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[XB-70A]

With Dorian slowing down, it's going to be terrible for Grand Bahama; more than 1.2 m (almost 50 in) of rain accumulation expected in the next three days!

 

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Latest trajectory update from the NHC:

 

 

Edited August 31, 2019 by XB-70A

[tater]

40 minutes ago, XB-70A said:

With Dorian slowing down, it's going to be terrible for Grand Bahama; more than 1.2 m (almost 50 in) of rain accumulation expected in the next three days!

Wow, that's really awful.

47 minutes ago, XB-70A said:

With Dorian slowing down, it's going to be terrible for Grand Bahama; more than 1.2 m (almost 50 in) of rain accumulation expected in the next three days!

My wife just walked in the room and laughed at this image ^^^^

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[XB-70A]

Two hours old, but the trajectory improves again for Florida's odds. Far from being better for the Bahamas, however.

 

 

 

This shot from GOES-17 

 

 

Right now, people on the Space Coast being like,

 

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4 hours ago, tater said:

My wife just walked in the room and laughed at this image ^^^^

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I will never forget the first time I saw this scene! One of the most shameful moments of my life 

 

 

Edited August 31, 2019 by XB-70A

[XB-70A]

Latest NHC advice:

 

I tried to compile the different shots from GOES-16 at a rate of one every 60 minutes during the last 96 hours, but the number is too important for my computer to take them into account correctly, and the result is not really nice. However, we can note the dizzying growth of Dorian during the 30th day.

 

[tater]

 

[tater]

 

[XB-70A]

Same account:

 

 

It's been many years now that specialists are asking for a new estimation of the SSS. This is also true for the extreme cases in central and northern Pacific, where the unofficial "category" of Super Typhoon has been used for decades, such as Tip (which hold the record of the highest diameter for 40 years, without being the most powerful)

[tater]

 

[XB-70A]

No more data from the webcam of Elbow Cay (East of Hope Town, on Great Abaco) since the last three hours:

 

[XB-70A]

Desolation,

 

 

 

Dorian is now approaching Grand Bahama.

 

 

Replay of the last 24 hours,

[T-Bouw]

We West-Europeans may complain sometimes about the weather, but we never have hurricanes like that!
Your post really put things in perspective for me. So many personal lives ruined by Dorian.

[StrandedonEarth]

Same here in the Pacific Northwest. We just have perpetually clenched cheeks awaiting the overdue major earthquake, or one of these long-dormant volcanoes deciding to pop off. 

[tater]

 

[XB-70A]

Last 12 hours from radar stations:

 

 

An hour ago:

 

 

 

 

[tater]

 

That was earlier this morning, and it just started moving NNW off the coast.

[tater]

 

[YNM]

3 hours ago, tater said:

"As a result, confidence is now very high that Dorian will stay ~70 miles offshore of Florida."

I really hope so - the low over the Gulf is strengthening, while the other low over Atlantic has been gone - if anything, partly replaced by a high... though this would mean the wind would be moving in the path it's supposed to take.

[tater]

Wow:

 

[XB-70A]

Welcome on Cyclone-Gambling, chose your favorite depression:

 

 

 

Pictures of Dorian taken 17 hours ago

 

Just an hour ago

 

Impressive to see the remnants of the eye still present.

[KerballingSmasher]

Uh... I would prefer not to get hit by yet another hurricane (this would be my 6th or 7th)

 

Bruh. *glances at western pacific* just... please... no...

 

No, I'm not talking about Dorian

[razark]

My parents are on a cruise from Boston to Quebec right now.

Got word earlier that they may be rerouting the ship and missing some of the stops.

[YNM]

On other side of the Pacific, Typhoon Lingling is about to make landfall on the Korean Peninsula.

Page from JMA. Page from KMA.

Edited September 7, 2019 by YNM

[tater]

 

[Cydonian Monk]

Just when I thought Tropical Storm Imelda was going to miss Greater Houston.... NOPE. Nice and soggy up here today on the "dry" side of H-town. Almost needed a kayak to get from the parking lot to my office though. 

[YNM]

Be careful for everyone in the path.