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Monday, September 23, 2019

5 PM. Karen Demoted to TD. Tho Forecast to be a TS Again Down the Tropical Road. Yellow Circle Near the Yucatan. My Mermaid Area...2 PM Tropical Storm Lorenzo Forms! Jerry King of the Road, Karen Questions.. So Many Questions About Karen ... Models Getting Funky.


 5 PM.
Live Blogging huh?
Going to take a break.
As I said below... not much has changed.
Tropical Storm Karen was demoted.
Kind of as expected.
How much foreshadowing can the NHC do?
How many planes can be sent it to find...
...what isn't there.

Note they forecast it to be a TS again.
After it moves through the Islands.
And when it turns West towards Florida.
So will Karen reform?
Maybe.
Stay tuned.
Interesting tropical drama.

Good graphics in one tweet so using it.
Good to follow always.
Seems the planes kept looking...
...but as the song goes.
There was nothing at all.
TD not TS for now.
Karen in time out this afternoon...
...cone though the same.
And many cities in it's Wind Probs.
See cones below.




4:30
I like to put things up before the 5 PM advisory.
That way it's my thoughts and perhaps.
Explains what the 5 PM is showing.

Details matter.
So does timing.
And the whole issue right now is timing.
Intensity questions persist on Karen.
Models are funny.
Consistently delivering tropical rain to SFL.

3 Players right now.
Don't forget Lorenzo out there.
Looking beautiful but not near us.

What's odd is models see different things.
Some keep Karen an entity.
Other's lose Karen than Karen comes back.
Some see something by the Yucatan.
Earthnull actually sees Karen well.
Go figure on that one.

Not easy being NHC.
They have to answer to the public.
And to their superiors.
They are the bottom line.

When models don't make much sense.
I watch the water vapor loop and MIMIC.
And wait til the next model run.

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There's Jerry center stage.
Karen pulses up and down.
Remember when Jerry did that?
Jerry did it drove everyone crazy.
They seem to be cut from the same cloth.
Near the tip of the Yucatan...
A red dot pops up.
Models don't really see much there.
And Lorenzo far away and beautiful.
I hate to tell you that you have to wait another day.
But it's true.
Karen may be a player...
...or it may be nothing at all.
Yet Karen has been a player.
And players don't like to die...
...but sometimes they play dead.
You know like playing possum...
And then they jump up and come back to life.
When the time is right.
And the shear calms down.

This song is stuck in my head



I made 2 videos.
Think on them when the 5 PM comes out.
And I'll update this evening.
Much to do here and I'm not feeling it.
Something is off...
..something is missing.
Soon we will see it.

I try to keep these to a minute.
Just some thoughts while watching the WV Loop.





Lorenzo discussion.
Not to be forgotten.
Just currently so much drama with Jerry and Karen.





2 PM
Tropical Update... Tropical Outlook.



This yellow circle has popped up.
I've been talking on it all morning.
Alluding to it last night.

Last night I posted this video.
What bothered me was....
...the tremendous amount of convection.
From the Yucatan across the Straits.
With that set up something was up...
1... something could form there.
2... It could impact the track of other storms.



Then I tweeted about it this morning.
It's persisted for way more than 12 hours.
Actually since yesterday moisture has been there.
I made a playful post about a mermaid in the GOM.
Today I posted a picture in a collage.
A reminder that the mermaid may...
...want to play ball.


This is the Tweet from last night.


And the loop discussion that goes with that.
Note I said last night Karen may become an open wave.
Or a weak disturbance perhaps?
If it cannot hold onto TS status.




Breaking it up into parts below.
Something is there, round and anchored.
High to the North.
Kind of trapped a bit currently.


Over and near hot water.


And though the NHC shows formation to the West.
The moisture flow from Jerry is feeding into it.
Much the way Imelda was fed by Humberto..


Rain predictions have been high in that region.
For the next 5 days so you can't blame that on Karen.
So what's causing?
Looking at the satellite image below.


