well, thanks ed. now we've bracketed clark... you know he's going to end up right. my reasoning is that the upper ridge will be a more dominant steering force due to a stronger storm. the outflow pattern around 12/katrina right now indicates that the upper low to the northwest is passing by... the wake anticyclone is now over the eastern/northern part of the storm. got a hunch that they'll line up later today and that the storm will deepen some... i'm thinking pressure around initial landfall will be around 980-984 mb, early afternoon friday.
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