anyone watching this bangup storm in Atlantic?

[bvigal]

With hurricane-force winds and waves to 39ft?

[bvigal]

They've downgraded it a bit now:
HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA IV
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WASHINGTON DC/TPC MIAMI FL
OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER/OFB 1630 UTC MAR 27 2006
SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS

SECURITE
NORTH ATLANTIC NORTH OF 31N TO 67N AND WEST OF 35W.

SYNOPSIS VALID 1200 UTC MAR 27.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MAR 28.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MAR 29.

WARNINGS.

...STORM WARNING...
.LOW 43N 55W 972 MB MOVING NE 15 KT. WINDS 40 TO 55 KT SEAS 27
TO 39 FT WITHIN 360 NM S QUADRANT. ELSEWHERE WINDS 30 TO 40 KT
SEAS 18 TO 27 FT WITHIN 540 NM S AND 360 NM N SEMICIRCLES. ALSO
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT SEAS 12 TO 22 FT SW OF LINE 40N 35W TO 49N 50W
TO 49N 54W AND E OF 75W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW 44N 46W 979 MB. FORECAST WINDS 35 TO 45 KT
SEAS 22 TO 33 FT WITHIN 480 NM S AND 240 NM W QUADRANTS.
ELSEWHERE WINDS 25 TO 35 KT SEAS 15 TO 23 FT S OF LINE 45N 35W
TO 49N 54W AND N OF 32N E OF 60W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW 47N 41W 983 MB. FORECAST WINDS 35 TO 50 KT
SEAS 18 TO 28 FT FROM 49N TO 54N E OF 48W. ELSEWHERE FORECAST
WINDS 25 TO 35 KT SEAS 15 TO 24 FT FROM 34N TO 57N E OF 57W.

...STORM WARNING...
.AREA OF WINDS 35 TO 45 KT SEAS 18 TO 28 FT FROM 55N TO 60N E OF
40W AND FROM 57N TO 62N FROM 43W 54W. ELSEWHERE FORECAST WINDS
25 TO 35 KT SEAS 12 TO 18 FT E OF A LINE FROM 64N 57W TO 55N 50W
TO 54N 35W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST AREA OF WINDS 40 TO 55 KT SEAS 15 TO 24 FT
FROM 58N TO 63N BETWEEN 45W AND 56W. ELSEWHERE FORECAST WINDS
25 TO 40 KT SEAS 12 TO 21 FT NE OF LINE FROM 48N 35W TO 50N 47W
TO 64N 58W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST AREA OF WINDS 35 TO 45 KT SEAS 15 TO 20 FT N
OF 60N E OF 53W. ELSEWHERE FORECAST WINDS 25 TO 35 KT N OF 57N
E OF 54W.

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

Sure am

[GeneratorPower]

That one's a biggy.

[Aquawind]

James posted a Interesting Image... thread with some pics as well.

Paul

[HurricaneHunter914]

If thaT WAS IN THE CARIBBEAN that would have been stronger.

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

Exactly what I've been thinking, or maybe if it was about 200 - 300 miles South of Hatteras in the Bahamas.

[CHRISTY]

[Extremeweatherguy]

lets all just thank god it stayed off shore! A little further west and NYC and Boston would have been right in the path. Could you imagine all the rain/snow and wind (as well as coastal flooding) that would have occured!

[wxmann_91]

If thaT WAS IN THE CARIBBEAN that would have been stronger.

extratropical lows don't develop in the Caribbean

lets all just thank god it stayed off shore! A little further west and NYC and Boston would have been right in the path. Could you imagine all the rain/snow and wind (as well as coastal flooding) that would have occured!

Couldn't be more right. A slight deviation to the track and that could've been a HECS.

[HurricaneHunter914]

What I meant is that if it developed down in the carribean it would be stronger then 74 mph.

[gatorcane]

What I meant is that if it developed down in the carribean it would be stronger then 74 mph.

Nope wind shear is too high

[HurricaneHunter914]

Okay then I have been proven wrong.

[curtadams]

Models think it's hybridish, although it won't stay that way:

http://moe.met.fsu.edu/cyclonephase/gfs ... 706/6.html

http://moe.met.fsu.edu/cyclonephase/ngp ... 00/16.html

[CHRISTY]

doesn't look even close to being tropical....

[Hurricaneman]

It really was an interesting area of low pressure, and became a major snowstorm for New Foundland

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

With a central pressure around 976 mb, this low-pressure
area has/had the pressure of a Category 2 Hurricane with
winds of 100 mph sustained. Again this area of low pressure
is large so the pressure gradient is less and therefore the
winds are probably 10-25 mph less than the 100 mph
sustained that would normally occur in a Category 2
Hurricane.

[Weatherfreak14]

Its a beautiful storm on satilite though.

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

Actually the pressure got down to 972 mb (same as the "Prefect"/Halloween Storm in 1991) for about 12 hr. Check out the 1800 UCT Surface Chart that I saved to my Blog yesterday:


http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/198/71 ... fcbw.0.jpg

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

Also for more info about the storm's effects on Shipping and Newfoundland Island check out my Weather Blog itself:


http://hybridstorm-weatherblog.blogspot.com/