Hurricane Lee hits a cat 5 pressure based on dropsonde data is 928 mb

Hurricane Lee hits a cat 5 pressure based on drop sonde data is 928 Mb. Thankfully so far it looks like it will spare the Caribbean and highly likely it will miss the continental US. However, that is so far out, anything past 5 days... you can see a few of the European models have it possibly getting west enough to at least make it worth watching by next Wednesday




www.nhc.noaa.gov...

BULLETIN
Hurricane Lee Advisory Number 11
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132023
1100 PM AST Thu Sep 07 2023

...LEE BECOMES A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE...
...DANGEROUS BEACH CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND THE
WESTERN ATLANTIC THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...


SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...17.3N 52.4W
ABOUT 705 MI...1135 KM E OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...160 MPH...260 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...928 MB...27.41 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.


DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 1100 PM AST (0300 UTC), the center of Hurricane Lee was located
near latitude 17.3 North, longitude 52.4 West. Lee is moving toward
the west-northwest near 14 mph (22 km/h), and this motion is
expected to continue through early next week with a significant
decrease in forward speed. On the forecast track, Lee is expected
to pass well to the north of the northern Leeward Islands, the
Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico over the weekend and into early
next week.

Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate
that maximum sustained winds have increased to near 160 mph (260
km/h) with higher gusts. Lee is a category 5 hurricane on the
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Additional strengthening is
forecast overnight. Fluctuations in intensity are likely over the
next few days, but Lee is expected to remain a major hurricane
through early next week.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles (75 km) from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles
(220 km).

The minimum central pressure based on dropsonde data is 928 mb
(27.41 inches).

Nature is amazing.

I’ve been through a few hurricanes, seen several tornadoes.

Watched one smaller tornado f1-f2 come right for me, then last minute veer left and tore the roof off the shed.

Beautiful, even in destruction.

When I was kid my parents got me a book Eyewitness to Disaster and it had a section on Hurricane Camille I've been a bit of a Hurricane nerd ever since. Obviously know the big ones Andrew Hugo, and Katrina etc. but I used to travel throughout Florida and the southeast I know these areas fairly well, so when one hits I've usually been there before.

I've never been in one but we were in Lauderdale when one was fairly offshore in the 80s, The waves on in the Atlantic were huge we spent half a day getting wiped out in the surf.

Hell during Idalia I signed up for one of the Storm Trackers Patreon and I watched his cameras all night long.

I had just moved to Dunn after finishing my tour in the USAF. I had never encountered a hurricane before and had no idea what to expect. Hurricane Fran came up the Cape Fear River and directly hit our location. When I say direct hit, I mean I was able to go outside and stand inside the eye and see the walls, feel the pressure, feel the eerie calmness. I have been through quite a few since then, but never one like that.

I did learn that even if it's hot and miserable outside, you don't have power and you spend the day cleaning up downed trees, having a hot shower at the end of the day is an amazing feeling. I have never forgot how good that felt and have engineered my house so that I can do that in almost any scenario.

originally posted by: putnam6
Hell during Idalia I signed up for one of the Storm Trackers Patreon and I watched his cameras all night long.

I have family on the west coast of Florida so I watched Idalia closely. It moved really fast and I didn't have to agonize too long about where it would hit. Lee is a slowpoke and its hard (for me at least) to see where its ultimately headed. Who knows, it might go over DC in which case, Biden won't have an excuse not to visit the disaster area.

a reply to: LogicalGraphitti

He'd go on vacation...

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originally posted by: LogicalGraphitti

originally posted by: putnam6
Hell during Idalia I signed up for one of the Storm Trackers Patreon and I watched his cameras all night long.

I have family on the west coast of Florida so I watched Idalia closely. It moved really fast and I didn't have to agonize too long about where it would hit. Lee is a slowpoke and its hard (for me at least) to see where its ultimately headed. Who knows, it might go over DC in which case, Biden won't have an excuse not to visit the disaster area.

True that

a reply to: putnam6
You can read Joe Bastardi's comments on Twitter.

It has rapidly weakened yesterday, as it strengthened a day ago.

It got hit with shear.

It’s projected strengthen again this weekend, however it might not regain its former cat 5 status. We will see.

I’ve also have been following it daily on satellite as it came off the coast of Africa as a wave last weekend.

Even if it doesn’t go back to its cat 5 status, it’s still a remarkable feat how fast it strengthened.

On the other side in the eastern pacific, Hurricane Jova also rapidly intensified into a cat 5 this past week and weakened as fast. And was a beaut.

originally posted by: network dude
I had just moved to Dunn after finishing my tour in the USAF. I had never encountered a hurricane before and had no idea what to expect. Hurricane Fran came up the Cape Fear River and directly hit our location. When I say direct hit, I mean I was able to go outside and stand inside the eye and see the walls, feel the pressure, feel the eerie calmness. I have been through quite a few since then, but never one like that.

I did learn that even if it's hot and miserable outside, you don't have power and you spend the day cleaning up downed trees, having a hot shower at the end of the day is an amazing feeling. I have never forgot how good that felt and have engineered my house so that I can do that in almost any scenario.

I bet Oprah started this hurricane , because she wants to buy cheap land . Lmao 🤣