All for a storm which doesn't yet exist.
Here we are now calling this #3rdStorm. The first 2 being #Cempaka (causing catastrophic and lethal flooding in south China) and #INFA which keeps getting stronger and more menacing and has the Eastern seaboard of China in its path.
The image above from the tip of the tail of #INFA's widening gyre. And this is where 3rd storm is expected to appear (i.e. where the Cyclonegenesis is expected to begin), albeit now later than originally expected, which for me at least is now a source of hope. Here's a live view.
If you squint & look very closely at the nook of the corner to the left of the tail faint traces of what could be rotation are there.
& If there's a tropical low in there then its a mystery why it hasn't been designated by JTWC as an area of interest requiring investigation yet.
A low if it is present should be rotating counter clockwise. And once we see that we will know #3rdstorm is forming.
I can see two changes in the latest model forecast.
1/ The first is that #3rdStorm development has slowed.
Left: Today's 6pm forecast for 25th July 00hrs
Right: Yesterday's forecast for 25th July 00hrs
And the 2nd difference is the intensity forecast for #INFA which is now significantly higher.
And it seems likely that it is this that is making the difference in the forecast.
But since the initiation data for the latest model was run, #INFA has now strengthened still further. And it could weaken at any time too. Very Severe Cyclones can do that. Or change direction. But in this case it doesn't seem likely that #INFA will weaken.
And here is the full reasoning behind their current intensity and track forecasts.
"THE GREATEST UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST IS
WHETHER OR NOT THE STORM TRACKS INLAND OR RECURVES ALONG THE COAST NEAR SHANGHAI AND TURNS TOWARD THE YELLOW SEA*."
NOTE: The Yellow Sea is the sea west of Korea and it leads towards Beijing.
The final part of the discussion is on the models.
"MODELS DISC.: JTWC TRACK FORECAST LIES CLOSE TO MODEL CONSENSUS AND THE ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEAN. THE INTENSITY GUIDANCE IS IN FAIRLY TIGHT AGREEMENT AND CONSISTENT IN TREND. THE FORECAST STAYS IN MIDDLE OF THE GUIDANCE PACKAGE."
The model shown above is the latest ECMWF above.
The GFS has a completely different view however. And the forecasts I have been mainly using have been the GFS forecasts. The GFS shows #INFA skirting the coast, far enough way to remain strong. A worst case prediction.
To make things worse in the GFS forecast (see previous tweet) #INFA slows down and does a little shimmy whilst off shore from Shanghai.
But one thing the two models agree on is #3rdStorm. The ECMWF has a slightly worse trajectory for the Olympics, but the timing, intensity and track of this (yet to appear) fast moving, not particularly strong storm is effectively identical.
In the JTWC forecast they say
"JTWC TRACK FORECAST LIES CLOSE TO MODEL CONSENSUS AND THE >> ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEAN" <>
This is the ECMWF ensemble mean model.
And this is the EPS Ensemble models long-range rainfall forecast. Here we see that nearly all of Japan is forecast to get rainfall of 2 inches with peaks at a more modest 7.5 inches (20cm) but still a lot.
But this could well explain the lack of interest in the professionals in #3rdStorm. Everyone's eyes are entirely on #INFA. Here is the GEFS (GFS ensemble) model rainfall solution which is also not too bad for Japan.
Here are the latest (single model) rainfall solutions for the big two global models. 10 days
Left: ECMWF
Right: GFS
Which are similar except in relation to the Yellow Sea trajectory question. For China though the GFS model is much better.
All that being said, I am confused as to how this PWAT forecast doesn't result more rain over Japan. Especially the bit at the end.
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THREAD: Some thoughts on October 7th and the importance of their being global transparency over what we know about what really happened on that terrible day.
1/ This (see screenshots in the first few posts in this thread) is one of the most important pieces of conflict related journalism published in recent years.
It relates to the orders given to soldiers on October 7th to fire on any vehicle seeking to return to the Gaza Strip to prevent the taking of hostages and was published on July 7th, 10 months later in Haaretz.
2/ As @IsraeliPM Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to address congress it is vital that the public in the US, Israel and globally is fully aware of what exactly happened on October 7th in Gaza.
3/ The account in this story published by Haaretz is at this time still behind a paywall and it has therefore not been read by the very large number of people who ought to have done so. I have not seen very many reports containing the detail of this report elsewhere though I presume there are many.
OK so clearly #HurricaneBeryl is not the same as #HurricaneHarvey. But there are some striking similarities in terms of what has made it so much more persistent than either forecast or as modeled.
