Hurricane Harbor

A writer and a tropical muse. A funky Lubavitcher who enjoys watching the weather, hurricanes, listening to music while enjoying life with a sense of humor and trying to make sense of it all!

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Sebastien.... NHC Forecasts Smooth, Naked Sebastien to Become a Hurricane.



Okay at least we can see our TS from outer space.

Up close it's really attaching to that rope...
...that's gonna pull it up, up and away





Gotta be honest I think it looked better last night.
But it's a strong Tropical Storm.
Forecast to be a hurricane by the NHC.



Official graphics ...
...showing from www.spaghettimodels.com



Almost looks like it wants to tell us something...
...maybe Santa's on his way?


A Santana song is now stuck in my mind.

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That's not a yellow butterfly.
It's the wind history of Sebastien.



I'd agree with Josh on this...
...paint dries faster.




It may become a hurricane.
It is a tropical storm.
As Jim Williams said on Twitter...
originated in the tropics.


As for me more into shopping for Chanukah.
Debating getting myself an inexpensive present.
But I probably have these purple shades here.


Kind of like me...
Witty, easy going, genuine...
..wise and kind of chilled today.

Watching hearings.

Debating on buying this book.




Debating on what to make for dinner.
Maybe go out... shop for Shabbos.
Sushi? Nah....

Got time to think on it.
By then... 
Sebastien could be a hurricane.

Yeah... this is happening.

I'll update later.
Besos BobbiStorm
@bobbistorm on Twitter and Instagram.
Mostly weather on Twitter.
Some weather,  make up and "life" on Instagram.


Smooth....
...get it the eye shadow shade..

My mind is an amazing thing... but warped ;)
Reason for reason....
the step in my groove...
Great song...
..gonna dance.
How can ya not dance when you hear Santana?
Do you dance at home when alone?
I do.
Great video... so smooth..




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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Sebastien Forms From Invest 90L... Center Close to Convection. Quiet Tropical Drama in the Atlantic




We now have Sebastien.
Tropical Storm Sebastien.
I like Mike's announcement better ...





Discussion above explains a bit of the drama..
..and the dynamics behind Sebastien.
As it may go "baroclinic" it may transform.
Size, shape... Google it. Baroclinic.
Common for these sort of storms.
Currently battling shear still.
Center more naked than not.
But enough clothes for prime time.
So hello Sebastien!
Welcome to the 2019 Hurricane Season!!


Going up, up and away...


Please keep reading.
Written about an hour before the upgrade.
Explains why they upgraded.
And where it's going.
Thanks :)

Keep reading... written around 10 AM.
Before the expected upgrade to TS status.

Thanks @yconsor on Twitter
 for the reminder to check out that loop.
Like seeing an old friend.
Good loop.
So many loops....
...the struggle is real.





Basically waiting on upgrade to Sebastian.
At least a TD I'd think.....
...this season has been hard to figure.
But the NHC has raised it to 80%
It has a narrow window to develop.
Convection way closer to the center.


Early morning discussion below from NHC




Up, Up and Away as the song goes.
As the loop and video above show.

Watching the hearings.
One of my degrees is in International Relations.
Emphasis to Russian Studies.
I specialized in patterns and linkage.
So it's interesting.
90L/Sebastien less interesting.
But it's a matter of history...
..especially when it gets a name.

At some point Phil Klotzbach will reference it.
Some November with a similar set up.
A similar pattern and link it in his discussion.

Oh look... and he did.
Wrote that at 10 AM
Phil tweeted this at 11 AM.



See? I'm very good at forecasting ...


Have a wonderful day!
Besos BobbiStorm
@bobbistorm on Twitter and Instagram.


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Sunday, November 17, 2019

Updated! NHC Ups Yellow Circle to 50% Orange Circle in the Atlantic......As the Coastal Storm Begins to Move Up the Coast.. Getting Ready to Lift North Along the Coast ...




Odds now up to 50% in the 5 day.
40% in the 2 day.
NHC really fast tracking this system.
When they like something it's apparent.


Has more "there there" tonight.
Also being sheared, not in the best environment.
Not closed off as shown by the image below.