Moisture streaming off of Jerry....
High to the North.
This area looks better than Karen.
Yes, I said that.
And I'll update later.
But the NHC just put a yellow dot.
On my area I've been talking about.


But my issue here is this.
Yes it could form.
But what if Karen falls apart?
Convection wandering around.... 
...possibly off track from the TS Cone?
And Jerry hits a wall of high pressure.
What pulls a system towards Florida?
Vs saying being trapped and looping.
Waiting for the ridge to break?
The only thing that would pull it is...
...if there was low pressure to the West.
And now we see what that might be.

Stay tuned, looking at models at 4 ish.



Lorenzo is finally official!



Note they show say they are being conservative.
I'd give it easy chances of being a Major out at sea.


Showing Jerry first as ...
...there have been questions on it's track.
Long term.


Note they don't slow it down at the end.
Odd... But they bend it a bit South of East.
Will see what they do at 5 pm.
Imagine they like everyone else....
...is waiting on the next model runs.
More on that down deep in the blog.
This is just a 11 AM update.

And Karen remains a question mark.



You can find Karen below....
...down below Jerry.
2 red dots flaring up.
Lorenzo solid red dot far out there.

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Here's our satellite loop for the day.
Monday Morning.
Jerry bright and colorful East of Florida.
Waiting for his ticket to ride ...out to sea.
But does Jerry have a surprise for us?
Some models say it's possible.
I mean goes out to sea and then...
....oh what's that all about.


Hmnnn...Remember Karen is down below.
And there's a high pressure ridge building in.

Karen down there somewhere below.
Bits of red and gold.
Sort of like the beginning of Fall.
That officially began today.
Turn your AC down to 69...
...then you'll feel it!!

And off in the East Atlantic is Lorenzo


Models as always from Mike's Spaghetti Models.
www.spaghettimodels.com

Mike's King of the Tropical Road at 9:19 AM.
Listening to him as soon as I'm done here.
I try not to listen or read too much of others...
....before I write in the morning so I stay fresh.
Well... I read the NHC discussion.
So remember Karen is the big question.

Discussion this morning basically is on whether or not Karen survives as a Tropical Storm or gets downgraded to a Tropical Depression. The NHC has put the TD word into their foreshadowing early morning discussion and they are opening the door for that action if Karen doesn't step up to the plate and do something fast to change that eventuality. And, Karen is a big question mark that hangs over the East Coast as many models (as well as the NHC discussion) hold out the possibility that once past PR it may strengthen again; well unless it dies completely. So, today is a day to see what Karen really has and what she does not have... that being a real center with Tropical Storm force winds. Easy money is on a downgrade soon but a possible upgrade in the near future, however I wouldn't bet money on Karen just yet.


As for Jerry as much as it looks like he wants to bust North he is held down by a huge high pressure, yet he pushes against the tide nonstop and you can see this in his current satellite imagery but Jerry has generally held onto to mediocre but there status and stubbornly flares up just when needed to keep the attention of the NHC. It should go out to sea eventually.


Jerry is kind of like King of the Road here ...
....the only really clear cut winner.
Visible easily.


Another view...
Note explosion of convection in Karen.
There is some connection there still.
At times it's connected to Jerry.
At times Karen looks like she leaving Jerry.
So much drama.
Karen may not want to let Jerry go?
Who knows.
Foreshadowing.
Waiting for more models to vote.


Is Jerry looping back?
Keep that in mind when you hear
"out to sea....."
Out to sea but for how long?
Fall Storms often loop.
We are officially into Fall.


Well Mike on Spaghetti Models.
Calls him Juicy Jerry.
Maybe Karen likes that...or not.
Note it's flaring up on the NE side today.
Hmmmn drama..