This thread is going to look at this issue a bit more deeply.
- The overall cloud mass of the #HurricaneBeryl thunderstorm complex proved much more resilient than expected once it came over land. Why?
- Also Like #Harvey Beryl did slow down after making landfall and continued to spin over land. Why?
- I think the answer to both questions relates to the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Like Harvey back in 2017, Beryl has been fueled by a constant stream of warm wet atmospheric flows of energy off of the Gulf of Mexico.
- This is obvious in part simply from observing the astonishing expansion of the cloud field after #Beryl made landfall early this morning.
A clue to understanding this can be found in looking at the the astonishing growth progression of #HurricaneBeryl's cloud field over landafter Beryl strengthened and formed itself into a Hurricane in the period after making landfall south of Houston.
Over the course of the rest of the morning you can see in these images how much the wind field expanded.
Like Harvey #Beryl also grew and strengthened itself by feeding off of the gulf of mexico, specifically the area between the Texas coastline and what looks like the outer boundary of the convection field which expanded extremely strongly to the north.
The only source for all this additional atmospheric moisture can be the oceanic convection which took place in what is a fairly clearly bounded 136,000 km2 area of ocean which as you can see in this animation is very closely bound to the rest of the circulation.
This is a much much larger area than the area of active rainfall which settled over the city and metropolis of Houston for the morning and which is finally starting to move off to the north now.
This version of the graphic shows the comparative sizes of the area of water which is responsible for the astonitising growth of post landfall #HurricaneBeryl - and the area of the storm that remained over the ocean and which is almost certainly responsible for both why this storm was so persistent and why it (like Harvey) slowed down after coming ashore.
#HurricaneBerylis not expected to give up lightly as it moves onshore and turns north eastward over Texas and then heads north east across the great planes towards the great lakes.
Typically we expect hurricanes to weaken rapidly over land - especially wind wise. But #Berylis not forecast to behave as normal - probably because like Harvey, its tail over the Gulf is keeping it fueled. - the currently forecast pattern from Fox News's exclusive model shown in these images was present in some of the simulations of Beryl after it crossed the Yucutan a couple of days ago.
To my mind questions ought to be asked about the accuracy of the forecasting for this storm, as - like the last super destructive Texas Hurricane, Harvey in 2017 [] Beryl is proving to be a LOT more destructive in its impacts than initially forecast.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane…
The final image in this sequence of screenshots of Fox Weather Graphics is worth drawing attention to as it shows how much broader the impacts of this hurricane are expected to be as it moves across the great planes roughly speaking heading up the Mississippi river, and continuing to dump potential flooding rain as it goes.
This image shows the forecast expected severe weather threat from the remnants of #HurricaneBeryl in Arkansas and Missouri up as far as Saint Louis.
ALERT: High Target News Environment in play - numerous consequential news events with global implications.
1. British elections - (Thursday July 4th-Friday July 5th): Delivering an unprecedented landslide win to the left's @UKLabour Party + strong showings for the Liberals and Greens . The UK Chancellor @RachelReevesMP will shortly set out her economic policy in a speech.
2. French elections (Sunday July 7th) deliver a remarkable 2nd big win for the left in politics in France - dashing the hopes of Marine le Pen's hard right wing "Rassemblement National" of first parliamentary victory
3. Overnight (7th-8th July): an unprecedented huge Hurricane , #Hurricane Beryl - makes landfall in Houston as a Category 1 Hurricane, its main threat to the epicenter of the global fossil fuel industry will be flooding. It is still night in Houston at present.
Hmmmmmm…. Why is the audio of the @youtube version of the UNSG office daily briefing for 1st July missing sound from 5:24 to 6:07?
Afghanistan, Lebanon, Myanmar & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (1 J... via @YouTube
The content of this portion is available as it is simply a quote from written remarks of UNSG @antonioguterres made to a meeting in Austria. But the missing YouTube audio is unprecedented in my experience and hard to explain.
Intense bombing by Israeli forces on Gaza continues and kills at least 3... via @YouTube
This report also addresses the widening rift between Israeli PM Netanyahu and the U.S. Government. True to form Netanyahu is showing no sign of backing down. But this tweet showing former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant leaving on a U.S. flight for the U.S. speaks volumes in this very intense moment.
Amidst continued bombing of Rafah, Israeli forces are resuming strikes i... via @YouTube
And here from two days ago more Margaret Brennan context on the rupture in relations between the @WhiteHouse and @IsraeliPM
Israel has not come close to destroying Hamas, U.S. official says via @YouTube