inland intensification of ts erin august 19, 2007
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Inland Intensification of TS ErinAugust 19, 2007
Kurtis Malone Student Volunteer-2010
NWS Lincoln, IL
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Overview
• Background of re-intensification processes
• Tropical Storm Erin’s Origins
• Synoptic Overview
• Observations
• Radar and Satellite
• Reports
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Hurricane?
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Definitions from NHC
• Tropical cyclone: non-frontal synoptic low with organized convection
• Sub-tropical cyclone: low pressure system exhibiting characteristics of a tropical and mid-latitude cyclone
• Extra-tropical: a storm that gets it energy from horizontal temperature gradient that are associated with fronts
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Extra-tropical Transition
• A tropical cyclone can re-intensify by extra-tropical transition
• For the most common case a baroclinic zone must be present
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Another case
• Where intensification over land occurs and regains tropical characteristics
• Some cases include Hurricane Danny (1997), Hurricane David (1979), and Tropical Storm Erin (2007)
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Erin Genesis
• Began as a tropical wave off the coast off Africa and traveled up to the Caribbean Sea
• Strengthened from Depression 5 into a tropical storm
• Highest winds were 35kts and lowest pressure was 1003hPa
Erin
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NHC Track
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Inland
• Made landfall on August 16th at 1030Z near San Jose, Texas
• Erin traveled over land and by August 19th it was over OK
• Once over OK it intensified in the early hours of the day
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Synoptic Pattern-850mb
• Notice the flow from the gulf
• High dewpoint values from TX to OK
• The cyclone is the kink in the flow by the panhandle
• WAA occurring with the cyclone, the warm core nature of it
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Synoptic Pattern-700mb
• low easily distinguishable
• cyclonic circulation
• moisture under the low
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Synoptic Pattern-500mb
• Cyclonic circulation not as easily seen
• OUN reporting saturated environment
• near the axis of a weak ridge
• isentropic ascent in the area
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Synoptic Pattern-250mb
• Trough in the streamlines
• Moisture not as great as below
• Anticyclonic circulation to the southeast, will turn the storm to the northeast
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Relative Humidity-700mb 00z
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500mb Vort. 00z
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250mb Convergence 00z
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OUN 00z Sounding
• Is of tropical nature with near saturation until 500mb
• Veering winds with height
• CAPE value over 1300
• Winds slightly decrease with height
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Relative Humidity-700mb 12z
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500mb Vort. 12z
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250mb Convergence 12Z
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OUN 12Z Sounding
• Moist air remains
• Just above 600mb a 50kt wind
• Winds stay fairly consistent with data given
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Surface Observations
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SLP Over Time
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Winds Over Time
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SPC Forecasts 06z
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SPC Forecasts 12z
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IR Aug 19, 2007 00z-23z
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Radar Loop Aug 19, 2007 07z-16z
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Tornado reports
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Wind reports
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Rainfall Rates
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Damages
Courtesy of Wikipedia
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Sugar Creek
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NHC Report
• “The upper-level forcing was apparently a dominant mechanism, which is in contrast to tropical cyclones that are maintained primarily by extraction of heat energy from the ocean. Since the system was clearly non-frontal, designating it as an extratropical cyclone is also not the most appropriate solution. In addition, the prevailing view among the NHC’s Hurricane Specialists is that the system’s duration over Oklahoma on 19 August was also too short to classify it as a subtropical cyclone…the system is simply designated as a “low”’.
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Conclusion
• Erin re-intensified over land due to unique conditions
• Once on land Erin regained tropical features like a distinct eyewall appearance on radar
• Severe weather did occur with high winds and some weak tornadoes
• This case is not completely understood
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Sources
• Arndt, Derek et.al., 2009: Observations of the Overland Reintensification of Tropical Storm Erin (2007). BAMS, 1079-1093.
• Knabb, R. D., 2008: Tropical Storm Erin. National Hurricane Center, 17 pp. www.nhc.noaa.gov /pdf/TCR-AL052007_Erin.pdf
• Storm Prediction Center • National Hurricane Center • Hydrometeorological Prediction Center • Plymouth State University