DELTA (Twenty-Eight)

billy the squid

One last hurrah before season's end



NHC Advisory
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/232026.shtml

NHC Map
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT28/refresh/AL2805W5+gif/202322W_sm.gif

All Models
http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/omd/ops/weather/plots/storm_28.gif

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 345 MILES...555 KM
FROM THE CENTER. A GRADUAL DECREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE TROPICAL
STORM-FORCE WIND FIELD IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

sirpsycho

damn!

billy the squid

soon to be a hurricane.

billy the squid

looks like delta is falling apart. now down to 60mph winds. the five day forcast heads it towards the Canaries, but at present it is still heading southwest.

sirpsycho

50mph from latest warning, could be gone tonight.

billy the squid

After dropping to 40mph, Delta has reorganised and is now 50mph winds again.

Media - Power FM - Canary Islands
http://www.powerfmradio.com/default.asp

billy the squid

delta is exploding, practicaly a hurricane again with 70mph winds as of the 21Z advisory!.

Canary Islands radar can be accessed through this page below
http://www.inm.es/web/infmet/radar/radarre.html

satelite image
http://152.80.49.216/archdat/tc05/ATL/28L.DELTA/ssmi/ir1km/20051127.2115.goes-12.ir.28L.DELTA.60kts.982mb.28.4N.29.7W.jpg

From UK Met Office
http://www.met-office.gov.uk/satpics/latest_IR.html

a little bigger than vince

surf's up in the canaries then

That said, Tans down for the next couple of days too

Absolutely incredible season.These hurricanes have to be having an effect on the sst's in the atlantic-both those that exited out of the american continent in the North atlatic and these later ones that reverted back eastwards.

The theory is they drag the overall sst down by stirring up the waters and bringing the colder water to the surface.
It's probably having more of an effect in the more northern areas than the likes of Delta is in the south as theres less solar radiation up north to reheat the sst's.

Translation-It's good for snow lovers possibly as it could mean a less active atlantic later in the winter for us and more easterlies

Mothman

Anyone fancy a hurricane chase to the Canaries??

Even if it is hurricane strength now, it'll have weakened a lot by the time it reaches The Canary Islands, though there could still be gale force winds, which is something similar to what we got earlier this month on the 7th.

billy the squid

for a second time Delta was within a whisker of becoming a hurricane, but it was not to be, winds are down to 65mph. and it looks doubtful that they will pick up.

outer bands reaching La Palma and Tenneriffe already according to the radar.

Mothman

Parts of Canaries getting a pounding. 93mph gust on La Palma and 71mph mean speed (Gust 86mph) on Tenerife at 617m.

This storm did not weaken at all or was underestimated earlier.

My inlaws are on Tenerife at moment :eek:

I'll give a report in few days.

billy the squid

TROPICAL STORM DELTA 988 30.3N20.1W BY 28/15 UTC MOVING
EAST/NORTHEAST AT 26 KT,
EXPECTED 30.3N15.6W BY 29/0000 UTC, THEN 30.5N10W BY 29/12 UTC,
THEN 30.7N3.3W BY 30/00 UTC.
AXIS OF ITCZ ALONG 7N14W 5N39W.

and for the next few days

MADEIRA :
CYCLONIC 8 TO 10 WITH VIOLENT GUSTS, BECOMING NORTHERLY 5 OR 6 FROM
WEST SOON THEN DECREASING 4 OR 5 LATER. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH
DECREASING ROUGH. RAIN OR THUNDERSQUALLS.

http://www.meteofrance.com/FR/mer/bulGLarge.jsp?LIEUID=METAREAII

NEXT!

SHOWER ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH A NON-TROPICAL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
CENTERED ABOUT 975 MILES EAST OF BERMUDA HAS BECOME A LITTLE BETTER
ORGANIZED THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR SUBTROPICAL
OR TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
AS IT MOVES SLOWLY WEST OR SOUTHWESTWARD.

From Washington post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/28/AR2005112800911.html

http://www.powerfmradio.com/weather/default.asp
click on the individual one of the canary islands in the map to get webcams of each island. roughly five on each one

billy the squid

Lanzarotte weather station,
http://www.lanzarote-webcam.com/vws/

billy the squid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4482384.stm
Delta has resulted in 7 deaths in the Canary Islands, with a further 12 missing. its well and good getting all excited about hurricanes and tropical storms, a thought needs to be spared for anyone affected by these storms however.