Very impressive storm in the North Atlantic

#2 Postby **srainhoutx** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:56 pm

HURAKAN wrote:

WOW

It certainly is! No wonder RECON has been tasked for the Atlantic as well as the Pacific for this Winter Storm.

#3 Postby **HURAKAN** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:58 pm

Nice image

#4 Postby **HURAKAN** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:03 pm

ATLANTIC REQUIREMENTS
1. FLIGHT ONE - TEAL 76
A. A61/ SAILE/ 06/0100Z
B. AFXXX 05WSA TRACK61
C. 05/2130Z
D. 4 DROPS AS PUBLISHED
E. AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE/ 06/0300Z
F. COUNTERCLOCKWISE

2. SUCCEEDING DAY OUTLOOK.....NEGATIVE.

#5 Postby **cycloneye** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:37 pm

#6 Postby **HURAKAN** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:42 pm

That looks like the storm from the Day after Tomorrow!!!

#7 Postby **srainhoutx** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:50 pm

After seeing some of the guidance output the past couple of days, I would almost agree. :double:

#8 Postby **Portastorm** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:53 pm

Yeah, I'm guessing that will be a newsmaker once it hits Europe! :eek:

#9 Postby **Dionne** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:38 pm

HURAKAN wrote::uarrow: That looks like the storm from the Day after Tomorrow!!!

That is exactly what I thought when I first viewed the image.....almost not real.

#10 Postby **brunota2003** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:21 pm

The seas aren't freezing underneath of it, right? :double:

#11 Postby **HURAKAN** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:39 pm

brunota2003 wrote:The seas aren't freezing underneath of it, right?

Lol. We will find out when RECON gets there!!

#12 Postby **Dionne** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:01 pm

brunota2003 wrote:The seas aren't freezing underneath of it, right?

The closest buoy (I could find) in the North Atlantic is reporting 36.1F SST. Another buoy near the Grand Banks.....offshore Newfoundland was reporting wave heights of 12-20 feet, sustained winds at 35 knots with a gust to 46.6 knots.

My father used to do what he called mid-Atlantic oceanic drifts as a meteorologist with NOAA. I can remember him telling me about the winter storms in the North Atlantic. It must be miserable out there right now.

#13 Postby **HURAKAN** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:36 pm

Latest

#14 Postby **HURAKAN** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:43 pm

Immense size

#15 Postby **HURAKAN** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:46 pm

Link - http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44138

44138 - MARITIME-buoy
Friday Feb. 5 - 22:00 UTC
Air Temperature: 26°F
Wind: NW at 54 mph
gusting to 69
Pressure: 985.6 mb
Wave Height: 28 ft
Sea Surface Temp: 38.1°F

#16 Postby **Stephanie** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:53 pm

Dionne wrote:
brunota2003 wrote:The seas aren't freezing underneath of it, right?

The closest buoy (I could find) in the North Atlantic is reporting 36.1F SST. Another buoy near the Grand Banks.....offshore Newfoundland was reporting wave heights of 12-20 feet, sustained winds at 35 knots with a gust to 46.6 knots.

My father used to do what he called mid-Atlantic oceanic drifts as a meteorologist with NOAA. I can remember him telling me about the winter storms in the North Atlantic. It must be miserable out there right now.

I think of the "Perfect Storm" whenever we talk about North Atlantic storms. Just imagine the number of vessels that have been swallowed up by those storms over the centuries!

That is one AWESOME looking storm. Love the radar shots!

Macrocane · #17 Postby **Macrocane** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:34 pm

It's huge! This system caught my attention yesterday and it really looks similar to those systems of The day after tomorrow, thankfully it's not that extreme but it's pretty impressive, this type of systems are one of the reasons why I like winter storms as much as tropical cyclones.

#18 Postby **HURAKAN** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:49 pm

World perspective

#19 Postby **srainhoutx** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:05 pm

Guidance suggests this storm retrogrades W under the Greenland Block.

#20 Postby **HURAKAN** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:02 pm

VEP717 - MARITIME-ship
Saturday Feb. 6 - 0:00 UTC
Air Temperature: 37°F
Dewpoint: 35°F
Wind: NNE at 63 mph
Pressure: 961.9 mb
Weather: Light rain
Wave Height: 18 ft
Sea Surface Temp: 32.9°F

962 mb is what you normally see in a category 3 hurricane. Very impressive

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