Bud a heavy rain threat for Mexico; 1-year anniversary of Joplin tornado
Tropical Storm Bud intensified into a 40 mph storm this morning in the Eastern Pacific, off the coast of Mexico, and poses a significant flooding threat to the country late this week. The storm has been slow to organize due to its large size, as seen on satellite loops. But with favorable SSTs of 29 - 30°C and light to moderate wind shear in the 5 - 15 knots range expected along its path, Bud should steadily organize today and Wednesday, and become Hurricane Bud by Thursday. A trough of low pressure is expected to swing north of the storm late this week, turning Bud to the north towards the Mexican coast between Manzanillo and Acapulco. However, the trough of low pressure may not be strong enough to bring Bud ashore, and the storm could linger near the coast for several days, potentially deluging the coast with very heavy rains capable of triggering dangerous flash floods and mudslides, beginning on Friday.
Figure 1. Morning satellite image of Bud.
Record earliest date for formation of the season's second named storm
Bud is the second named storm to form in the Eastern Pacific in 2012--Tropical Storm Aletta, which formed on May 15, was the first. Bud's appearance on May 21 marks the earliest date since record keeping began in 1949 for formation of the season's second named storm. The previous record was set in 1984, when the second named storm formed on May 29. Only two other years have had two named storms in May in the Eastern Pacific--2007 and 1956, which both had the second named storm of the year form on May 30. If Bud ends up making landfall in Mexico as a hurricane, it would be only the second Eastern Pacific May hurricane on record to hit Mexico. The other was Hurricane Agatha of May 24,1971, which hit the same stretch of coast that Bud is threatening. Agatha made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane about 45 mi (75 km) from Zihuatanejo, Mexico. The village of Playa Azul was hard hit by the storm, with up to half of the village's homes destroyed. Ocean temperatures this year in the region where Aletta and Bud formed are only slightly above average, so the large scale atmospheric patterns are probably more to blame for this year's exceptionally early start to hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific.
Figure 2. True-color visible satellite image of Alberto taken by the Aqua satellite at 2 pm EDT Monday May 21, 2012. Image credit: NASA.
Alberto headed out to sea
Tropical Depression Alberto is racing northeastwards out to sea, and has been substantially weakened by very high wind shear of 50 knots and passage over cool ocean waters of 24°C (75°F). Alberto will not trouble any land areas, and does not have long to live before being completely dismantled by the high wind shear.
Figure 3. Aerial view of damage from the May 22, 2011 Joplin, Missouri tornado. Image credit: Wikipedia.
One-year anniversary of the Joplin, Missouri EF-5 tornado
May 22 marks the 1-year year anniversary of the deadly Joplin Missouri tornado. The massive EF-5 tornado with winds in excess of 200 mph mowed a 14-mile path of destruction up to one mile wide across the southern portion of the city. The tornado killed 161 people--the highest death toll from a U.S. tornado since 1947, and the seventh deadliest tornado in U.S. history. The tornado did $3 billion in damage, making it the most expensive tornado in world history. The death toll from the tornado undoubtedly would have been higher had the National Weather Service not issued a tornado warning a full 24 minutes in advance of the tornado. This is nearly double the average tornado warning lead time of thirteen minutes.
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The most remarkable audio I've ever heard of people surviving a direct hit by a violent tornado was posted to Youtube by someone who took shelter in the walk-in storage refrigerator at a gas station during the Joplin tornado. There isn't much video.
Video 1. Video of the Joplin, Missouri tornado of May 22, 2011, entering the southwest side of town. Filmed by TornadoVideos.net Basehunters team Colt Forney, Isaac Pato, Kevin Rolfs, and Scott Peake.
Jeff Masters
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We have had rain pretty much all night. The wind is now picking up from the West @ approximately 10 kts
Thanks as this supports what I'm seeing on the visible images.
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These images are primarily for use in tropical storm monitoring. There are several areas to choose from providing a large-scale view of the Atlantic, down to the Gulf of Mexico. During hurricane season, the hurricanes page provides a variety of GOES atmospheric products to help monitor the active storms.
Its a combination of satellite info and computer modeling.
yes there is but you are not look for it that is what you should say
Tropical cyclone names are determined by the World Meteorological Organizaton. The words' origins differ.
subtlety isn't my strongest point. Oops. :/
(wunderkidcayman has been claiming shear has been a lot lower than reality for the past week or so... he seems to find the small spot with low shear, and extrapolate it out to a massive area)
Moran. :)
Thank you, I wasn't sure!
