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Archive Former Major Hurricane Irma

Blountwolf said:
Does anyone see any factor that could weaken this storm from here to the coast other than going further south than expected and impacting the mountains of Hispaniola? Because I'm not seeing anything, and I want to see something.
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Best case for the US is a scenario about like Euro had last night, IMO. It has it over Cuba for >24 hours, could be enough to disrupt the core and keep it from being a 4/5 at US landfall.

Granted, the Euro blew it back up once it moved off of Cuba, but if it can do enough damage to the inner core of the storm, it might not be able to re-strengthen like that.
 
What I find interesting is that the mets keep saying this thing is going to turn north.... It wont make it into the gulf... most say it will go straight through the middle of Florida.

But..

Every new model forecast that comes out keeps pushing it west...west.. west... Perhaps it will still make that sudden turn north but I am feeling a little skeptical.
 
Heh, just wanted to post this to get a laugh. I think this model *might* have an issue with intensity forecasts.

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Jacob said:
Best case for the US is a scenario about like Euro had last night, IMO. It has it over Cuba for >24 hours, could be enough to disrupt the core and keep it from being a 4/5 at US landfall.

Granted, the Euro blew it back up once it moved off of Cuba, but if it can do enough damage to the inner core of the storm, it might not be able to re-strengthen like that.
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I think I know the answer to this, but the models don't account for terrain like Cuba do they? Land is land is land as far as the models are concerned is what I am thinking.
 
We are witnessing history

Based on these data the initial intensity is set at 155 kt for this
advisory. This makes Irma the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic
basin outside of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico in the NHC
records.
 
SouthernStorms said:
Just a little off topic observation. There is not as much posting on here as in years past. Everyone on vacation? Used to have tons of pages on this by now.
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The crash killed the member base unfortunately. It's going back up, though. :) Tell all your friends to come here. :)

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Tyler Penland said:
The crash killed the member base unfortunately. It's going back up, though. :) Tell all your friends to come here. :)

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By me... I mean TW. Tell them all far and wide!

Now back to Irma this just in from NASA_SPORT
 
SouthernStorms said:
Just a little off topic observation. There is not as much posting on here as in years past. Everyone on vacation? Used to have tons of pages on this by now.
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I'm here... Lurking and reading EVERYTHING everyone is posting. I don't have much to add to the conversation, but be assured that people are reading everything you post. Please keep the info coming!
 
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