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EXTREMELY Strong Signal on the 12z Euro-Ensembles, including this 901 mb member

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NHC is in Spoiler
 

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1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL94):
Shower and thunderstorm activity remains limited and disorganized 
in association with a broad area of low pressure located several 
hundred miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands.  Environmental 
conditions are expected to become more conducive for development of 
this system early next week, and a tropical depression could form 
by the middle of the week while moving westward or 
west-northwestward at about 10 mph across the eastern and central 
tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent.

 

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Tropical Storm Tammy Advisory Number   6
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL202023
500 PM AST Thu Oct 19 2023

...CENTER OF TAMMY EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE LEEWARD ISLANDS ON 
FRIDAY...
...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED IN
PORTIONS OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS BEGINNING FRIDAY...


SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...13.7N 56.6W
ABOUT 200 MI...320 KM E OF BARBADOS
ABOUT 300 MI...485 KM ESE OF MARTINIQUE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB...29.56 INCHES

Tammy has a tight cluster for track, a good sign.

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All over with the intensity

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NHC forecast

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT  19/2100Z 13.7N  56.6W   50 KT  60 MPH
 12H  20/0600Z 14.2N  58.2W   50 KT  60 MPH
 24H  20/1800Z 15.0N  59.9W   55 KT  65 MPH
 36H  21/0600Z 16.4N  61.4W   60 KT  70 MPH
 48H  21/1800Z 17.9N  62.4W   65 KT  75 MPH
 60H  22/0600Z 19.5N  63.1W   70 KT  80 MPH
 72H  22/1800Z 21.0N  63.3W   75 KT  85 MPH
 96H  23/1800Z 24.3N  62.3W   75 KT  85 MPH
120H  24/1800Z 28.5N  57.5W   75 KT  85 MPH
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Wide envelope on this one this morning. Seems it misses the trough. 

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Edited by StretchCT
  • The title was changed to Hurricane Tammy |80mph 993 mb
  • The title was changed to Hurricane Tammy |75mph 987 mb
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Seems Tammy wants to overperform, perhaps getting some inspiration from Otis. Now forecast to hit 105MPH. 

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Hurricane Tammy Discussion Number  28
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL202023
500 AM AST Wed Oct 25 2023

Satellite data indicate Tammy has strengthened this morning. 
Proxy-vis and infrared imagery depict a ragged eye has developed 
with deep convection wrapping around the center. There has been no 
microwave imagery this morning, but earlier SSMI/S and GMI 
images showed a tight inner core. The subjective Dvorak final-T 
intensity estimates have increased this cycle with a T5.0 and T4.5 
from SAB and TAFB, respectively. Given the improved satellite 
imagery and using a blend of these estimates, the initial intensity 
is raised to 85 kt for this advisory.

Although vertical wind shear is analyzed to have increased over 
the hurricane, the system is strengthening beneath upper-level 
divergence associated with a deep-layer trough over the western 
Atlantic. Models suggest some additional strengthening is possible 
over the next 12 hours or so, which is reflected in the NHC 
intensity forecast. Tammy is then expected to merge with a cold 
front, which is currently analyzed by TAFB and OPC just northwest of 
the system. Tammy is expected to undergo an extratropical 
transition, with this transition forecast to be complete within 24 
hours. As this transition occurs Tammy's wind field will expand as 
it becomes a hurricane-force extratropical cyclone. Global models 
are in fairly good agreement that the cyclone will then weaken 
throughout the remainder of the forecast period. There is some 
potential it could shed its frontal structure this weekend, but for 
now the model-simulated satellite imagery does not show much 
increase in convection during that time.

Tammy is moving northeastward at an estimated motion of 45 degrees 
at 9 knots, within the flow between a deep-layer trough over the 
western Atlantic and a subtropical ridge over the central Atlantic. 
Tammy is expected to turn northward later today, then move slowly 
northwestward in 2-3 days within weaker steering currents. The 
long-range forecast remains uncertain, with not much run-to-run 
model consistency and ensemble solutions that move in opposite 
directions. Given the uncertainty, there is little change from the 
previous forecast at this time range, with the NHC forecast track 
showing the cyclone slowing and meandering through the end of the 
the period.


FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT  25/0900Z 25.6N  60.2W   85 KT 100 MPH
 12H  25/1800Z 27.0N  59.4W   90 KT 105 MPH
 24H  26/0600Z 28.9N  59.3W   75 KT  85 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 36H  26/1800Z 30.0N  60.4W   65 KT  75 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 48H  27/0600Z 30.6N  61.6W   60 KT  70 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 60H  27/1800Z 31.0N  62.3W   55 KT  65 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 72H  28/0600Z 31.3N  62.9W   50 KT  60 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 96H  29/0600Z 31.2N  63.5W   45 KT  50 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
120H  30/0600Z 31.0N  63.9W   40 KT  45 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP

$$
Forecaster Kelly

Just as recently as the 5pm discussion yesterday, the top wind was forecast for 80mph.

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Hurricane Tammy Discussion Number  26
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL202023
500 PM AST Tue Oct 24 2023
 
There have not been many changes in the satellite appearance of 
Tammy since the previous advisory.  Bursts of convection continue to 
wrap around the estimated surface center.  An AMSR2 microwave 
satellite pass at 1657 UTC showed a closed low-level circulation. 
While a couple of ASCAT passes showed surface winds less than 
hurricane strength, the resolution of the instrument likely cannot 
capture the peak winds in Tammy's small inner core.  The initial 
intensity is held at 65 kt, closest to the TAFB satellite intensity 
estimate, though this could be generous.
 
Simulated satellite imagery suggests Tammy could strengthen slightly 
within a day or so when the hurricane enters a region of enhanced 
upper-level divergence.  Beyond this time frame, strong 
southwesterly shear, dry mid-level relative humidities, and cooling 
sea surface temperatures should cause Tammy to steadily weaken.  
Global models now indicate the hurricane should transition into a 
gale-force extratropical cyclone by 48 h, and this is reflected in 
the official intensity prediction.

Tammy is moving to the northeast at about 7 kt.  A mid-latitude 
trough should turn the hurricane north-northeastward and northward 
in a day or so.  By Thursday, Tammy should bend to the northwest and 
slow down within the light steering currents between two ridges.  A 
gradual westward turn is expected by the end of the forecast period. 
The latest NHC track prediction is slightly to the south of the 
previous advisory, and forward speed in the long-term forecast has 
been slowed. 
 
 
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
 
INIT  24/2100Z 24.6N  61.7W   65 KT  75 MPH
 12H  25/0600Z 25.6N  60.7W   70 KT  80 MPH
 24H  25/1800Z 27.5N  59.6W   70 KT  80 MPH
 36H  26/0600Z 29.2N  59.4W   65 KT  75 MPH
 48H  26/1800Z 30.4N  60.3W   55 KT  65 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 60H  27/0600Z 31.1N  61.2W   50 KT  60 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 72H  27/1800Z 31.6N  62.2W   50 KT  60 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 96H  28/1800Z 32.0N  63.4W   45 KT  50 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
120H  29/1800Z 32.0N  64.4W   40 KT  45 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 
$$
Forecaster Bucci

 

  • The title was changed to Hurricane Tammy |100 mph 969 mb
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11:00 AM AST Wed Oct 25
Location: 26.6°N 59.3°W
Moving: NE at 13 mph
Min pressure: 965 mb
Max sustained: 105 mph
 

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Tammy became a hurricane 5 days ago.

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Hurricane Tammy Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL202023
1000 AM AST Fri Oct 20 2023
 
...TAMMY BECOMES A HURRICANE...

NOAA and Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft data indicate
that Tammy has become a hurricane. The maximum winds are estimated 
to be 75 mph (120 km/h) with higher gusts.  The initial and forecast 
intensities will be updated with the next advisory that will be 
issued at 1100 AM AST (1500 UTC). 
 
