August 2017: Looking Back at Harvey 5 Year Later

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We enjoyed a little rain and some thunder at lunch time. Nice!
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Almost 2 inches here by the Bay!
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We've only seen a sprinkle to far, but I would expect NW Harris to experience a few inches. We could really us a couple of inches of rain...but at least it is cooler, cloudy, and damper. :)

A very complicated forecast ahead. I hope we roll sevens.
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Wednesday evening briefing from Jeff regarding the Tropics:

Both pattern indicators and global model forecasts suggest an increase in tropical cyclone potential across the Atlantic Basin over the next week to 10 days.

African Tropical Wave:

The first area of interest is a strong tropical wave current moving off the west coast of Africa. This wave is accompanied by a large mass of deep convection and actually has model support for additional development as it moves generally W to WNW over the next 5 days. NHC has given this wave a 30% chance of development over the next five days and if model trends continue this percentage will need to be raised. This system will need to be monitored over the next several days.

West Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico:

Recent forecast models have started to suggest that the tropical wave currently SW of the Cape Verde Islands will arrive into the western Caribbean Sea by early next week where both the ECWMF and the GFS show surface low pressure forming. In fact upper level conditions which have been hostile across the Caribbean Sea in recent weeks look to become favorable by this weekend with upper level easterly flow developing. At the same time another frontal boundary may move into the northern Gulf of Mexico late this weekend or early next week and in the past a westward moving tropical wave just south of a frontal boundary has produced tropical cyclones in the Gulf of Mexico. Most recent ECMWF run is fairly aggressive showing pressures falling from 1010mb with the system over the western Caribbean Sea to 999mb over the southern Gulf of Mexico. This area will need to be watched closely by this weekend.

500mb steering pattern is forecast to undergo significant changes over the next 7 days with the current rare and deep central and eastern US trough being replaced with a building and expanding sub-tropical/Bermuda ridge stretching from the central Atlantic to nearly the eastern/central US Gulf coast. If this verifies this would likely suppress southward any potential tropical cyclone tracks. Main question is does this ridge build strong enough to drive any potential tropical systems westward into central America, or is it just weak enough to allow them to gain some latitude. The forecasted 500mb flow pattern from early next week onward will become of great importance should tropical cyclones form in the favored formation hurricane belt from near Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Another round of afternoon showers and thunderstorms across SE TX today with locally heavy rainfall possible. Showers and thunderstorms continue offshore this morning and continue to move slowly SE away from the coastal areas.

The tropical wave moving off the African Coast will likely become the next tropical depression in the Atlantic Basin over the next 5 days.
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INVEST 99L has been designated by the National Hurricane Center for the tropical disturbance just off the West Coast of Africa in the Far Eastern Atlantic. There is support from the reliable guidance that this disturbance may organize into a Tropical Depression in about a week as it moves across the Central Atlantic generally West. We will be tracking this feature for a while, so there is plenty of time to monitor the trends to see if this tropical disturbance makes it all the way into the Caribbean Sea and beyond.
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Closer to home, near the Yucatan Peninsula/Southern Gulf of Mexico, the Ensembles are suggesting about a 50% chance for Tropical Cyclone Genesis during the 120 to 240 hour range coming from what looks like a tropical wave and a bit of a monsoonal trough daggling across Central America. This potential feature will likely need to be monitored a bit more closely being that it is in our backyard of the Gulf of Mexico.

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All the Hemispheric Features we have been monitoring continue to suggest conditions are quickly becoming rather favorable for Tropical Mischief to possibly organize, particularly across the Western/NW Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
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National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
1229 PM CDT Thu Aug 3 2017

.AVIATION...
Starting to see some SHRA trying to develop to the E of UTS where less
cloud cover is found. Enough heating looks to be taking place to possibly
allow for more SHRA and maybe some TSRA to form as the afternoon progresses,
so will carry VCSH/VCTS through 04/00Z. Quiet overnight with possible
activity developing before sunrise, especially near the coast. Better
chances for SHRA/TSRA late tomorrow morning through tomorrow afternoon
with daytime heating. 42
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1027 AM CDT Thu Aug 3 2017/

DISCUSSION...
12z soundings support high temps between 88-90 degrees this
afternoon with convective temps also between 88-90 over the north
to the lower 80`s over the south. 300 mb analysis still shows a
weak split in the jet structure with upper level winds remaining
diffluent but can`t find any speed max to help initiate
convection. No discernible features are visible in water vapor
imagery either. Will maintain higher PoPs over the southern half
of the CWA with lower PoPs to the north primarily based on the
latest HRRR/RAP guidance. Any breaks in the cloud cover will allow
for a quick burst of heating so will leave current temp forecast
as is. Other than lowering PoPs over the north/central zones and
tweaking sky grids, not anticipating any other changes. 43
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INVEST 90L has been designated for the disturbance in the SE Caribbean Sea.
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NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 PM EDT Thu Aug 3 2017

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. A vigorous tropical wave accompanied by a broad low pressure system
is producing a large area of cloudiness and showers more than 300
miles south-southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental
conditions are forecast to be conducive for gradual development, and
a tropical depression is likely to form by early next week over the
eastern or central tropical Atlantic Ocean. This system is forecast
to move toward the west or west-northwest at 10 to 15 mph for the
next several days.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent.

