuh
Gert          gert	         Sean         shawn
Harold        HAIR-uld           Tammy        TAM-ee
Idalia        ee-DAL-ya          Vince        vinss
Jose          ho-Zay             Whitney      WHIT-nee
Katia         KAH-tya

This product, the Tropical Weather Outlook, briefly describes 
significant areas of disturbed weather and their potential for 
tropical cyclone formation during the next seven days.  The issuance 
times of this product are 2 AM, 8 AM, 2 PM, and 8 PM EDT.  After the 
change to standard time in November, the issuance times are 1 AM, 7 
AM, 1 PM, and 7 PM EST.

A Special Tropical Weather Outlook will be issued to provide 
updates, as necessary, in between the regularly scheduled issuances 
of the Tropical Weather Outlook.  Special Tropical Weather Outlooks 
will be issued under the same WMO and AWIPS headers as the regular 
Tropical Weather Outlooks.

A standard package of products, consisting of the tropical cyclone 
public advisory, the forecast/advisory, the cyclone discussion, and 
a wind speed probability product, is issued every six hours for all 
ongoing tropical cyclones.  In addition, a special advisory package 
may be issued at any time to advise of significant unexpected 
changes or to modify watches or warnings.

NHC has the option to issue advisories, watches, and warnings for 
disturbances that are not yet a tropical cyclone, but which pose the 
threat of bringing tropical storm or hurricane conditions to 
land areas within 48 hours.  For these land-threatening "potential 
tropical cyclones", NHC will issue the full suite of advisory and 
watch/warning products.  Potential tropical cyclones share the 
naming conventions currently in place for tropical depressions, 
being numbered from a single list (e.g., "One", "Two", "Three", 
etc.). 

The Tropical Cyclone Update is a brief statement to inform of 
significant changes in a tropical cyclone, to post or cancel watches 
or warnings, or to provide hourly position updates between 
intermediate advisories when the storm center is easily followed by 
radar.  It is used in lieu of or to precede the issuance of a 
special advisory package.  Tropical Cyclone Updates, which can be 
issued at any time, can be found under WMO header WTNT61-65 KNHC, 
and under AWIPS header MIATCUAT1-5.

All NHC text and graphical products are available on the web at 
https://www.hurricanes.gov. More information on NHC text and 
graphical products can be found at 
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/NHC_Product_Description.pdf. New and 
updated products for the 2023 season can be found at 
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/NHC_New_Products_Updates_2023.pdf.

You can also interact with NHC on Facebook at 
https://www.facebook.com/NWSNHC. Notifications are available via 
Twitter when select National Hurricane Center products are issued.  
Information about our Atlantic Twitter feed (@NHC_Atlantic) is 
available at https://www.hurricanes.gov/twitter.php.

Forecaster Beven
  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...