Speaking of Mike...
..wore his shirt yesterday.
Went to the Flea Market.
Before it becomes the State Fair in October.
Back to the tropical discussion below.
Picture at the bottom ;)

What is interesting is that Karen looks kind of like an appendage to Jerry's tail in this satellite imagery here. Like the tail grew a pimple, or maybe I'm thinking of some Adam's Rib joke but if Karen redevelops it might not be so funny as it may be the trouble Jerry leaves behind as the strong heat ridge once known as Indian Summer in the old days is hanging over the Southeast like one last kiss from Summer before we move finally into Fall. What worries me here is that often Fall and cooler weather is ushered in by some late season hurricane that flips that switch as if it's saying "Lord do I have to do everything by myself!!" and then the hurricane passes inland, the cool air ushers down and people begin to miss what they have been bitching about that being the good old warm days of summer.


But everyone loves Fall right? I do finally, it took a while I will admit, but yeah Fall in the Carolinas is beautiful and football is on the scene as Baseball begins to move towards it's eventual climax and trees lose their leaves one by one and we look longingly towards our first winter snow. In South Florida people longingly look for a cold front and wince knowing snowbirds will be arriving soon.

And that's the way it goes on today the official beginning of Fall, as the Autumn Equinox is today so if you want to do any Fall mischief such as eating pumpkin ice cream or having a Pumpkin Spice Frappe (too hot for lattes) today is your day. Maybe start a new diary or begin a to do list or a Vision Board for Fall. Plan out your Halloween Party and hope that no hurricane is going to come as a surprise guest. We went to the State Fair Grounds yesterday that hosts the NC State Flea Market every month of the year except October when the Fair comes to town. Lots of old toys, yard stuff on sale and Trader Joe's was sampling Pumpkin everything yesterday.



Does Karen want to play ball with Jerry?
Does Jerry want to play ball with Karen.
And what about Lorenzo??

BOTTOM LINE... 
Jerry....doing what Jerry always does, just enough to stay alive.
Karen...a mystery still as to it's current condition and a question mark on the future.
Lorenzo now officially a Tropical Storm forecast for now to go out to sea gracefully.

Will Lorenzo go out to sea gracefully? Maybe.
Will Karen survive? I'd say there's a better chance down the road it's still there than not.
Will Jerry go out to sea... the NHC is sure of it. But will Jerry stay out at sea or ...
...come back for Karen?

Take the day to to what you love doing the most, if you got the time... and if not dream on it a bit when you have a moment to rest. Do not throw out the Hurricane Supplies if you live in South Florida or the Gulf of Mexico states (Alabama included) and if you live further Up North you know what to do with them... hold onto them for Winter Weather and possible Ice Storms.

Images below. I'll do a video later today and some model discussion, but still waiting to see what happens today with Karen before saying more on that. I think Karen has more of a kick than is visible on satellite imagery creating much drama down in the Islands, it's visible on Earthnull for the first time from far away so I'd vote she stays around in some form or another for a bit longer.

 

While not the best signature.
I can see something is there.
Yesterday I could not.
Karen needs to lift it it wants to survive.
Lift or ooze on other and reform it's center.
Karen needs to let Jerry go...


Ironically Karen and Lorenzo 
Have the similar barometric pressure.
Totally different satellite signature but ti's true.
At 11 AM they lowered Lorenzo's a drop.
As it is now a Tropical Storm.


See a tail of 2 storms.
Both had 1007 MB at 5 AM.
Karen had 40 MPH in theory..
... TD13 became Lorenzo.
That was a done deal.


Gotta love the NHC for headlines.
Sounds like a new Fall Drama on ABC!



And of course Karen's ultimate track is a question.
Almost looks like a question mark doesn't it?
Know there are watches and warnings up...
..for the Islands as Karen is forecast to move over them.
While worrying on Florida remember ...
...there's more to Karen's track than that.

According to the NHC...
...for the foreseeable five days.
 Lorenzo going out to sea.




Let's revisit that in 3 or 4 days.
As models this year have been infamous..
..for surprise drama.
Oh and Lorenzo expected to be a Hurricane.
I'd guess they are too low.
May be a Major.
Keep watching.