But getting there.
Where's it going?
Models show it following the leader.
As I pointed out this morning.
This is a few days from now.
Models show various variations.




So yes the Carolina Panthers lost.
Our storm slowly began moving away.
The Yellow circle became an Orange Circle...
...as the NHC seems to really like it.

Sebastien is the next name on the list.



This loop shows when a system begins to spin.
It shows MANY things....
...but it's a great predictive tool.

Took a nice drive up into the country a bit.
The Falls River Recreation Area.
That means the dam...
...by the river where they made a lake.
Too cold up on the path by the lake.
Sat down by river shoots out from the dam.
Hasn't been much color this year.
And what color we had pretty much blew away...
...in the last two storms.



Pretty tho... always.
And on the way near the house...
Street near where I live.
Usually more color in mid November.
Lots of trees whose leaves have blown away.



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Morning Visible.
Eye like center there.
Briefly there... but beautiful.
Gotta enjoy what you got when you got it!



Yeah there's a 30% chance according to NHC..
...of something to it's SE forming.
But we can talk on that tomorrow...
...if it's still there.
Who can ignore this beautiful spinner?


Look how picture perfect our no name storm is...
.... and Monday it's your storm up the coast.
Because what starts on the Carolina coast...
..doesn't stay here this time of year.
As we dance our way into Winter.


From the Capes of the Carolinas...
...to the tip of Long Island.

Wind advisories all the way up the coast.





Watch the sea foam on the beach...
...gosh I love that.
And the erosion doesn't show well on the video.
Beaches been eroded for a while.
Only getting worse.
Winter storms after tropical systems.
Barrier island beaches ...
...always rearrange with the storms.

Listening to meteorologists online and on air talk today makes my heart beat faster for football on a Sunday afternoon with a quasi storm stronger than many of our named tropical storms this past summer. Transference of energy.... handing off as the system waits for the strong winter storm to throw a long pass and for the coastal low to pick up yardage and go all the way up the East coast impacting other much loved beaches on the way.... the same way it played with our beaches down here in the Carolinas.


Online energy is wonderful.
Always funny stuff here from him.



Images, videos, discussion.


And as always detailed explanations.

"And tomorrow for New England"

Check that out... this thing will take off soon!

And always there's some cruise ship drama...




Truly Annapolis is beautiful.
I like New Bern better to be honest.
But well... food, beverages.. 
it's a vacation right.




Love it really.
Weather, earth, science, history.
Music, dancing......

A bit of weather history today here.

Good article in the Wall Street Journal on Project Storm Fury; leaves out a lot about it's earlier days and I could say much but will leave for another day. Love the use of the word "seriously" here as controlling the weather is the stuff dreams are made of ....    And nations do it on a small scale all the time be it rain for crops or no rain on opening day ceremonies at the Olympics. But controlling big hurricanes as romantically heroic as it sounds pales in comparison to the every day enhancing rainfall for crops to grow in their season. A good read on some history, sort of a primer and well worth your time.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-the-u-s-tried-to-control-hurricanes-11573880461

Going to leave you with a link to read.
If you want...when you want.
Or save it for another day.
May all your favorite teams win!
May you enjoy your favorite weather....
... and be surrounded with love, friends and life...

Besos BobbiStorm
@bobbistorm on Twitter and Instagram.
Follow me on Twitter.... for real time updates.
Follow my friends.... 
.... you won't find anyone like them.






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Friday, October 18, 2019

UPDATED 5 PM Tropical Storm Nestor.... Moving FAST at 22 MPH to the NE. 60 MPH... Questions on Future Track, Intensity and Timing. Does History Repeat & Do Twisters Become a Problem as Happened in Josephine?



Updated 5 PM Info from NHC


And the beat goes on....
note the yellow circle to the SE of the center.
Again this is a very right sided storm.

I keep saying do not concentrate on the Cone..
...the black line in the Cone.
But posting it here below.


Personally I think it could come closer to Appalachicola Bay.
However that's spelled.
I'm short on time....

Discussion points out what I said below earlier.
Watch for reformations of the center.
Or a "better defined center"


Note I'm not the only one talking hurricane.
I'm not saying it will be ....
....but it could be at landfall.



