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@TropicsWatch tweets are written by StormGeo meteorologist Chris Hebert, TropicsWatch Team Leader. stormgeo.com Houston, Texas Joined May 2014

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4 weeks ago

@CIRA_CSU Beryl 2024 final landfall was on the Texas coast.

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In the 12Z GFS run on the 26th, it had a major hurricane striking SW Florida on June 5th. Current 06Z run of the GFS & EC both have a weak tropical wave over the NW Gulf late next week. Don't ever trust the GFS beyond 4-5 days for TC development. It's quite bad in every basin.

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10 months ago

Very quiet tropical season in the Northern Hemisphere. Atlantic basin activity is only 77% of normal. West Pacific activity is only 37% of normal. Across the Northern Hemisphere, ACE is only 60% of normal. The only basin close to normal is the East Pacific.

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10 months ago

@FerragamoWx That happens when you give the American GFS model too much weight in the forecast. It's been pretty bad since the last "upgrade".

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2 years ago

We're watching every model run for a potential Arctic outbreak around the 7th. Here's a plot of all models for Houston. Previous ECMWF operational had teens here. Latest run says "what cold?" Way too soon to be confident.

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2 years ago

@tropicalupdate Looks like an internal reflection off the window from either behind the camera or from the camera, itself.

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2 years ago

@freedomonfire There is no comparison between Milton & Katrina. Katrina was much larger and more powerful. Milton could not even carry hurricane-force sustained wind inland from the immediate coast. It's strong winds became elevated at landfall, appearing only in gusts.

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2 years ago

@LiveStormChaser Houston had that problem when Alicia hit in 1983. They banned rock ballast on roofs after that.

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2 years ago

Three 50 mph tropical storms in the East & Central Pacific, but one of them is not like the others. Gilma has no convection. It's just an open swirl of clouds. Objective Dvorak is 1.5, yet apparently one agency has it at 3.5, which is why the NHC went with 50 mph, apparently.

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2 years ago

@NWSCPC @NWSNHC I'm curious as to what this outlook is based on? Currently, no global model indicates any development through early September. The MDR is dominated by dry, sinking air. It's very stable there.

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2 years ago

@iCyclone My gut is saying closer to Matagorda Bay. I don't like that track.

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2 years ago

Spokes have appeared in Beryl's eye. Reminds me of Isabel in 2003. Mesovortices often rotate around the inner eyewall of major hurricanes.

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2 years ago

Our 7-day TRAC guidance indicates a landfall in Belize or northern Honduras next Friday. Less than a 5% chance it comes within 200km (125 mi) of the southern Gulf. Still could survive and make it into the southern Bay of Campeche in 8 days.

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2 years ago

We began issuing advisories on what we call Disturbance 7 (Invest 95L) yesterday morning. Could become a hurricane threat to Barbados Monday. Long range looks like landfall in Central America next Friday. Doesn't appear to be a threat to the Gulf of Mexico.

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2 years ago

The entire Northern Hemisphere is below-normal in terms of ACE so far. Not a single TS in the East Pac, and only one typhoon in the NW Pac. Northern Hemisphere ACE is only 21% of normal. The Atlantic remains quiet, despite predictions of hyperactivity. What's going on?

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2 years ago

@MattDevittWX They’re marine winds that have not been reduced over land on that graphic.

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2 years ago

We have issued our second advisory on what we are calling Disturbance 3 (Invest 91L). I expect NHC to initiate PTC advisories on PTC One soon. It's within 48 hrs of causing TS wind in NE Mexico or south TX.