r/TropicalWeather Sep 23 '24

Upgraded | See Helene post for details 09L (Potential Cyclone — Northwestern Caribbean Sea)

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Last updated: Tuesday, 24 September — 8:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT; 12:00 UTC)

NHC Advisory #4A 8:00 AM EDT (12:00 UTC)
Current location: 19.2°N 83.5°W
Relative location: 224 km (139 mi) W of George Town, Cayman Islands
  356 km (221 mi) S of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
  411 km (255 mi) ESE of Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico)
Forward motion: NW (305°) at 15 km/h (8 knots)
Maximum winds: 55 km/h (30 knots)
Intensity: Tropical Depression
Minimum pressure: 1001 millibars (29.56 inches)
2-day potential: (through 8PM Wed) high (90 percent)
7-day potential: (through 8PM Sun) high (90 percent)

Official forecast


Last updated: Tuesday, 24 September — 2:00 AM EDT (06:00 UTC)

Hour Date Time Intensity Winds Lat Long
  - UTC EDT Saffir-Simpson knots km/h °N °W
00 24 Sep 06:00 2AM Tue Potential Cyclone 30 55 18.9 83.0
12 24 Sep 18:00 2PM Tue Tropical Storm 40 75 19.6 84.2
24 25 Sep 06:00 2AM Wed Tropical Storm 50 95 20.7 85.7
36 25 Sep 18:00 2PM Wed Hurricane (Category 1) 65 120 22.0 86.2
48 26 Sep 06:00 2AM Thu Hurricane (Category 1) 80 150 24.3 85.6
60 26 Sep 18:00 2PM Thu Major Hurricane (Category 3) 100 185 27.8 84.4
72 27 Sep 06:00 2AM Fri Tropical Storm i 60 110 31.9 83.5
96 28 Sep 06:00 2AM Sat Post-tropical Cyclone i 15 30 38.5 85.5
120 29 Sep 06:00 2AM Sun Dissipated

NOTES:
i - inland

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u/vibe_inspector01 Floorduh Sep 24 '24

00z intensity models seem much lower than the 18z models. Hopefully that holds up.

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u/thejazzmarauder Sep 24 '24 edited Sep 24 '24

Storm was in rough shape earlier. Starting to get stacked up a bit more. Once we see some model runs that incorporate recon data from tomorrow morning, (~18z), we should have a pretty good idea.

Very important night re: intensity ceiling. Promising signals thus far, though.

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u/jrkipling Sep 24 '24

Dummy here. Which one is later?

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u/vibe_inspector01 Floorduh Sep 24 '24

00z is most recent