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Discussed in the following Daily reports:

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1. Impact

Hurricane Dorian formed on 24 August in the central Atlantic, and caused huge damages on Bahamas on 1-2 September. The cyclone later affected the U.S east-coast and also Canada.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Dorian

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49602445

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A radar loop from Bahamas can be found here (thanks to Brian McNoldy, University of Miami): http://bmcnoldy.rsmas.miami.edu/tropics/dorian19/Dorian_1-3Sep19_bahamas.gif

3. Predictability

  

3.1 Data assimilation



The assimilation cycle on 28 August 12UTC had problem to determine the position of the cyclone. This was caused by large first-guess errors, as seen in the plot below.

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3.2 HRES


3.3 ENS



The plots below show tropical cyclone strike probability on 25-28 August, in forecasts from 25 (first plot) to 22 August (last plot).

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