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INVEST in EPAC??

#1 Postby Epsilon_Fan » Thu May 04, 2006 7:28 pm

I could swear that there was a twist to that blob that has just entered the EPAC off Panama... what do you think? or is this more grasping for straws?
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#2 Postby CHRISTY » Thu May 04, 2006 7:31 pm

According to this map to me its only a matter of time before something pops up in the pacific.... :roll:


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#3 Postby CHRISTY » Thu May 04, 2006 7:37 pm

Shear seems to be lowering in the pacifc...

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#4 Postby Weatherfreak000 » Thu May 04, 2006 7:49 pm

Louisiana is under the gen probs lol.



Shows this purple means alot right? :roll:
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#5 Postby CHRISTY » Thu May 04, 2006 7:53 pm

Here's a 48hr loop of Real-Time formation probability....

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/gparm/probability_loop.html
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#6 Postby Epsilon_Fan » Thu May 04, 2006 7:54 pm

Looking at another image, it seems like there is some rotation but it is pretty much over Panama right now... I don't know if the flareup will persist
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#7 Postby clfenwi » Thu May 04, 2006 8:06 pm

Weatherfreak000 wrote:Louisiana is under the gen probs lol.



Shows this purple means alot right? :roll:


It is kind of amusing as the product description says that "Areas that are 100% over land" are screened out. I guess Lake Ponchratrain is what keeps that box from being screened out
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#8 Postby boca » Thu May 04, 2006 10:47 pm

What does those different colors represent on that map? ex purple and blue
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Re: Something near Panama.. EPAC

#9 Postby CHRISTY » Thu May 04, 2006 11:40 pm

Epsilon_Fan wrote:I could swear that there was a twist to that blob that has just entered the EPAC off Panama... what do you think? or is this more grasping for straws?
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i think so...
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#10 Postby Epsilon_Fan » Fri May 05, 2006 12:24 am

BROAD UPPER TROUGH LIES OVER THE NW PART OF THE AREA WITH
PARTIAL SPLIT FLOW STILL IN COMMAND BETWEEN THE WRN US COAST AND
150W. THE SUBTROPICAL JET EXTENDS FROM 12N140W NE TO 27N110W
WITH THE FLOW BEING SQUEEZED AND ACCELERATED NEAR THE BAJA
PENINSULA AS A SHARP UPPER TROUGH DROPS S FROM CALIFORNIA...
TOWARDS AN UPPER HIGH CENTERED NEAR 15N110W. MAXIMUM 300 MB
WINDS IN THE JET CORE ARE 75 KT WHERE THE JET COMES INTO SRN
CALIFORNIA. UPPER DIFFLUENCE IS OCCURRING ON THE W SIDE OF THE
UPPER HIGH AND IS ENHANCING DEEP CONVECTION NEAR THE ITCZ E OF
133W. AN OMEGA BLOCK IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY MON
OR TUE AS TWO MID/UPPER LOWS STALL OVER THE BAJA PENINSULA AND
NEAR 28N145W...WITH A RIDGE IN THE MIDDLE ALONG 130W.
E OF 110W...
MOSTLY VARIABLE UPPER LEVEL FLOW EXTENDS ACROSS THE PACIFIC E OF
110W WITH THE MID-LATITUDE WLYS LIMITED TO N OF 13N. A WEAK
UPPER HIGH IS CENTERED S OF THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC NEAR 10N94W
WITH ONLY WEAKLY SUBSIDENT AIR IN THE REGION. LOW-LEVEL
CONVERGENCE ALONG THE ITCZ IS STILL STRONG ENOUGH AND MOISTURE
STILL HIGH ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SCATTERED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ALONG
THE ITCZ E OF 93W TO THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. AN INVERTED UPPER
TROUGH IS ALONG 95W S OF 5N WITH STRONG SUBSIDENCE LYING UP TO
750 NM TO THE E. FARTHER E...A MID/UPPER RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS FROM
NRN VENEZUELA TO JUST OFF THE PACIFIC COAST OF COLOMBIA...
ENHANCING ITCZ CONVECTION AND SPREADING THE CIRRUS NWD ACROSS
PANAMA/COSTA RICA.
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#11 Postby clfenwi » Fri May 05, 2006 12:31 am

boca wrote:What does those different colors represent on that map? ex purple and blue


The scale is the % chance of tropical cyclone formation. So, the purple is 0.1%, then (darker) blue is 0.2% and so on. And yes, this means that the scale maxxes out at 12%.

This link, http://ams.confex.com/ams/26HURR/techpr ... _75155.htm ,
gives a little more insight on the product. In the recorded presentation (which takes a special browser plug-in to play), Demaria explains the reason why the probability maxxes out there is because the area for one block is so small.
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#12 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Fri May 05, 2006 12:33 am

Nothing will form...
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#13 Postby Ivan14 » Fri May 05, 2006 12:47 am

Interesting I wonder if it will form into anything?
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#14 Postby mobilebay » Fri May 05, 2006 12:50 am

Matt-hurricanewatcher wrote:Nothing will form...

famous last words. :lol:
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#15 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Fri May 05, 2006 3:16 am

mobilebay wrote:
Matt-hurricanewatcher wrote:Nothing will form...

famous last words. :lol:



Just let me say that I don't expect anything to develop on earth in the next 7 to 10 days.


Atlantic NO development next 10 to 15 days
Eastern Pacific NO development next 10 days
Central Pacific NO development Next 20 days
Western Pacific NO Development through 7 to 10 days
South Indian ocean No development
South Pacific NO development

I expect the next cyclone to form about 12 days from now. :roll:
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#16 Postby CHRISTY » Fri May 05, 2006 7:29 am

look at the cluster of the thunderstorms on the right of this image....looks like something might be try to get going soon!

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#17 Postby MiamiensisWx » Fri May 05, 2006 10:19 am

CHRISTY, the blob on the right of the image near Panama is in a rather sheared environment and shows no signs of development. Do you mean the large area of convection on the left over the Pacific with a somewhat exposed center?
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#18 Postby CHRISTY » Fri May 05, 2006 10:25 am

yea my bad i meant on the left side!
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#19 Postby MiamiensisWx » Fri May 05, 2006 10:33 am

Right now, the system just south of 10N and near 120W is under high shear right now. Shear is decreasing slightly ahead of it, but it is under 40KT of shear now, even though the environment is moist.

One interesting thing to note, though, is that this appears to be a true tropical wave system, rather than convection along a trough axis wave. See the infra-red loop here. I do see some hints of a circulation as well. THIS may be something to watch. Who agrees?
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#20 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Fri May 05, 2006 10:36 am

It is something to watch...And if the shear dies it may form.
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