OLGA'S remnants : Discussions & Images

[Category 5]

****THE FOLLOWING IS NOT OFFICIAL****

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/watl/loop-ir2.html


This HAS to be a tropical storm look how it LOOKS!!!!
This really does look like a True tropical storm with the banding
intensive and many banding layers. Look how it comes into the
center, the banding is very tropical looking!!

Tropical storms also have convection and winds of 39mph or greater.

Olgas remnent low has neither. Hate to tell you, but the dry air is eating it alive, it's gone. Funeral services will be held tommorow.

[gatorcane]

Olga is gone folks.

this will commence the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane season which will be remembered as the year of the Caribbean storms...

For all those storm hungry people on this board, there is always next year (which is only about 6 months away) and the synoptic setup will more than likely be different than this year.

We may actually have a good-looking storm to track north of 15N in the Atlantic.

See you next June.

[Category 5]

I am SO loving the models that Curve this into Florida!!!

By the time it reaches that point there won't be anything left.

[Category 5]

For all those storm hungry people on this board, there is always next year (which is only about 6 months away) and the synoptic setup will more than likely be different than this year.

Why wait 6 months when theres other basins active right now?

[Ed Mahmoud]

Olga is gone folks.

this will commence the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane season which will be remembered as the year of the Caribbean storms...

For all those storm hungry people on this board, there is always next year (which is only about 6 months away) and the synoptic setup will more than likely be different than this year.

We may actually have a good-looking storm to track north of 15N in the Atlantic.

See you next June.

Its not dead, its just pining for the fjords.

[Coredesat]

Don't use rainbow, it exaggerates cloud top temperatures.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

I agree category 5.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_of_the_Century_(1993)

The destruction and death caused is very sad and I do not want that to happen.
I just meant a storm come through my area so that I could make my dream of
storm chasing it. It has been my dream to chase. So when It comes yes
the destruction is very sad but I also like to catch the power of nature on video
and feel it (in a safe location). I searched it and found that there were 300+ fatalities
and 10 billion in damage on wikipedia. And That is horrible the fatalities. So yes
a storm exactly like that is very bad. And when I was reading about
deaths in the storms I feel very sick to my stomach and feel like
crying because of what the families are going through.

But something maybe if the low pressure
is much smaller and only impacts the florida and southeast that are in drought.
But just to me personally the wind and nature by itself is awesome to watch.

Thanks guys for the explanations on why Olga is not a TS. It is fun to track
it and watch it. Of course the deaths are horrible that is the tragic part and I feel
bad about that. And yes I feel very sad for those who died
in Hispanoila and Puerto Rico and the Islands and I pray
hard for the families that Goodness help the families
I wish I could help them or raise funds to help them.
I just hope for something local scale that would be like a good
strong tropical storm. March 1993 was the last time tampa bay recorded winds
gusting to 96 mph, And I moved to florida about a year later, ever since
then it has been a curiosity to me to want to feel 100 mph winds. Yes the damage
is HORRIBLE but I just feel personally excited when NWS says 40+ mph winds possible
It's like prepare to face nature and video in a safe place.

The thing about my storm chasing interest is that I am often seeking things to
chase which sometimes biases my forecasts or wishes...but there are always the
bad consequences of storms. It's somewhat difficult to reconcile these ideas
in my mind but the awe of storm chasing is in nature almost feels transcendental
in a philosophical or metaphysical way.

As gatorcane put it, I pretty much am storm hungry. But I also always hope for
the least destruction even though I might be hypocritical in saying that....
so I guess "guilty but hyperactive" can sum up my perspectives regarding
extreme weather...I don't know why wild winds excite me...it's kinda mysterious
actually...

[Category 5]

Sadly TBH, the thrill and the damage come wrapped together with a nice little bow on top.

Also living in New Jersey, where we barely get any extreme weather, I find the less it happens, the more thrilling it is when it does.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

I agree that is the saddest part. It's like Dr. Jekyl Mr. Hyde
one part is evil while the other part is good...my brain is a jekyl hyde
situation regarding the tropics...I've tried to force myself to control
the excitement or extremes of thrill...and sometimes it works but
some other times it is tougher...of course If I personally experienced
something really bad that might "fix" me but in the mean time I'm kind of
in this in between state...

I have studied some psychology so I have been trying to understand
why this happens in the human mind to me. Whether it's mania or
delusions about hurricanes maybe...I would like to know
psychologically why I get so obsessed with these things even after
seeing damage and going into cycles of connection/emotion with the storm
and the victims. Perhaps it's delusion thinking a bad event somehow super
thrilling....

[Category 5]

I have studied some psychology so I have been trying to understand
why this happens in the human mind to me. Whether it's mania or
delusions about hurricanes maybe...I would like to know
psychologically why I get so obsessed with these things even after
seeing damage and going into cycles of connection/emotion with the storm
and the victims. Perhaps it's delusion thinking a bad event somehow super
thrilling....

I figured mine out, it's called Asperger's Syndrome.

[Coredesat]

Can this be archived now? Olga is done for; if it does somehow regenerate, we can have a new thread and merge it into this one when all's said and done.

[gatorcane]

just when you said to close this thread -- convection starting again around the center and the shear is alot lighter because the cloud tops are not getting blown to the SE...

but still you are right Olga is DEAD.

[gatorcane]

Nice Shortwave loop showing a very nice structure with increasing convection ..if it can maintain maybe it can regenerate...

Nah its dead. lol

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/watl/loop-ir2.html

[Brent]

Nice Shortwave loop showing a very nice structure with increasing convection ..if it can maintain maybe it can regenerate...

Nah its dead. lol

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/watl/loop-ir2.html

[Category 5]

I hardly call this convection

[Brent]

I hardly call this convection

We're all gonna die!

[Category 5]

I hardly call this convection

We're all gonna die!

THE NHC IS OUT OF LINE! This is a boarderline Hurricane!

[Brent]

I hardly call this convection

We're all gonna die!

THE NHC IS OUT OF LINE! This is a boarderline Hurricane!

Yes! Fire them all! How dare they. Lives are at stake here.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Lets be truthful, if the increase keeps up and grows larger over the next 12 hours. Then we can start jumping up and down again for the nhc to reupgrade. We will see if it holds or gets blown away again.

[wxman57]

The low-level circulation continues to open up this morning. At best, there are only a few light showers near the center. Just too much dry air, shear, and a lack of convergence. Olga will provide some moisture for Florida over the weekend as what's left of it is drawn north-northeast across the Peninsula. Hope you get at least a little enhancement to the rain over there as the front approaches.