Storm / Hurricane Barry

[Cyclone Tracy]

Invest 92 is starting to circulate in the Gulf of Mexico but is not a storm at this point. Due to 31c sea surface temperatures and low wind shear, models are showing rapid development within the next 48 hours into Hurricane Barry. The gun U.S hurricane model HWRF is showing a nasty hit into Lousianna and New Orleans. UKMet is sizing up a Cat 3 into Texas near Houston.

[Cyclone Tracy]

Depression is now offically Tropical storm Barry in the Gulf of Mexico.

Maximum Winds: 35 kt Gusts: 45 kt
Minimum Central Pressure: 1005 mb


Still uncertainty between the big models on the exact track. The further west he goes, the more intense he will be on landfall.

[Cyclone Tracy]

Maximum Winds: 55 kt Gusts: 65 kt
Minimum Central Pressure: 993 hPa

12pm NZT

A step closer to Hurricane status (64 knots)

[Simon Culling]

A few METARS from the Miss Canyon Oil Platform which Is about 50km off the south coast of Louisiana and due south of New Orleans. They are for roughly late afternoon on Friday 12th July local time:

KMDJ 122215Z AUTO 17064G76KT 1SM BR SCT014 SCT019 26/25 A2944 RMK A01
KMDJ 122155Z AUTO 17058G73KT 2SM BR FEW017 26/24 A2945 RMK A01
KMDJ 122135Z AUTO 17062G78KT 1 3/4SM HZ BKN016 26/24 A2945 RMK A01
KMDJ 122115Z AUTO 17060G72KT 2 1/2SM BR SCT017 26/24 A2946 RMK A01

Note: The elevation of the anemometer is 90m on this rig, so not a 'standard' reading.

[Cyclone Tracy]

Nice readings Simon.

NHC has now upgraded Barry to a hurricane and he is about to move across land into Louisiana. He is a very ugly asymmetrical cane.

Maximum Winds: 65 kt Gusts: 80 kt
Minimum Central Pressure: 993 mb

[Cyclone Tracy]

Barry now a tropical depression and off to the graveyard. He made it to hurricane strength for a grand total of about 3 hours He certainly dropped plenty of rain though.

[Simon Culling]

Interesting blog entry from Bob Henson concerning why the observed rainfall (so far) was not as great as had been expected.

https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Barry ... ill-Threat

[Cyclone Tracy]

Barry has now set 2 rainfall records in Arkansas. 24 hour total of 16.17 inches at Dierks and an overall 16.59 inches makes Barry number 1 for rainfall associated with cyclones/ remnants since the record begun in 1940.