Most definitely close to hurricane strength.








A look at Tropical Storm Nestor.
Visible Imagery shows the problems...
...with the forecast track.
Follow the NHC but....
.... beware of any surprises.
Strong weather is far removed from the center.





Nestor a strong Tropical Storm now.


We now officially have Nestor.
A tropical storm born with 60 MPH winds.
Showing this graphic as it shows the reality.
The center is far to the West of the strong weather.
Low level swirls can often give it up to...
...another center closer to the weather.
So don't obsess on the center of Nestor.

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Watching that loop above.
You see the problem.
Everything is pulling East...
...or as we say to the "right"
But the NHC forecast pulls Nestor NE.
Let's see what they say at 5 PM.
And at 11 PM.
But Nestor evolves in real time.
So prepare for the worst...
...hope for the best.
But I hate October surprises...
...in strong October storms.



Via satellite imagery and radar 
Nestor's threats are visible to us.
Know when you look at the image below.
The "center" is on the dry edge to the West...
...of the severe weather.
So when you take that center and move it NE..
Much of the severe weather and high tides.
Can and will be way to the East 
......of the Center of the Cone.


Check with the NHC for all their various Cones.


An added addition has been flood warnings.
That's good as many don't use the NWS site.




The NWS tends to give less heads up than the NHC
Though of late it's a blurred line.

The truth is in today's world.
It's easier to ask SIRI or Alexa..
Or just put your city into Google ...
..and you get the Weather Report.

Click on the day you are interested in...
... check winds, rain, temperature.
Click on the link.
Tallahassee, Florida...



Tampa, Florida



 My daughter-in-law's mother Kathy lives in Tallahassee so I checked the weather and in truth my family grew Shade Tobacco in Quincy North of Tallahassee and they made cigars in Tampa where they lived in the early 1900s so I'm kind of connected to both places. Being an real Floridian going back that long in time (4th generation myself) you hear about all the big storms and the hurricanes that got away and the late Autumn ones that brought tornadoes to towns such as Josephine; anyone who went through Josephine never stops talking about it. I have friends who did and they lost their trailer, their home....





Really he always says it the best so leading with this Tweet from a great meteorologists that forecasts for an area that is in the cone for Tropical Storm Nestor. Appearances can be deceiving, remember that when it comes to life or right sided Tropical Storms.



So again I'm going to talk on Josephine, a 60 MPH Tropical Storm, that made landfall with a track that was similar (though not as much offshore as the NHC has forecast for Nestor) that caught a cold front and produced many tornadoes way to the East of the center of the Tropical Storm.



NHC always puts out a great read, post storm analysis.



Track below.


Almost the same...
Josephine above.
Nestor below.


So here we are.... Nestor.


Oddly looking like it wants to become a Cane.
Could the "center" jump East or NE?
I've seen it happen before.
It's a storm you watch carefully in real time.



A friend online gets it.... look beyond the cone with Nestor.
If you are at say St. George Island prepare for Nestor.
The center may track over your home...
...recently trashed by Michael.
But this is NOT Michael... it's Nestor.
But the area circled South of the Cone...
may see tornadoes, high winds, power outages.
Travelers on the highway...
Florida Turnpike.
I-4
I-10
I-95 as it moves NE ...
...again the weather moves to the right.
REGARDLESS of where the center goes.




And remember there are swirls within the system.
At different levels Nestor looks different.
It's evolving, growing, developing close in.
A recipe for nasty surprises.

Leaving you with this thought.
Could Nestor pull off becoming a Hurricane?
It's possible. I wouldn't rule it out.



Leaving you with this thought....
Could the center reform or jump?

Here's the center now....


Naked swirl to the West of the weather mass.
What if the center reformed or jumped....
to an area under the convection?


...what if it reformed under this area?

Earlier today....



And now....


Put it in motion below.


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October Tropical Storms...
..often have surprises.
What surprise will Nestor give us?

Stay tuned.

I'll update later today at the top.
I'll update again Saturday Night.

Besos BobbiStorm
@bobbistorm on Twitter and Instagram

Ps... I'll add a song down here later after 5 PM...






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