ATL HANNA: Extratropical - Discussion

[salescall]

Cape Lookout National Seashore staff in Harkers Island have implemented the emergency weather evacuation plan due to the approach of tropical storm Hanna.

A mandatory evacuation of all visitors from the seashore islands will be implemented for this storm. The park will be closed to all visitors and all services will be shut down beginning on Thursday, September 4, at 5:00 PM, until further notice.

http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/27813814.html

Okay....now I've got some additional thinking to do.

[weatherwoman]

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dont let this storm keep you from seeing your mom, there are plenty of safe places to go if it is bad. just dont wait till friday night to travel how far do you have to drive? or prayers are with your mom also

Very good post, prayers for your family from Charlotte too. Go see your mother.

Thanks for the kind words and prayers. I've got a 7+ hour drive from Western, SC. They live on the mainland facing Harkers Island. There are 2 inlets between them so storm surge is usually not an issue. The last hurricane we rode out was Alex in 2004, and it wasn't bad at all. It's looking like Hanna may be similar in strength.

Thanks again![/quote]

my boss lives in Harkers Island its a beautiful place im in Morehead city at work but live in Newport, come on up here and be with us

[jhpigott]

FWIW -

Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie County gets a nice brush on the 12z ECMWF before heading north

http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/ECMW ... floop.html

[Lowpressure]

Recon down to 991mb and falling. Winds still not that impressive around 53 FL so far is the highest I have seen.

[GaryOBX]

Gov. Mike Easley today announced he is activating the N.C. National Guard and other state resources to be ready to respond to Tropical Storm Hanna, which is expected to affect the state on Friday and Saturday.

http://www.wnct.com/nct/news/local/arti ... sto/17826/

[caneman]

FWIW -

Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie County gets a nice brush on the 12z ECMWF before heading north

http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/ECMW ... floop.html

This is IKE

[jhpigott]

FWIW -

Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie County gets a nice brush on the 12z ECMWF before heading north

http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/ECMW ... floop.html

This is IKE

I'm pretty sure that's Hanna - at the 48 hrs mark something is right on the FL E coast and then at 168 hrs Ike brushes the SEFL coast

[Lowpressure]

Hanna at 989mb now.

[Wolfpackred]

quote
dont let this storm keep you from seeing your mom, there are plenty of safe places to go if it is bad. just dont wait till friday night to travel how far do you have to drive? or prayers are with your mom also

Very good post, prayers for your family from Charlotte too. Go see your mother.

Thanks for the kind words and prayers. I've got a 7+ hour drive from Western, SC. They live on the mainland facing Harkers Island. There are 2 inlets between them so storm surge is usually not an issue. The last hurricane we rode out was Alex in 2004, and it wasn't bad at all. It's looking like Hanna may be similar in strength.

Thanks again!

my boss lives in Harkers Island its a beautiful place im in Morehead city at work but live in Newport, come on up here and be with us[/quote]

Small world "ain't it?" My hubby is orignally from Newport, NC.

[masaji79]

With Ike racing up behind Hanna, it looks like he's getting pretty close now. Hanna is finally moving, but does anyone this that these two might interact in some way? Or is Hanna finally moving fast enough to get clear from Ike?

[Canelaw99]

I would like to tank the ones that have stayed with Hanna. The people in Ga SC and NC would like input from all. But once Fl seem to be out of the picture they go else where. So to the ones that are here to help us with Questions and what not Thanks a lot

i was just thinking the samething, if it is not a florida issue they just walk away, its like the rest of us dont matter, well we will all stick together on this. i think NC is in for is in for a windy day on sat, what do you think?

I think the problem is that most of us in FL (esp S FL) have shifted to Ike as we're bordering on the NHC's 5 day cone as of 11am this morning. Once things settle down a bit, most of us check storms that are out there, no matter where they're headed. Human nature, though, is to be most concerned by that which will most affect you/your area.

[Lowpressure]

With Ike racing up behind Hanna, it looks like he's getting pretty close now. Hanna is finally moving, but does anyone this that these two might interact in some way? Or is Hanna finally moving fast enough to get clear from Ike?

Hanna should accelerate in a general NW then N then NE direction from this point onward. Should be clear of area in plenty of time. Hanna may have pooled up some upwelled cool water and what sort of pressure area is left behind may be the question.

