Hurricane Melissa

[Blountwolf]

Where can I find that/set that up for myself?

https://tropicalatlantic.com/recon/google_earth/Recon_in_the_North_Atlantic_Basin.kmz

Live Recon in the Atlantic Basin - Tropical Atlantic

View the latest Atlantic hurricane recon in Google Earth and Cesium.

www.tropicalatlantic.com

Actually really easy - you just load the kmz file into google earth, and it becomes a place. Then you set the refresh time on that place, and it will follow the planes around. The dropsonde and wind barbs you click on to get data. The vortex data messages (center fixes) are the circles with the mb ratings.

 

[Blountwolf]

SFMR continues to believe things are just nuts at the surface too. From the 16:47 vortex message/center fix:
"H. Estimated (by SFMR or visually) Maximum Surface Wind Inbound: 170kts (195.6mph)"

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

SFMR continues to believe things are just nuts at the surface too. From the 16:47 vortex message/center fix:
"H. Estimated (by SFMR or visually) Maximum Surface Wind Inbound: 170kts (195.6mph)"

So they think this is legit at the surface?

 

[Blountwolf]

So they think this is legit at the surface?

That is the legit SFMR estimate from the HH plane.

 

[Atlantic]

175 MPH and 906 MB

WTNT33 KNHC 271733
TCPAT3

BULLETIN
Hurricane Melissa Intermediate Advisory Number 25A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132025
200 PM EDT Mon Oct 27 2025

...CATEGORY 5 MELISSA MOVING SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND
EXPECTED TO TURN NORTHWARD LATER TODAY...
...CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE-THREATENING WINDS, FLOODING, AND STORM
SURGE EXPECTED ON JAMAICA TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...


SUMMARY OF 200 PM EDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...16.5N 78.3W
ABOUT 145 MI...230 KM SW OF KINGSTON JAMAICA
ABOUT 325 MI...525 KM SW OF GUANTANAMO CUBA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...175 MPH...280 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...906 MB...26.76 INCHES

 

[TornadoFan]

 

[Blountwolf]

They are out of there, BTW. Headed back to base.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

That is the legit SFMR estimate from the HH plane.

Oh my word. I just want to be completely sure which is why I'm asking questions. Don't want to mislead anyone lol. That is crazy

 

[Atlantic]

I’m thinking this has a legit high chance of surpassing Milton’s 155 kts from last year.

Melissa is already at 150 kts now.

 

[TornadoFan]

Melissa now has the driest eye ever recorded in tropical cyclone.

 

[Atlantic]

Melissa now has the driest eye ever recorded in tropical cyclone.

Insane records falling by Melissa. Goes to show what an untouched Caribbean can do.

 

[Blountwolf]

Oh my word. I just want to be completely sure which is why I'm asking questions. Don't want to mislead anyone lol. That is crazy

Just make sure if reporting that you say it's SFMR, not the official number. SFMR is just an estimate, not a "we measured it directly" number. Stick with the official numbers when reporting.

 

[Blountwolf]

Now that 188mph dropsonde, that they even corrected? I'm not sure why they didn't call that official. Erring on the side of conservatism, perhaps - which is not a bad plan if you're talking about the most powerful ever recorded type storms.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

Just make sure if reporting that you say it's SFMR, not the official number. SFMR is just an estimate, not a "we measured it directly" number. Stick with the official numbers when reporting.

Yeah, will do so. Appreciate all the stuff you're providing to this thread!

 

[Blountwolf]

Yeah, will do so. Appreciate all the stuff you're providing to this thread!

My pleasure!

 

[Blountwolf]

Melissa now has the driest eye ever recorded in tropical cyclone.

Makes for some of the legit coolest WV images ever.

 

[Wind Driven Coconut]

Earlier I said this wasn’t quite to Dorian or Irma level. I stand corrected.

Each storm has its own unique peculiarities but this now an all timer…

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

The dropsonde sounding has sfc subsidence, going off well trusted sources, this only happens with extremely high end TCs. I am no expert on the really in depth stuff of hurricanes, so just going off mostly other people here.

 

[N0mz]

Gonna challenge 1935's 892mb and 185 mph landfall for sure.

 

[majorhurricane1703]

So I ChatGPT the chances of survival in a concrete building along the coast of Jamaica in a hurricane moving 3 mph and 190 mph sustained winds and the chances are less than 30%. That’s how bad this storm is going to be.