UW - CIMSS
ADVANCED DVORAK TECHNIQUE
ADT-Version 8.1.3
Tropical Cyclone Intensity Algorithm
----- Current Analysis -----
Date : 22 MAY 2012 Time : 121500 UTC
Lat : 10:41:44 N Lon : 103:26:27 W
CI# /Pressure/ Vmax
2.6 /1007.9mb/ 37.0kt
Final T# Adj T# Raw T#
2.6 2.6 2.6
Center Temp : -35.7C Cloud Region Temp : -41.5C
Scene Type : CURVED BAND with 0.38 ARC in LT GRAY
Maximum CURVED BAND with 0.48 ARC in LT GRAY
at Lat: 11:29:23 N Lon: 103:50:23 W
Positioning Method : FORECAST INTERPOLATION
Ocean Basin : EAST PACIFIC
Dvorak CI > MSLP Conversion Used : PACIFIC
Tno/CI Rules : Constraint Limits : NO LIMIT
Weakening Flag : OFF
Rapid Dissipation Flag : ON
C/K/Z MSLP Estimate Inputs :
- Average 34 knot radii : 40km
- Environmental MSLP : 1011mb
Satellite Viewing Angle : 35.2 degrees
Lol, now wouldn't that be a curve ball!
I wish we could say the same here in Central Florida; another HOT, sunny and dry day today. It actually is not so bad in the shade since the mugginess hasn't kicked in yet, but the afternoon sun in brutal.
Are the latest model runs providing any support for future development of the AOI near Roatan in the GOH? The wind reports this morning are slightly interesting.
That was my point. There is very tight gradient across the area as well and a just a bit of error can make the map almost meaning less at times. Shear is very high across that region. There appears to be way too many factors acting against this disturbance right now. It looks very monsoonal in nature, Is it still attached to a front?
No, I meant what I said in reference to the map I posted, nothing different.
Broad low pressure area down there this morning. Although pressures have lowered a bit there are no signs of orginzation and models arent doing much with it.
and if we do get a storm what are you going to do huh
yeah agree but that is at 20N far away from our system in the GOH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
912 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
AMZ650-221345-
912 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012
...MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA...
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH FL OUT 20 NM
AT 909 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF UP TO 33 KNOTS ABOUT
OVER MANALAPAN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 KNOTS.
MULTIPLE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED ABOUT A FUNNEL CLOUD DEVELOPING A FEW
MILES EAST OF BOYNTON BEACH.
AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE WATER...BOATERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WIND
AND HIGH WAVES. MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR OR STAY CLOSE TO SHORE UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.
WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY. REMAIN ON THE ALERT IN
CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR WATERSPOUT DEVELOPMENT.
LAT...LON 2656 7995 2652 8000 2653 8004 2659 8004
2660 8000
$$
RIVERA
..click image for Loop
Sure hope Bud brings some moisture into Texas.
Evansville, IN: 98 Saturday; 100 Sunday (it's never been more than 96 in May, and it's never reached 100 before June 7)
Paducah, KY: 99; 100 (it's never been more than 96 in May, and it's never reached 100 before June 14)
Cape Girardeau, MO: 97; 98
Louisville, KY: 97; 98 (highest May temp ever there: 98)
Memphis, TN: 96; 98 (highest May temp ever there: 98)
Seems a little early for the triple-digit stuff. But we're getting used to it--or will soon enough.
Strong Thunderstorms coming in around the Nature Coast as well. It looks as if some strong to severe pulse type severe cells may pop today across C & N FL.
Long live Bud!
"Thanks for the fun waves. Tell your friends to come and visit us again!"
:)
dude you are insaine crazy its not going to be a hurricane I say if it does develop the most it would become is a TS and there is something wrong with you if you love hurricanes you know what next time a hurricane come prep a wedding when she come go out and marry her when she does but though she may slap you in you face with a piece of zinc or somthing look I like storm cause of there usefullness like not love unlike you
I see my map is from the 20th, thanks for that. That's what I get for assuming.
Ooo. Good catch. I didn't even see that. I was wondering why the GFS still wasn't picking up on that disturbance in the GOH.
Where are you getting those numbers? It is forecast to be hot there, yes, but I didn't find a single location calling for more than a hot but not extreme 95*F.
Evansville
Paducah
Cape Girardeau
Louisville
Memphis
While I do agree with you that places in the north like the ones listed above are going to be experiencing some very abnormal heat, I just don't see where you are pulling triple digit highs from.
[EDIT] Poor choice of words calling 95*F not extreme for them. While a somewhat regular occurrence further south, it is definitely extreme for places further north like that. My mind was in Texas mode. :P
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