2. A strong tropical wave located over the southeastern Caribbean Sea
is producing a large area of cloudiness and thunderstorms, along
with tropical-storm-force wind gusts in squalls. Environmental
conditions are expected to become a little more conducive for
development by Sunday over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and by
early next week over the Bay of Campeche while the disturbance
moves westward or west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph. This system
could produce brief heavy rainfall and gusty winds over Aruba,
Bonaire, and Curacao tonight and Friday. For additional information
on this system, see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National
Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
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The 12Z ECMWF suggests TC Genesis from the tropical wave just tagged by the NHC as Invest 90L should begin Sunday into Monday in the NW Caribbean Sea. The Euro suggests there may be a threat to the NE Mexico and South Texas Coasts. We will need to see further Hurricane guidance that is initiated when an Invest is declared. We likely will see the first full package of guidance overnight with the 00Z Guidance runs.
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Interesting days ahead. Stay tuned.
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Thursday afternoon briefing from Jeff:

Two areas of interest have developed today in the Atlantic Basin.

99L:

A strong tropical wave has emerged off the western coast of Africa yesterday and is moving westward over the Atlantic waters SSE of the Cape Verde Islands. The Hurricane Center currently gives this area a 70% chance of development over the next 5 days as it moves generally westward at 10-15mph. Unlike previous waves that have moved off the African coast recently, this wave has a large envelop of tropical moisture surrounding a mid level circulation noted on satellite images. There has also been a fair amount of convection with this wave and some weak attempts at banding like features. Conditions appear favorable for additional development of this system as it moves westward over the next several days with support from the GFS and UKMET models. Interestingly the ECMWF model shows a much weaker development potential.

90L:

A tropical wave moving into the eastern Caribbean Sea today has shown an increase in deep convection and NHC has declared the system (90L). This is the wave axis that global models started picking up on yesterday to develop in the southern Gulf of Mexico early next week. This wave is embedded within a surge of deep tropical moisture and will arrive into the western Caribbean Sea over the weekend where conditions appear favorable for the formation of a surface low pressure center. The ECMWF is fairly aggressive with this feature and develops a tropical depression/storm over the western Caribbean Sea and then a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, while the GFS and CMC show only modest development of the feature the entire time…possibly because they show more land interaction with central America. NHC currently gives this system a 20% chance of development over the next 5 days, but this may need to be increased especially if the GFS begins to show better development potential.

Steering pattern over the US Gulf coast will become critical in the eventual track of any tropical system over the western Caribbean Sea/Gulf of Mexico. Mid level ridge does attempt to build westward from FL toward LA/TX by the middle of next week which would keep any weak tropical system buried over the Bay of Campeche. However this is not forecast to be a strong ridge (high pressure) and a stronger tropical system (as suggested by the ECMWF) would likely be able to turn more WNW or even NW pushing against the ridge once in the Gulf of Mexico. A hurricane as suggested by the ECMWF model would potentially be a threat to the TX coast while a weak tropical storm would likely move generally westward into MX well south of TX.

Confidence is not high on any particular solution at this time, but this system needs to be monitored closely over the weekend.
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Chance of Tropical Development have increased with the latest NHC Tropical Weather Outlook for the 90L in the Eastern Caribbean Sea.
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HGX DISCO

TROPICS...
There is an area of disturbed weather in the western Caribbean Sea
that is being watched for possible tropical development early
next week. The GFS/ECMWF and GEM all show some type of low
approaching the Mexican coast late next week. The ECMWF is the
strongest with this system while the GFS/GEM are considerably
weaker. A model consensus would take the system well south of
Brownsville but it is something that will need to be monitored
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I'd watch this one (90L). Ensembles are slightly more bullish and more north than most of the operational runs. Fairly confident we will see at least a tropical storm in the Gulf this time next week. Would not rule out a hurricane.
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which one is 90L
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ticka1 wrote:which one is 90L
Eastern Caribbean.
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The NWS disco this morning sound pretty confident that whatever comes of 90L will go inland south of us.I am not so confident. ;)
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cperk wrote:The NWS disco this morning sound pretty confident that whatever comes of 90L will go inland south of us.I am not so confident. ;)
I am. There's going to be a huge high sitting over us - this will steer it into Mx.
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Texaspirate11 wrote:
cperk wrote:The NWS disco this morning sound pretty confident that whatever comes of 90L will go inland south of us.I am not so confident. ;)
I am. There's going to be a huge high sitting over us - this will steer it into Mx.

Remember Ike...It was headed to Mexico then it ended up in Galveston...just saying
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Phil Klotzbach and Colorado State University issued the Final 2017 NALT Hurricane Outlook early the morning...
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Philip Klotzbach‏Verified account @philklotzbach · 3h3 hours ago
Updated Atlantic #hurricane outlook from @ColoradoStateU continues call for above-avg season: 16 NS, 8 H, 3 MH
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