The official tropical weather thread - 2012

[Mark!]

Meteorology is interesting. I would enjoy this field.

[Mark!]

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[rfari]

is there any truth to the rumour that back in the days of ttt, robin maharaj gave the weather report drunk a few times and one time said "it going an' rain whole f&^%#@ weekend"?

[Mark!]

the amount of different tings i hear ppl say he said that one time eh

[rfari]

that man was really a boss tho. nuff home-made barometer and wind vanes were made in my childhood days because of that guy

[sMASH]

lol, i can't recall any expletives but i kinda recall having some suspicions about inebriation a couple of times.

[W2J]

“They want rain; ah go gi dem rain in dey mudder ass”

[Mark!]

[Hook]

No truth to the drunk talk. But the W2J quote above is real
You know how sometimes they're still on-air without knowing it? yeah, it's like that

There was one occasion I remember where he forecasted clear skies and fair weather and that day was torrential rain. He apologized publicly for it.

[stev]

oh lawd.....10.21am in POS and blazing hot. cant even walk outside without sweating like a pig.

[rfari]

[link]

Nothing you're suggesting hasn't been done before inno. Really it's a bunch of technical mumbo jumbo that we have to water down when we're doing tours. I hate doing tours.

link, I came in after Rab left so I never had the pleasure of working with him. But according to the older heads that have seen previous administrations to now, things very different here.

boi....used to be like if dem charts were talking back to him....& he ALWAYS had time to explain things to u...
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sori u miss out on a great teacher..

[Hook]

Heavy Rains, Flooding Affecting Florida East Coast, Significant Storm Surge Threat Expected for Northern Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Isaac is producing heavy rain and flooding along the east coast of Florida, with additional accumulations of 1 to 3 inches possible over much of the Florida Peninsula on Monday. As Isaac approaches the northern Gulf Coast late Tuesday, there is a significant threat of
storm surge and inland flooding, especially along the immediate coast in areas of onshore flow, and in combination with high tide. Details...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#ISAAC

The map below shows the probability of storm surge of 2 feet or greater. More surge maps available at the link above.

Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio, your local NWS forecast office and local news media for impacts affecting your area.

[toyolink]

To see how these storms/hurricanes carve a path to Louisiana never fails to amaze me.
Isaac certainly has shown that the trailing end of these systems are not to be overlooked.
Hope no one makes the same mistakes as was the case with Katrina.

[wagonrunner]

Place really warm, no breeze, and a lightning show in the Gulf. hookington? would the vehicles need a scuba set tomorrow?

[sMASH]

that man was really a boss tho. nuff home-made barometer and wind vanes were made in my childhood days because of that guy

because of him i always wanted a car antennae

[firstchoicett]

Looks like some bad weather coming our way.

[redmanjp]

Issac blastin New Orleans now- levees should hold this time though



that orange blob East of us should go North-West but some rain might still come- I guess in about 2 days or so


wait.. Independence Day!

[toyolink]

Isaac seems to be concentrating on filling the bowl which is New Orleans.
Remember the flooding prospects here result from direct rainfall,backwash and tides.
Already the water is coming over the levees.

[Habit7]

Issac might be good for the US in the face of their drought

[Hook]

This was Isaac at 3:30 this morning local time

The Hurricane Research Division of NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratories, or AOML, has a page dedicated to Hurricane Isaac that includes flight data from aircraft missions, surface wind field analyses, satellite images and radar composites form NOAA flights.

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Storm_pages/isaac2012/

[redmanjp]

epic rain in Trincity for the past hour or so

[rollingstock]

Cunupia/Chaguanas area too, i need sun next week, painting the cyarrrrr

[Hook]

localized convection

anyone notice if there are any fancy-schmancy bright colours on the satellite pics right now?

because there aren't

but we're getting thundershowers

and you wonder why so many people place so much faith in the sat pics when they THINK bad weather coming

[stev]

well rain in POS. (3.30pm) people already start to dive out. looks like a traffic filled evening.

[tr1ad]

ya bai........ LYR go be wetter dan wet

will have to take meh time going home

[redmanjp]

the orange blob over 2000km awayto our right on NHC site is now red

I edited your post. Deal with it.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo_atl.shtml

ZCZC MIATWOAT ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2012

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE
ISAAC...LOCATED INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND ON TROPICAL
STORM KIRK...LOCATED ABOUT 1485 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.

1. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 900
MILES WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. WHILE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT
IMMINENT...ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS APPEAR CONDUCIVE FOR A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION TO FORM IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. THIS SYSTEM HAS A HIGH
CHANCE...60 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 15 TO
20 MPH.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

&&
PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON KIRK ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT31 KNHC
AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPAT1. FORECAST/ADVISORIES ON KIRK ARE
ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT21 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER
MIATCMAT1.

$$
FORECASTER BRENNAN
NNNN

[xtech]

localized convection

anyone notice if there are any fancy-schmancy bright colours on the satellite pics right now?

because there aren't

but we're getting thundershowers

and you wonder why so many people place so much faith in the sat pics when they THINK bad weather coming

I usually would visit the Doppler radar website to track local weather.

[gt4tified]

Looks like a rainy independence day if that TD doesn’t head north fast.

[S_2NR]

Good stuff, rain = less fireworks = less stress for my dogs.