Tropical Storm Alberto

[Aquawind]

yeah by the time i posted a reply we made another 3 pages, sorry but yes why do people bash us?????? can you post an example?? Thanks just trying to add some humor

Do Not post any examples from any other boards.. good or bad period!

[Weatherfreak14]

Exactly. I love it here.

[Aquawind]

Doh.. Sorry I can't count..

[cycloneye]

Doh.. Sorry I can't count..

Oh,no problem,things happen when there is rush.

[stormtruth]

Seems to be more convection around the center with each new Satellite image. Cruel comments like "weak" and "subtropical" by some posters will not dampen Alberto's Sea Biscuit-like spirit.
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/avn.jpg

[Stratusxpeye]

What are themodels saying now? Are they all still on this NE Track? im hearing about this stalling situation in the gulf. Also according to the shear maps it looks like there is no shear out in the center gulf there now. Wouldnt this allow him to try to re-organize a little? That dry air is entrained in the system though. Def has fought to stay alive. Wouldnt want to know what he would be like with no dry air or shear

[Ivanhater]

This baby is coming back!Thunderstorms firing all around

[saints63213]

Seems to be more convection around the center with each new Satellite image. Cruel comments like "weak" and "subtropical" by some posters will not dampen Alberto's Sea Biscuit-like spirit.
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/avn.jpg

its now the shape of the strom its the size of the fight in the storm.

[saints63213]

its firing up but still well away from the center so how much better is it truely? not much IMHO.

[Ivanhater]

[Scorpion]

As it starts moving towards Florida I think we could get some convection fire up near the center.

[CHRISTY]

Hey guys whats up?just got home and i just wanted to share this incredible loop i have saved on my pc from ALBERTO.Visible.see trust me.

Here's the link...
http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/SAT_GULF/anim8vis.html

[storm4u]

its a start i just hope it doesnt go BOOM!!!

[CHRISTY]

[wxmann_91]

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/atlantic/winds/wg8sht.GIF

Here's a better shear map.

I prefer to think of shear as a vector instead of a scalar quantity. Thus, I prefer this map:

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real- ... g8shr.html

This is easy to interpret. The more normal a shear vector is to a storm motion vector, the more destructive it is. I also do believe that closely clustered streamlines represent stronger upper-level winds. Notice how there are closely clustered lines nearly normal to the storm motion of Alberto. 20 kts of that type of shear can really do damage, whereas if it didn't have so much dry air, the shear vector was more parallel, then 20 kt wouldn't do so much harm.

I'm not an expert on how these shear maps work, so if a pro can comment on this, we would really appreciate it.

[Aquawind]

Keep in mind now visable is looking more enhanced because of the sun angle.. it has a long ways to go for verbiage like CDO can be used...lol

[wxman57]

It appears that the thunderstorm burst about 60 miles NNE of the center is on the edge of a small eddy that is moving to the west around the larger LLC. I think the shear will get it soon and knock it down.

Hopefully, Alberto will be dead in the next day or so. I had to work 23 hours this weekend because of this stupid swirl and now I get no days off next week to compensate.

[all_we_know_is_FALLING]

I think the one main difference from yesterday is you can definitely see the circulation. Yesterday and Friday everyone was debating where it was.

[CHRISTY]

SPAGHETTI PLOT FROM 2PM..ALBERTO

[conestogo_flood]

Lol, about this time yesterday everyone was going on about how TD1 should be downgraded, and it would poof this morning.

Anywho, nice rotation. Such a pretty storm.