HURRICANE MATTHEW

HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 13.3N 72.3W AT 01/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 10 NM

PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 265 DEGREES AT 6 KT

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 941 MB
EYE DIAMETER 15 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 140 KT WITH GUSTS TO 170 KT.

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.MATTHEW BECOMES A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE... ...THE STRONGEST HURRICANE IN THE ATLANTIC SINCE FELIX IN 2007...
11:00 PM EDT Fri Sep 30
Location: 13.3°N 72.3°W
Moving: W at 7 mph
Min pressure: 941 mb
Max sustained: 160 mph

oh good it stopped its south movement, is it already feeling the pull?

From TS to Cat 5 Hurricane in 36 hours.

Frank_Wx wrote:From TS to Cat 5 Hurricane in 36 hours.

I wonder what the record is for the fastest time a storm when from Ts to cat 5 will have to look into that..

Frank_Wx wrote:

Oh MAN, though. Jamaica and Cuba. :-O

Frank_Wx wrote:From TS to Cat 5 Hurricane in 36 hours.

How often does that happen. unbelievable.

weatherwatchermom wrote:

Frank_Wx wrote:From TS to Cat 5 Hurricane in 36 hours.

I wonder what the record is for the fastest time a storm when from Ts to cat 5 will have to look into that..

Felix in 2007 went from depression to cat 5 in 51 hours.

So Matthew broke the all-time record.

weatherwatchermom wrote:

Frank_Wx wrote:From TS to Cat 5 Hurricane in 36 hours.

I wonder what the record is for the fastest time a storm when from Ts to cat 5 will have to look into that..

That's mind blowing

The last time there was a cat 5 hurricane in the Atlantic...

Joe Snow wrote:

weatherwatchermom wrote:

Frank_Wx wrote:From TS to Cat 5 Hurricane in 36 hours.

I wonder what the record is for the fastest time a storm when from Ts to cat 5 will have to look into that..

That's mind blowing

I am assuming the model data will be initialized with the new info? Wonder what changes are ahead.

Joe Snow wrote:

Joe Snow wrote:

weatherwatchermom wrote:

Frank_Wx wrote:From TS to Cat 5 Hurricane in 36 hours.

I wonder what the record is for the fastest time a storm when from Ts to cat 5 will have to look into that..

That's mind blowing

I am assuming the model data will be initialized with the new info? Wonder what changes are ahead.

Yes, it will be.

GFS Just Initialized, did the correct data get input?

Watching from the Tropical tidbits page.

Everybody buckle your seat belts. The GFS has initialized.

Joe Snow wrote:GFS Just Initialized, did the correct data get input?

Watching from the Tropical tidbits page.

YES.

Out to 24...........

Incidentally, Matthew is also the southernmost Category 5 in Atlantic basin history.

We're such overachievers. :-p

Am I reading this right GFS Initialized at a 998 mb where the actual pressure was 940 mb?

Out to 36 mostly a NNW movement with a pinch to the South.

@ hr 42 makes jog north

Hour 48, trough out west on 00z is sharper than 18z. Matthew is slightly further south on 00z. ULL looks about the same.

It initialized about 60mb too high, wont that effect the whole run?

jmanley32 wrote:It initialized about 60mb too high, wont that effect the whole run?

Yes it should no? 998 int 941 act ..........Here we go again I guess on the next run, data timing.

at hr 66 Jamaica get decimated

my honey moon spot....hope the wonderful people I met there will be okay.

From my view it looked like it strengthen as it slams into Jamaica