atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Arthur

[Buriedundersnow]

from twitter

 

Ryan N. Maue â€@RyanMaue 3m

Eye of #Arthur continues to clear -- taking on a triangular shape. From satellite, looks to be intensifying.

 

[Vorticity0123]

ARTHUR looks pretty cool on these its like a hole opening to the centre of the earth

 

Great images indeed, looks pretty scary such a hole  .

 

Meanwhile, Arthur has continued to become better organized. As of 20:00 UTC, a well-defined, though elongated in north-south direction, eye has become established. This eye is surrounded by a nicely circular eyewall, which does lack some convective vigor, though. 

 

Dvorak satellite image of Arthur (Courtesy: NOAA)

 

It has been a long time since such a beautiful, yet dangerous, hurricane was present in the Atlantic ocean (from what I can remember). However, it looks like North Carolina will be seriously impacted by this system, especially now Arthur will make landfall soon.

 

Finally, a nice Water Vapor colour-enhanced image of Arthur below.

 

 

 

Water vapor satellite image of Arthur (Courtesy: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

 

Sources:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/floaters/01L/01L_floater.html

http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc-bin/tc_home2.cgi?PHOT=yes&AGE=Latest&ACTIVES=14-ATL-01L.ARTHUR,14-EPAC-04E.DOUGLAS,14-WPAC-08W.EIGHT,14-WPAC-91W.INVEST&ATCF_BASIN=al&SIZE=full&NAV=tc&ATCF_YR=2014&CURRENT=20140703.2037.goes13.x.wv1km.01LARTHUR.80kts-980mb-329N-783W.100pc.jpg&ATCF_NAME=al012014&MO=JUL&BASIN=ATL&STYLE=tables&YEAR=2014&YR=14&STORM_NAME=01L.ARTHUR&ARCHIVE=active&AREA=pacific/southern_hemisphere&DIR=/SATPRODUCTS/TC/tc14/ATL/01L.ARTHUR/vapor/geo/1km&TYPE=geo&PROD=vapor&SUB_PROD=1km

Edited July 3, 2014 by Vorticity0123

[Sainsbo]

Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) estimations for Arthur seem to be going a little wild, suggesting sustained winds at surface level at 97kts (110mph), almost a major hurricane. Wouldn't pay too much attention to them just now as recons are much more reliable, but here is the link for anyone interested.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/2014/adt/text/01L-list.txt

 

ADT also has pressure down to 959mb. For the sake of those in North Carolina, let's hope it is overdoing it.

 

The 5PM advisory from the NHC keeps windspeeds of 90mph, and puts pressure down to 977mb. Still a few hours left for additional strengthening, wouldn't be surprised to see the next recon finding 100mph surface winds of higher, making it a category 2, which is forecast.

 

Not often that you see a Category 1 hurricane with such a clear eye and well defined CDO. Impressive!

 

 

My thoughts are with everyone in North Carolina.

Edited July 3, 2014 by Sainsbo

[Somerset Squall]

The eye is very close to the coast now. Winds have also increased to 85kts, making Arthur a category 2 on the SS scale.

 

HURRICANE ARTHUR INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  12BNWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL012014900 PM EDT THU JUL 03 2014...ARTHUR BECOMES A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...SUMMARY OF 900 PM EDT...0100 UTC...INFORMATION----------------------------------------------LOCATION...34.2N 77.1WABOUT 55 MI...90 KM ENE OF CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINAABOUT 110 MI...165 KM SW OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINAMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH...160 KM/HPRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 30 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/HMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...976 MB...28.82 INCHES

[Boro Snow]

watching don murrays cam on tvn it looks wild to say the least

 

He is very close to the eye wall aswell

Edited July 4, 2014 by Boro Snow

[Dancerwithwings]

watching don murrays cam on tvn it looks wild to say the least

 

He is very close to the eye wall aswell

 

Do you think that STOP sign will ever reach the floor.. lol! http://tvnweather.com/live

Edited July 4, 2014 by Dancerwithwings

[Boro Snow]

Do you think that STOP sign will ever reach the floor.. lol! http://tvnweather.com/live

give it another 15 mins lol 

Edited July 4, 2014 by Boro Snow

[Somerset Squall]

Arthur is rapidly losing tropical characteristics as it races northeastwards towards Nova Scotia. Extratropical transition should be complete within the next 12hrs.

Edited July 5, 2014 by Somerset Squall

[Cookie]

Nice Storm to start the year off!