[Bocadude85]

FWIW -

Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie County gets a nice brush on the 12z ECMWF before heading north

http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/ECMW ... floop.html

This is IKE

no thats hanna skirting the coast the 12z hwrf shows something similar just a little farther offshore

[cpdaman]

Finnally moving more faster:

REPEATING THE 200 PM AST POSITION...21.4 N...72.0 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.

i wonder if the center is pretty broad...

we have two stations reporting pressures of 991 and 993 respectively to the north of that fix, (at 21.9/ 72.1) and plane hasn't gone thru these areas yet


http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/78114.html

will be very interested to see the plane go thru that area

URNT15 KNHC 031941
AF307 0608A HANNA HDOB 27 20080903
193030 2150N 07135W 8428 01421 9907 +210 +159 194013 014 017 000 00
193100 2149N 07137W 8431 01421 9908 +210 +150 205013 014 020 000 00
193130 2148N 07139W 8430 01419 9906 +208 +150 215014 014 048 007 03
193200 2147N 07140W 8433 01406 9904 +203 +150 225012 014 999 999 03
193230 2146N 07142W 8426 01407 9888 +209 +150 318005 007 999 999 03
193300 2145N 07144W 8414 01432 9902 +199 +150 310017 023 999 999 03
193330 2144N 07146W 8448 01393 9901 +200 +150 296023 025 999 999 03
193400 2143N 07147W 8420 01429 9911 +202 +150 306031 033 999 999 03
193430 2143N 07149W 8429 01420 9912 +200 +150 312027 031 999 999 03
193500 2145N 07149W 8428 01407 9899 +202 +150 307024 027 999 999 03
193530 2146N 07148W 8428 01414 9898 +202 +150 296020 021 999 999 03
193600 2147N 07146W 8431 01401 9893 +202 +150 283022 024 999 999 03
193630 2148N 07144W 8428 01412 9901 +201 +150 272021 022 999 999 03
193700 2149N 07142W 8429 01405 9901 +205 +150 252014 016 999 999 03
193730 2150N 07140W 8435 01408 9899 +207 +150 209015 018 999 999 03
193800 2151N 07139W 8424 01423 9907 +202 +150 195020 021 042 002 00
193830 2152N 07137W 8432 01418 9913 +197 +150 181023 024 020 000 00
193900 2153N 07135W 8430 01420 9915 +194 +150 169023 023 022 000 00
193930 2155N 07134W 8428 01420 9917 +190 +150 167023 023 022 000 03
194000 2156N 07132W 8429 01422 9918 +192 +150 163019 021 021 000 03
$$

Center incorrectly placed last time. Pressure 989mb.

BINGO

[weatherwoman]

what does that mean

[Dave C]

This storm just dosen't look like it should have falling pressures. The cloud pattern looks worse than my last date
Just kiddin!

[cpdaman]

what does that mean

sorry , i just logged back on and realized they found the center where i posted earlier that i suspected they would ( after they inititially reported it further south)



pressure at this station rose after hanna moved north just to this location's east.

pressure started to dip a little there (as hanna moves away to the north) telling me hanna may be intensifying a bit

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstat ... =IPINECAY2

[cpdaman]

now that they finally have a correct center point they can plot the movement and speed better


to me it looks like it is moving N/NNE at about 10 degrees at around 5 mph (i think southerly shear gives impression it is moving faster)

[KWT]

Hmm Hanna seems to have deepened somewhat with the center being near the deep convection for the last 6hrs has obviously helped it out.

Also as others said don't be surprised if this develops very strongly in the 24hrs pre landfall, I could well lower cat-2 as it starts to swing around to a NE heading just as it heads inland.

[wsquared77]

Another North Carolinian checking in here. We moved to New Bern in June, so we've never been here for a storm and we're not sure what to expect if Hanna heads this way. We live right on the Neuse river, as in it's down a hill, about 75 feet from our back door. We moved here from Homestead/Miami. Went through Katrina, Wilma etc. down there. We still own our house down there (Don't you just love this housing market!) so we're watching all of the storms closely!

BTW, off topic, but I got to tour the NHC last year in September with my 8th grade students. It was a pretty impressive place. Really cool to get to go there after watching/reading them for so many years!