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Monday, May 06, 2024

Todays Wxr - Huge High Problems - GOM Hurricane Highways

 

Love the juxtaposition on Mike's page.
Like a trip thru his mind.
Today's alert area.
Fairly big.
Bullseye Oklahoma/Kansas!
On the left we see feed of moisture in GOM.
Where the moisture goes today could bring trouble...
.... in the next few weeks IF something develops.

Below we see the Mijmic.



Big High Pressure in Atlantic cranking ...
...everything circles around it.


Map showing the huge High showing us the highways.
Highways of moisture and where it flows!
Where the moisture goes!!


Let's look at June Storm Tracks.
(this is late May as well...)

So if you look at the blue area where storms form and track in the GOM as well as off the SE coast, the black area to the right of that this time of year is the huge High pressure seen in the images above. The tropical juice aka moisture seen on the Mimic Image above is shunted around the high and comes up from the Caribbean (and EPAC) and is shunted into the GOM where it often can spin up a surprise, home grown problem that manages to get a name and in this case that would be Alberto IF it happens.

As we are watching hurricane highways this week, it's a good time to review a few famous early season A storms that took this particular road trip through the Gulf of Mexico!

Agnes 1972


Typical track.
In this case it became a flooding event.
A very widespread inland flooding event!


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Alma below!! 


Similar track. Historic Pattern.
Rain signature on the left.

June storms love this track into FL.

I was a child in 1966, very young and my parents hopefully forgave me for praying it would come and hit the Miami area.... early track looked like it would be the 3rd storm in 3 years to impact Miami!! Alas, my prayers were not answered and it pulled up, up and away and then after that zig zag it slammed into N Florida near the always popular Big Bend early and late in any hurricane season. I don't remember much about what it did to N Florida, other than feeling seriously cheated in Miami!!

I was young, very young, and didn't know people could actually chase a hurricane. Who knew?


Audrey in 1957 was a Texas storm.
It shows a different road.... 
Sabine River destination.
Texas/Louisiana



Audrey was a real hurricane heartbreaker!
Major Hurricane Heartbreaker!!!!



Then in 1961 Hurricane Carla in September....
...was covered live on TV.
Not really a chase but close to a chase.
In the right place at the right time.
And, took the ball and ran with it!
America watched a hurricane up close and personal.
On the Nightly News (Google that)

TV meets Hurricane Season Live.
Way before TWC and Storm Chasers Live on line.


Be it June or September...
Texas always remembers Hurricane Season.

And in late May and early June...
Florida should be alert...especially in busy seasons.
Most of the GOM should pay close attn this year!

And remember .... 
Early Hurricane Prep is your friend.
Knowledge is power.
Phil Ferro posting links online.


Know your risk!!
True!!!!


GOM moisture meets up with....
Moisture moving up across Mexico from EPAC
Tornadoes the Problem of the Day
Old system moves off the coast.
New system revving up ...
... Pay attn to warnings in the warned area for today.

Get Ready for Hurricane Season.
Please!
Besos BobbiStorm
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