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Category Five Hurricane Lee


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3 minutes ago, MANDA said:

It has to weaken, you are not going to keep this pristine environment that long.  Will be a huge wave and swell producer for east coast and Atlantic Canada but this is not going to hang onto cat 4 / 5 status once north of the Islands.  The environment and overall pattern does degrade.

Obviously, but that's not the reason for weakening in the next 5 days. The model is attempting to show the result of at least one ERC which massively expands the wind field. In fact the HAFS shows a new period of intensification beginning as the run ends.

ERC...

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New eye emerging:

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ERC complete:

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7 minutes ago, NJwx85 said:

Obviously, but that's not the reason for weakening in the next 5 days. The model is attempting to show the result of at least one ERC which massively expands the wind field. In fact the HAFS shows a new period of intensification beginning as the run ends.

ERC...

hafsb_mslp_uv850_13L_30.png

New eye emerging:

hafsb_mslp_uv850_13L_33.png

ERC complete:

hafsb_mslp_uv850_13L_37.png

Totally understood, was just trying to convey I was not expecting it to stay at cat 4 / 5 levels for an extended period of time and certainly not to once north of the islands.  Would even be surprised if after the ERC is complete if it got back to near peak or peak. 

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3 minutes ago, MANDA said:

Totally understood, was just trying to convey I was not expecting it to stay at cat 4 / 5 levels for an extended period of time and certainly not to once north of the islands.  Would even be surprised if after the ERC is complete if it got back to near peak or peak. 

Once the wind field expands it probably won't be able to get back to cat 5 but it should remain a high end major for at least the next week or so.

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HAFS Model projects sustained 190-200MPH winds with gusting well over 210 MPH by Friday. This will be pushing record territory for Atlantic Canes and will certainly have the attention of every actuary working in the insurance industry. 
 

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 If the 12Z Euro were to happen to verify closely, the location of the highest E coast tidal range, Eastport, ME, would be very heavily affected by surge. So, the timing of any potential landfall near there in relation to high and low tide would make a larger difference there than at other locations on the US E coast. On Sept 16 for example, the predicted high tides are near 19 feet (just after midnight and noon):

https://www.usharbors.com/harbor/maine/eastport-me/tides/

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New England has never seen even a Cat 4 storm come onshore.  Most powerful one was a Cat 3 in 1938 (New England hurricane ) which caused significant damage throughout Long Island.   Needless to say, all the stick built homes and above ground utilities would be utterly destroyed if a powerful cane like Lee were to come onshore as a Cat 4 anywhere along the New England coast.  

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Everything is still in play , so many pieces have to come together at the right time in order for this to be a fish storm . 
this storm from Va to MA needs to be monitored over the next week . The storm is going to be Huge by the time it comes up north and a 50 mile shift to the west could end up being catastrophic to the coast with surge , wind , flooding ect 

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12Z EPS has nudged left with some members land falling Lee along parts of the Northeast coast. Going to be very interesting to follow EPS next several days for longer range trends, especially after data from synoptic missions gets into the models.  Impacts **IF ANY** are 7-9 days away.   Will be interesting to follow....not an absolute slam dunk Lee is OTS.  Has been my feeling and remains so.

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 Regarding the 12Z EPS, I count a total of ~9 US hits excluding operational through 240 hours with ~5 hitting ME (excluding operational), ~3 hitting MA, and 1 hitting NY. Plus a couple more probably will hit on this run after 240. So, ~18%+ US hits on the 12Z EPS not including the operational, which means likely at least on par with the 20% of the previously most active 0Z of today. Or ~20%+ already if including operational.

 The point is that the significant increase in hits of the last run was maintained on this new run (12Z).

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21 minutes ago, Hotair said:

New England has never seen even a Cat 4 storm come onshore.  Most powerful one was a Cat 3 in 1938 (New England hurricane ) which caused significant damage throughout Long Island.   Needless to say, all the stick built homes and above ground utilities would be utterly destroyed if a powerful cane like Lee were to come onshore as a Cat 4 anywhere along the New England coast.  

It's not going to be a Cat 4 going through 68-73 degree waters

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23 minutes ago, Hotair said:

New England has never seen even a Cat 4 storm come onshore.  Most powerful one was a Cat 3 in 1938 (New England hurricane ) which caused significant damage throughout Long Island.   Needless to say, all the stick built homes and above ground utilities would be utterly destroyed if a powerful cane like Lee were to come onshore as a Cat 4 anywhere along the New England coast.  

1635 would like a word. 

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31 minutes ago, Hotair said:

New England has never seen even a Cat 4 storm come onshore.  Most powerful one was a Cat 3 in 1938 (New England hurricane ) which caused significant damage throughout Long Island.   Needless to say, all the stick built homes and above ground utilities would be utterly destroyed if a powerful cane like Lee were to come onshore as a Cat 4 anywhere along the New England coast.  

modern times yes, but 1635 is generally thought of as the strongest TC and probably close to a 4.

 

*edit* oops someone else jumped on that 

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