SUMMARY OF 1000 AM AST...1400 UTC...INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...14.1N 58.5W
ABOUT 90 MI...150 KM NE OF BARBADOS
ABOUT 170 MI...275 KM ESE OF MARTINIQUE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB...29.29 INCHES

$$
Forecaster Brown
 

 

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Tammy seems to have peaked.  Nice discussion of the frontal interaction, limited outflow and erosion of the northern eyewall. I'll spare the rant on how an 80mph hurricane just becomes post-tropical while maintaining that strength. The discussion does mention the chance that Tammy regains tropical status.  But it's path isn't quite certain and it would need to be over warmer waters. I don't get why they just don't keep it a hurricane or TS until it's demise.  

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Hurricane Tammy Discussion Number  30
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL202023
500 PM AST Wed Oct 25 2023

Tammy is beginning to interact with a front to its north. The eye 
has lost some of its definition as the northern eyewall slowly 
erodes. Outflow is now limited to the southern and eastern portions 
of the circulation. Subjective and objective satellite intensity 
estimates have fallen since the last advisory. Final T-numbers from 
SAB and TAFB are both T4.5 and ADT is down to T4.2. Given the recent 
degradation in satellite appearance, the initial intensity has been 
lowered to 85 kt.

It appears that Tammy has moved out of the region with favorable 
upper-level dynamics. Strong upper-level winds and surrounding dry 
air are expected to steadily weaken the system through the forecast 
period. Model guidance shows that the hurricane should become 
entangled with the frontal feature to its north and transition into 
an extratropical cyclone within the next 24 hours. By 48 hours, the 
global models depict Tammy occluding and shedding its front. 
Therefore, the most recent NHC forecast shows the system as a 
post-tropical cyclone instead of extratropical beginning at day 2. 
There is a possibility that Tammy could regain tropical or 
subtropical status as the vortex meanders over sufficiently warm 
ocean waters during days 2 and 3.

Tammy is still moving northeastward, but model guidance insists that 
the hurricane will make a turn to the north shortly. This is 
followed by a northwestward turn with a slower forward speed by 
Thursday. By Friday, Tammy is expected to meander over the 
northwestern Atlantic in the light steering currents between two 
building ridges over the eastern Atlantic and southeastern United 
States. The official NHC track forecast shows Tammy slowly turning 
back to the east by the weekend. However, more model guidance is 
showing a faster turn to the east resulting in a large spread in the 
track guidance envelope. The current forecast is on the western edge 
of the track solutions and is closest to the GFS. Further 
adjustments may be needed if these trends continue.


FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT  25/2100Z 28.0N  57.9W   85 KT 100 MPH
 12H  26/0600Z 29.5N  58.4W   80 KT  90 MPH
 24H  26/1800Z 30.5N  59.4W   70 KT  80 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 36H  27/0600Z 31.1N  60.4W   60 KT  70 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
 48H  27/1800Z 31.5N  61.1W   55 KT  65 MPH...POST-TROPICAL
 60H  28/0600Z 31.8N  61.5W   50 KT  60 MPH...POST-TROPICAL
 72H  28/1800Z 32.1N  61.7W   50 KT  60 MPH...POST-TROPICAL
 96H  29/1800Z 32.5N  61.5W   45 KT  50 MPH...POST-TROPICAL
120H  30/1800Z 32.8N  61.0W   40 KT  45 MPH...POST-TROPICAL

$$
Forecaster Bucci/R. Zelinsky

 

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Last advisory, still 85mph. At least it's not around land, except Bermuda... and while it looks extratropical, the discussion mentions it's still warm core, and can regenerate into a tropical system.  Do they hash it?

 

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  • The title was changed to Hurricane Tammy |Peak 105 mph 965 mb | postropical/extratropical
  • The title was changed to Hurricane Tammy |Peak 105 mph 965 mb | currently 50mph 995 mb
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11:00 AM AST Sat Oct 28
Location: 33.3°N 58.7°W
Moving: E at 12 mph
Min pressure: 995 mb
Max sustained: 50 mph

Should head east and weaken to depression/postropical tomorrow.

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