2020 Hurricane Season

[warneagle]

I feel like Alpha was a waste of a name. It's going to be a depression by tomorrow.

 

[Kory]

I feel like Alpha was a waste of a name. It's going to be a depression by tomorrow.

This is one of those that in previous years, it would’ve been added through post-season reanalysis. But the radar data from Portugal doesn’t lie...

 

[warneagle]

Yeah I mean it's at 50 mph, nothing to sneeze at. It was more of a philosophical thought than a meteorological one.

There are a couple of areas in Portugal that have been experiencing some drought, so this may not be a bad thing as long as there's not too much wind damage.

 

[warneagle]

I thought this was a neat visualization.

 

[Jacob]

Is Alpha much more than an MCV that happened to develop over the water? That water is pretty cold, and it's just SE of an upper level low. I get that it is labelled as sub-tropical and not tropical, but I'm not sure I agree with designating this with a storm name.

Here's the 500mb map for the area.

 

[Kory]

Is Alpha much more than an MCV that happened to develop over the water? That water is pretty cold, and it's just SE of an upper level low. I get that it is labelled as sub-tropical and not tropical, but I'm not sure I agree with designating this with a storm name.

Here's the 500mb map for the area.

It has an eyewall like structure and banding consistent with a subtropical storm.

 

[JayF]

It has an eyewall like structure and banding consistent with a subtropical storm.

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I mean I guess if we were going to start the Greek Alphabet, it was only fitting the first one of the bunch take on Europe. Hope everyone there is watching and paying attention.

 

[Mike S]

I finally voted in the poll. Not giving away what I voted for.

 

[akt1985]

TD 22 is now Tropical Storm Beta.

 

[JayF]

TD 22 is now Tropical Storm Beta.

There you go @Kory

 

[maroonedinhsv]

I finally voted in the poll. Not giving away what I voted for.

I sent in an absentee ballot, but it doesn't look like you guys have counted it. This poll is rigged!

 

[Kory]

There you go @Kory

Honestly if recon would’ve gotten there, it would’ve been Wilfred. But technical difficulties happen.

 

[akt1985]

It looks like Teddy will miss Bermuda to the east but is still forecast to hit Nova Scotia as a hurricane next week.

 

[David in SW Blount]

We could use some rain from Beta if it can track up this way. Things are starting to get dry.

 

[Kory]

We could use some rain from Beta if it can track up this way. Things are starting to get dry.

There should be a large moisture prime on the east side that will get tugged north once the trough digs down and starts scooting Beta NE.

 

[JayF]

Not that she is a threat to anyone or anything, but Paulette is back. Someone was listening that they didn't need to rename her.

 

[Taylor Campbell]

Development close to home looks possible in early October.

 

[David in SW Blount]

Still a little early in the day, but I don't like the look of this Beta rain mass for my area. We're kind of getting the edge of it. I was hoping for a better soaker. Maybe it will juice up this afternoon?

 

[Lori]

Shhhhhh.... the tropics are quiet...

 

[Mike S]

Shhhhhh.... the tropics are quiet...

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TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 PM EDT Sun Sep 27 2020

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

1. A broad area of low pressure could form over the western Caribbean
Sea in a few days. Some slow development is possible late this week
while the system moves slowly west-northwestward over the
northwestern Caribbean.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.

Forecaster Blake