So there you go a long Monday Morning old fashioned BobbiStorm Blog. Words, maps, discussion, being a bit too silly and offering life suggestions (vision board or football, your call) and I'll add some music in at the end as always. Bit poetic and creative today on the first official day of Fall. I'll do a video or two later, and we will see what the NHC finds out from their Karen Investigation and we will see if Karen tries to reform or not. Stay tuned. So many questions up the road as high pressure building in (sadly, it's hot here) and that high pressure could block Karen (if Karen is still there) from going out to sea. Maybe Karen wobbles or loops or stalls or hauls off to try and do one or two of the beach cities in Florida and I depending on how strong that high pressure ridge is I wouldn't count out Cuba (think Irma) so stay tuned. Check back later and as always follow me on Twitter and Instagram. I post to Instagram but I'm generally on Twitter all day if I'm awake checking it while doing other things.

Know the new models are showing some odd things. Talk on Fujiwara by a few models but that's really out there, can Karen and Jerry leave each other alone is the question? I'll post some cute tango dance later maybe, who knows. Really....who knows, that's the main bottom line today. As always don't eat the hurricane supplies and check back here later.

Besos BobbiStorm
@bobbistorm on Twitter and Instagram.



Ps... as the long time readers of this blog know.. I love Nat King Cole.. no one like him. My Grandma Mary played this song on her piano all the time, grew up with it and love it.



Love the pictures here, it's true every leaf becomes a flower in Fall.
And North Carolina Fall is beautiful........ though I may be in Maryland for part of it.

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Sunday, September 22, 2019

Updated! 11PM TD13 Forms from #90L TS Karen Flooding in Trinidad and Tobago Jerry Looking Better. 90L Red Hot Looking Should be Lorenzo by Africa



First note the convection (rain) in the GOM...
Florida Straights and actually into Cuba.
This coming week.
High dry heat ridge over the SE.
And Tropical Depression 13 formed Sunday evening.
Next name up is Lorenzo...


Forecast to be a hurricane.

 



Statistics tell the story.
Devil in the detail.
TD13 is a TD.
But it has the same Barometric Pressure...
...as TS Karen shown below.

What will Karen do tomorrow ?
Will see better what Karen has got going.
And where Karen may actually go..

NHC Cone Sunday Night...
...you can compare that in a few days.
To whatever it shows then..


Everyone wants to know what I think on Karen.
Everyone being family and friends in Florida.
Though people in Carolinas and Cuba watching.



Of course Cranky has answers.
I hate counter intuitive solutions.
Time will tell.
Karen may live to tell the tale after all.
Possibly take left side of cone...
...then correct too much later.
Hmnnn

Jerry being Jerry.
Hanging in there.
Slacker, doing it's thing.
Forecast to turn and go out to sea.


I just want to say...
a strong high, hot ridge to the North.
Sitting over warm moist tropical air.
Can sometimes lead to a problem.
Tropically speaking.


I was going to update more but...
...there's not much more to say.
I rested tonight.
Watched the PBS Country Music Special.
Talked to a friend.
Rested... long day today out in the hot sun.
Hopefully be fresh for the morning.
Update the blog then...

Sweet Tropical Dreams, 
BobbiStorm
@bobbistorm on Twitter and Instagram.

Ps.. promised y'all a song.
Grew up listening to Country.
It played from every mother's kitchen window.
Just a part of me....


















Going to lead with this story unfolding in real time.
There's flooding and squally weather in the Islands.
Trinidad and Tobago.
Leeward Islands dealing with Karen's existence.

Why Karen could not have had a PTC warning?
I don't know.
I don't know the rules.
I'm sure there are rules.
But it seems sometimes they use it....
...sometimes they don't.
I'd think this might have been a good time.



And in awe of how beautiful Invest 90L is...
...rolling off of Africa.
Swimming in the Water.

Banding, rotation.
Tail wants to form.
I feel as if an eye will pop out soon.
NHC says tonight, tomorrow...
They will get around to it.
I'd say not impacting anything but...
their discussion earlier said:

"Interests in the Cabo Verde Islands should 

monitor the progress of this disturbance. Regardless of 



development, this system is likely to bring locally heavy rainfall

and gusty winds to portions of the southern Cabo Verde Islands on


Monday."

