Re: This Got a Name????
Posted by
Doorman on 7/28/2011, 7:15 am
Hey Rick
You here that....here what you say.?.... thats right silence from the peanut gallery this morning
Should I burn my Canetalk membership card???
from the NHC
THE INTENSITY FORECAST IS TRICKY. WHILE THE LARGE-SCALE ENVIRONMENT DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE MUCH SHEAR...THE LOW- AND MID-LEVEL CENTERS ARE NOT WELL-ALIGNED INITIALLY...WHICH WAS APPARENT ON A 2316Z SSMIS MICROWAVE IMAGE. THE GFS/ECMWF MODELS HAVE A REASONABLE REPRESENTATION OF THIS INITIAL STRUCTURE AND KEEP THE CENTERS FROM VERTICALLY STACKING...POSSIBLY WHY THESE MODELS DO NOT SHOW MUCH INTENSIFICATION. WHILE THE STATISTICALLY MODELS STILL FORECAST STEADY STRENGTHENING...THE HWRF/GFDL MODELS FORECAST A SLOW DECLINE. ANOTHER FACTOR TO CONSIDER IS THAT THE SIZE OF DON MAKES IT SUSCEPTIBLE TO RAPID CHANGES IN STRENGTH...BOTH UP AND DOWN...THAT ARE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FORECAST. GIVEN THE REDUCED ORGANIZATION...THE NHC INTENSITY FORECAST IS LOWERED SOMEWHAT FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST...BUT IS STILL ON THE UPPER END OF THE GUIDANCE ENVELOPE NEAR A COMPOSITE OF THE SHIPS/LGEM MODELS.

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