ATL: BARRY - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[PavelGaborik10]

"Hurricane" Barry

https://i.imgur.com/cxpwoFi.jpg

My goodness that is one of the saddest looking "hurricanes" I've ever seen in my life.

[PTrackerLA]

Still relatively calm here but skies have darkened. Lightning activity is starting to pick up offshore as the squall south of Vermilion bay looks like it's starting to inch inland.

[StormLogic]

winds picking up, NW winds now instead of NE

[wxman57]

12Z UKMET now has landfall in NW Vermilion Bay. It's catching on. Better late than never.

[chaser1]

Im on Hwy 90 2miles south of Jeanerette. Steady wind at 45, gusting over 60

Makes sense; you have that strong rain band pulling up and into your area. Needless to say, but with "Hurricane Barely" more or less centered over or near Abbeville, it's tightly wrapped ( ) eastern semi-circle eye wall appears to be moving over your area. If the decoupled mid level vorticity to the south remains vigorous, then you and potentially points east of you might well receive copious amounts of rain from this hybrid abortion of a hurricane

[ava_ati]

12Z UKMET now has landfall in NW Vermilion Bay. It's catching on. Better late than never.

Now is when it loops out to sea and heads towards TX

Disclaimer: just a joke everyone it actually isn't doing that, from what I can tell

[Hypercane_Kyle]

So did Barry make landfall as a hurricane then moved inland, or did Barry weaken to a TS and made landfall?

[HurricaneBelle]

So did Barry make landfall as a hurricane then moved inland, or did Barry weaken to a TS and made landfall?

Hurricane.

 https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1150103305894408194

[chaser1]

So did Barry make landfall as a hurricane then moved inland, or did Barry weaken to a TS and made landfall?

You left out one possible senario LOL; Option 3: Make land-fall and then get upgraded to a hurricane

[chaser1]

"Hurricane" Barry

https://i.imgur.com/cxpwoFi.jpg

My goodness that is one of the saddest looking "hurricanes" I've ever seen in my life.

Well, it certainly WOULD be a candidate for my "top 5" sad list anyway. Hey?! What a great idea for an all-time "Saddest 5 Hurricanes Ever" trivia/list though LOL!

[Astromanía]

Sorry but this is not an hurricane, not even close, overrated storm

[Nimbus]

They had plenty of hurricane force gusts recorded out on the oil rigs but I wasn't even thinking they would upgrade it. Looking at all those dry high cirrus clouds inland maybe Barry will dry up a lot quicker than forecast. Still going to be some feeder bands with some heavy squalls but the dry slots between those sure will help the flooding situation.

[sphelps8681]

What do ya'll think about this.

It looks like a secondary center is trying to form on Hurricane Barry's flank over the gulf to the south-southeast of Houston/Galveston. Storm tops have warmed (lowered) near the main center along the Louisiana coast, while tops have cooled (risen) near the secondary feature. This may slow down the storm's movement further into Louisiana today and perhaps cause the main center to wobble more to the west. I would not be surprised for the National Hurricane Center to expand Tropical Storm Warning coverage to the eastern Texas coast.

By the way...anyone else see the face of Barry?

1 pm Update...A favorable sign is that winds from buoy and drilling rigs in the gulf of the southeast TX coast remain out of the northwest. This suggests that this secondary circulation peripheral to Barry's main center is not doing more than slowing down the hurricane's northwest movement. Still bad for Louisiana but probably not a big deal for Port Arthur or points west. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... I6tq&ifg=1

[Craters]

Holy crap. I was just looking at the latest 1-hour radar loop of Barry's circulation. The area around Mobile Bay -- particularly the eastern side -- is getting hammered...

[Hammy]

Sorry but this is not an hurricane, not even close, overrated storm

Winds met the criteria, it's a hurricane. Likely had been since late last night in fact.

[johngaltfla]

Sorry but this is not an hurricane, not even close, overrated storm

There are many cases where a storm may not have the looks or intensity one envisions with a hurricane; yet in some cases they are more dangerous. Despite the drama of massive storm surge, high winds, etc. a slow moving storm like this could wipe out thousands of homes and cause massive damage to the agricultural businesses in its path. Just because we don't see a 928 mb reading and 155 mph wind does not mean its "overrated"; it's just as dangerous if not more so because people will not take the threat seriously.

[AdamFirst]

Extreme outer bands have been drenching coastal Alabama and the western Florida panhandle, tornado warned storm rotating north

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
202 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2019

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
Monroe County in south central Alabama...
Northwestern Escambia County in south central Alabama...
Western Conecuh County in south central Alabama...

* Until 300 PM CDT.

* At 202 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over I65 And AL 21, or 5 miles north of Atmore, moving
northeast at 30 mph.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1236 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2019

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
Western Escambia County in south central Alabama...
Northwestern Escambia County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 1235 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen. Also
rainfall rates have been observed between two and three inches per
hour lcoally. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

[chaser1]

Sorry but this is not an hurricane, not even close, overrated storm

Winds met the criteria, it's a hurricane. Likely had been since late last night in fact.

I think that is a very debatable point. If solely based on wind, then we'd commonly define Aleutian Island Low's, Nor'Easters, and other baroclinic Atlantic low pressure systems "hurricanes" as well. While Barry did in fact deepen over water, it's transition from non tropical to tropical had not quite fully allowed Barry to develop a well defined COC. We've seen tropical storms or depressions open up into tropical waves yet continue to have deep convection removed from center that continued to cause gale force winds; In spite of this however, such systems fell well short of being defined as a tropical storm. I could accept the possibly argument that Barry was possibly only 12 or so hours away from developing a better defined core and a much less asymmetrical appearance, but at the point of landfall it had not.

[Hurricane_Apu]

After more than three hours in the eye/calm center, winds are finally picking up again in Lafayette. We may be getting that strong band/partial eyewall/whatever from the south soon...

[MississippiWx]

The good thing about recon data is it doesn’t care about opinions. Barry was a hurricane and there is plenty of evidence to prove it. Coastal Louisiana residents on the east side of the center would be happy to enlighten anyone one who doubts this was a hurricane. They have been battered for 24 hours straight by high winds and surge.