So apparently they have warned Cabo Verde it's there.


I'll update models on Jerry and Karen soon.

In awe of this wave for now...
...things change always but beautiful.







Note models for Karen ...
...making people in FL wonder...


Let's take a minute to look at 90L...
...expected to be Lorenzo soon is also new.
Off the Coast of Africa.



Note storm by Africa forming is Lorenzo
Or will be when NHC does it's thing.
It became 90L late last night.



Weather Nation does a nice job.
Giving them some credit here!
Tropical Alerts being the right term here.
Because it's kind of like 
"Heads up Trinidad and Tobago!!"

See..formed .... warnings up!



There is no eye to judge this by.
So maybe it's not officially making landfall.
But kind of cruising through saying "HI!"



Karen may be a problem.
Or a short term wrinkle.
Either it goes out to sea like Jerty...
...or it wanders West.
We will revisit this later today.
Currently it is starting off it's career...
...making landfall.
Kind of like Imelda.
Except this won't be a 90 minute Tropical Storm.


You can see on MIMIC....
Karen is on a leash to Jerry.
Strong High and short term steering currents.

Watch the video above, turn the sound up. Keep it in mind reading this blog. Thanks!

Going to go long on images and short on words because there really isn't much more to say here this morning other than Trinidad and Tobago have warnings up for a nearby Tropical Storm that seems to have just developed (kind of like Imelda did) and the real show is in the East Atlantic where what will be Tropical Storm Lorenzo that looks truly as if it's about to go hurricane.

I was talking to someone last night late on how Trinidad rarely gets real named storms but the center of the poorly put together Invest 99L was dangerously close to Trinidad and it's associated islands, though the NHC did have a red high chances of development up and yet they had not written any real discussion as it was still only Invest 99L. To be honest I'm not sure it was officially a Tropical depression as it's being blasted by the same area in the Atlantic that was blasting Jerry. Often Highs Pressure and Upper Level Lows can look as if they are giant black, ghost canes as we saw with the one in the Gulf of Mexico that turned into Imelda. They are fun to watch when nothing else is really spinning and I woke up this morning hearing they named Karen and I thought it had to be the African Wave that I wrote about on Twitter last night, beautiful wave with great structure looking like it wasn't to steal the name Karen. But the NHC didn't let and upgraded Invest 99L to Karen leaving the African wave the M name. As there is a map graphic up at the NRL site expect Lorenzo to form soon ... or shortly after they upgrade it to Tropical Depression depending on their mood. Unless some homegrown pops up in the next 12 hours...  and note the next system after this one could become a bigger problem than these Storms tracing the high but let's not borrow trouble and wait and see what happens.


Remember that.... because it's happening.
See the track map up at NRL below.


There it is out there... 
visually stealing the show.
Where does it really go?
That's the real question.


Up close Selfie!
Wow.


Core, banding.
What is there to say beyond that image.


Now let's look at Jerry.
Battling back all night with bright convection.




Jerry may wobble Westish...
but is expected to go out to sea.
  

But really Jerry is a player.
Comes, goes..
Slacker with potential always.

Saved this to compare.
A screenshot from last night.
I know a bit stalkerish.


Jerry sucking in the moisture form the Carib Blob.
That came off North Cuba last night.
Small image.
This morning... Jerry has a core.
It's kicking.
The area below is our new Tropical Storm.
Yes that is a current image.
Below are our players.


 I will update this afternoon with model discussion. Does Karen try to visit South Beach? Does Jerry go out to sea and follow the program? What's up with Lorenzo (that should be named soon) Check back later today and have a beautiful, blessed day.

Besos BobbiStorm
@bobbistorm on Twitter and Instagram.

Ps... song this afternoon. I need more better coffee and real grits I didn't make!
Oh wearing my Drunk Donkey shirt this morning in honor of Lorenzo soon to form and Karen and Jerry and it's a good day to wear that shirt!
Really beautiful form there...





















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