An absolutely unreal storm. It's really managed to maintain both consistent, intense CDO convection and, as @Blountwolf has mentioned before, she seems to have a continuous stream of robust convection on the east/southeast side.
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Hurricane Melissa
- Thread starter Jacob Aden
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WeathermanLeprechaun
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Completed another MERC? Not sure, but you're not seeing things.
Taps the sign ^^^
warneagle
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whoever said this looked like a super typhoon in the atlantic earlier was bang on. I don't remember the last atlantic storm that was that structurally perfect
Ozonelayer
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Not to toot my own horn. But...
Seriously, i'm fairly certain that this is intensifying and/or sitting anywhere around 895 to 890 mb, with winds arount 180-185 MPH. This thing is easily the most intense hurricane in this section of the world in a long, long while.
majorhurricane1703
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I understand fully that hurricane hunters don’t want to fly in this thing or fear monger, but there also has to be another way to get accurate information safely. There’s no way this storm in my mind is anything less than 190 mph winds right now.
I’m just trying to save more lives because there’s a big difference in winds between 175 and 190. Maybe not so much in terms of actual overall damage that occurs, but the kind of structure you could potentially ride it out safely. A 15 mph difference doesn’t seem like much, but this difference could mean the difference between a concrete building withstanding or toppling over in these kind of winds.
I’m just trying to save more lives because there’s a big difference in winds between 175 and 190. Maybe not so much in terms of actual overall damage that occurs, but the kind of structure you could potentially ride it out safely. A 15 mph difference doesn’t seem like much, but this difference could mean the difference between a concrete building withstanding or toppling over in these kind of winds.
WeathermanLeprechaun
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Man, I'm in awe at this thing and yet horrified of what it can do when it approaches Jamaica. You just don't see a system like this everyday. This is going in the books for me.
tornado examiner
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It's completely stationary if they miss the center IMA BE LIVID.
Evan
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My God.
There are two HH aircraft in the storm right now, an AF C130 and NOAA's Kermit.
tornado examiner
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Melissa is so popular right now that all the sites showcasing her info are broken lmfao.
Stormchaser4life
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Still getting pressures around 910 mb from HH despite impressive IR appearance
Again, try flying towards it blind in 200+mph crosswinds through a thunderstorm and see how you do. My hats are still off to those guys if they miss it 50 times.
The mbs should start dropping If it's starting to look how it's looking, it may just be lagging behind
Lake Martin EF4
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Eh, I wouldn't say that. Impressively, regarding my question from last night, Melissa seemed to have her cake and eat it too - it indeed reached C5, but its windspeed and pressure haven't caught up to its structure all that much. Had this been a month or so earlier Wilma would've been abdicating the throne against her will right now, and Allen would've been officially old news, but since Melissa chose to arise in late October, it's experiencing Eta Syndrome.
tornado examiner
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Wait they haven’t even made it into the eye yet. They’re still away from it.
Cyclonic Paracosm
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166kt flight level winds dear god no words that arn't curses smh like w h a t 166kts is insane, if this is accurate then....
Cyclonic Paracosm
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155 ground level???? mixing issues?? what is this thing doing its also 160kts
Kds86z
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Cyclonic Paracosm
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167kts fl SSE/SE forgot it wraps around what