Hurricane Melissa

[TornadoFan]

 

[tornado examiner]

I am still trying to wrap my mind around what I just saw. She's just slinging huge thunderstorm complexes around like a hula hoop. What a beast.
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That's weird. Usually a frame like this indicates an ewrc but not this time. Maybe I'm misremembering.

 

[Cyclonic Paracosm]

oooh noo not too sure what this is but wow that looks insane

 

[tornado examiner]

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oooh noo not too sure what this is but wow that looks insane

That right there is a solid core that has no signs of any EWRC at all and likely won't for a long time.

 

[tornado examiner]

This is the most evil hurricane smile since Maria. Yuck. It's become a monster in more ways than one.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Kds86z]

Sorry! Wrong thread multi tasking

 

[Cyclonic Paracosm]

115kts a 0.5km ouch, massive ouch

 

[TornadoFan]

Recon found pressure down to 959mb on the latest pass.

 

[tornado examiner]

Recon found pressure down to 959mb on the latest pass.

8MB decrease since 10pm

 

[Cyclonic Paracosm]

8MB decrease since 10pm

yeah I think its bombing now, wasn't doin that till now if I am not mistaken

 

[tornado examiner]

Her winds haven’t caught up with her pressure yet. And she’s smiling at us.

With a deviously malicious angry face. You’re f**ked up Melissa.

 

[Cyclonic Paracosm]

annnd dropsonde time, I can't read these

 

[TornadoFan]

115 knots at the surface, that would be 132 MPH.

 

[Ozonelayer]

115 knots at the surface, that would be 132 MPH.

Category 4 then, no?

 

[TornadoFan]

Category 4 then, no?

I believe so, yes.

 

[Cyclonic Paracosm]

env its moving in is better than Miltons, so yeah its bout to go down

 

[Clancy]

She's currently slinging intense, deep convection around the center of circulation in rapid fashion. Eye is becoming more and more well-defined with time, and there's continuous deep convection firing on the eastern axis of the storm. Continuous rains on the southwestern portions of Hispaniola starting tonight could aggravate mudslides and lead to flooding, which is the last thing Haiti needs. As for Jamaica, the southeastern third of the country is at the start of continuous TS+ force winds and heavy rain for potentially the next 36-48 hours. My biggest concern here is where she turns relative to the island. A significant number of models have her slamming into Jamaica in a fashion that would put Kingston in the front-right quadrant (HAFS-B and HMON included as an example), maximizing winds and storm surge.

 

[tornado examiner]

Eye wall is square shaped. Meaning, explosive intensification.

 

[tornado examiner]

This look right here. This is the eye preparing the clear out rapidly and the upper eye wall beginning to smooth out. This is the final step before it bombs out too it's fullest potential.