MikeC
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7:15 Update
Ivan threads the needle and avoids a direct landfall on Cuba, the eye is now partially in the Gulf.
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The City of New Orleans, LA is under a voluntary evacuation now. NO Prep Guide, Jefferson Parish, LA. (Links to other EM sites and event related links for possibly affected areas are welcome)
Other counties, such as Gulf County, in Florida are starting evacuations now. See local media for details. (Gratuitous Link to JKs 7 here (Panama City Beach,FL))
5:15PM Update
Recon has found 910mb pressure since the 5PM advisory. It's still a strong Category 5 storm.
Original Update
Tropical Depression Eleven has formed East of the Leeward islands,. A tropical storm warning is up for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Tropical Storm Watches are up for the British Virgin Islands, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Marteen.
Hurricane is moving more northward now--to the North Northwest-- and should barely clip the extreme western end of Cuba. It's moving North Northwest now, which means its track north is underway.
Hurricane watches may go up along the northeastern gulf coast late tonight.
The future track still has it making landfall in the Florida Panhandle, and if anything, now I think it would trend further east than anything. That means that the West coast of Florida is still not in the clear. I think the models are, for once, too far left. It seems like the National Hurricane Center has a pretty good handle on it now. Although it depends on if continues to move or if it slows down in the gulf.
More to come later...
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recmod
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Interesting portion of the 5pm advisory:
>>>At 5 PM EDT...2100z...the center of Hurricane was located near
latitude 21.3 north...longitude 84.9 west or about 30 miles...
45 km...south of the western tip of Cuba.
Ivan is moving toward the north-northwest near 9 mph...15 km/hr.
However...a northwestward motion is expected to resume later tonight
or early Tuesday morning<<<<<<<<<
Sounds like they are thinking the hurricane is not going to continue a recurve....
--Lou
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jth
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ODD, but the official track shifted back west a little?????? Haven't seen the discussion, but am curious.
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WXMAN RICHIE
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Hurricane force winds now out 115 miles and T.S. winds out 220 miles. Not only a monster storm but getting larger and larger.
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Another typical August:
Hurricane activity is increasing and the Red Sox are choking.
Live weather from my backyard:
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KFLBOYNT4
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ShaggyDude
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Thanks for the new thread, Mike. Appreciate it greatly.
It looks to me like 's speeding up and turning north. It doesn't look to be like a job on satellite, though the did a nice job of covering by saying they expect to go back to NW later tonight.
http://www.esl.lsu.edu/AOI/AOI0_wv_loop.html
Edited by ShaggyDude (Mon Sep 13 2004 05:02 PM)
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jth
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mobile now has highest percentage at any given point in time.
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LI Phil
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Looking at wunderground's graphic...SCARY. Landfalling as a CAT IV and remaining a CAT II that far inland...holy you know what.
As someone said on the previous thread, if it hasn't already, the excrement will soon be hitting the wind blowing device!
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jth
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Has the discussion come out? I can't find it.
I am curious why with the NNW movement that they shifted the track back west again.
Actually if you look at the newest models, they had the NNW movement, but continue it for quite a while and even (as suggested by ) go back NW. They are very tightly cludtered now on the MS/AL/FL borders.
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LI Phil
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Yeah, I thought it was me.
But it looks like Stacy's writing it, so we should become much better informed momentarily...
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Wxwatcher2
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Must be a real in depth discussion.......
waiting to see what he thinks
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Terra
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Quote:
Has the discussion come out? I can't find it.
I am curious why with the NNW movement that they shifted the track back west again.
Maybe because the advisory says it will go back to the NW??? No clue... come on discussion.... I have to go take my son to gymnastics now....
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rickonboat
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Latest 4 models show a nice loop into our area. Baldwin County schools, just across the bay are closing, and even our dealership is starting to hunker down. This will be a bad storm, I am afraid. a bad one..
my boat, a 34' Marine Trader trawler....is toast....if this thing hits....
but more than that...what about the people along the coast?...
Hurricane Fred came in a low tide in '79, and downtown Mobile had 8' of water....
ominous thoughts...25' of water...wipe this place out...
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Frank P
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MOBILE AL X 1 14 4 19
GULFPORT MS X 2 13 5 20
BURAS LA X 6 12 3 21
I read Buras La has the highest, Gulfport 2nd and Mobile 3rd... albeit not much difference in the three...
does any one have a link to the updated track???
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GaryC
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Well, regardless what the models are saying right now. It wasnt supposed to go n or nnw until it passed cooooba and it has started that early, it wasnt going to be that far west but it is. I think that just like , we are going to have to take a wait and see approach with it. It could very well take a hard left and go to mexico just as well as it could come to Fl. Lets see what direction it is going after coooba cause it could stall it out some and change everything.
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scottsvb1
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It been moving moreless NW with a turn to the NNW so they are saying NNW but dont expect that to continue. Reason they have the track about the same or slightly west is cause they run the 5pm tracks off the 12Z runs of the models..Now like Jason says,,,lets see if the models initialize with the current NNW movement,, if so, and they turn it more N then NNE or NE it might be earlier before landfall. In that case the will see those 18Z runs and use them for the 11pm forcast path. Everyone with me? So generally 12Z was 8am with the models, then uses its path in general with the models from the previous runs which was 12Z.
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spook
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Buras has the highest because it the most south
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jth
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I was actually talking about the point in time that they expect landfall. Mobile has highest at 14%. like you said not much difference from many other places. Kind of just a joke actually.
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LI Phil
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Rick,
There's no way you can take the boat out of the water? It will probably be on dry land at some point anyway.
Seriously, though, all thoughts and prayers are squarely with you now...
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Frank P
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I know this has got to be killing you.... but we've always known it was a possibility, now its almost a reality for you... I have several family members in Mobile... hey, my brother is named Rick too.... hehe
He'll be panicking big time tonight.... things can and do change, hopefully it will go to the east of you... nothing personal panhandle folks... but I got to much personal interest in Mobile...
this will be an intense week for many of us...
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scottsvb
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Quote:
It been moving moreless NW with a turn to the NNW so they are saying NNW but dont expect that to continue. Reason they have the track about the same or slightly west is cause they run the 5pm tracks off the 12Z runs of the models..Now like Jason says,,,lets see if the models initialize with the current NNW movement,, if so, and they turn it more N then NNE or NE it might be earlier before landfall. In that case the will see those 18Z runs and use them for the 11pm forcast path. Everyone with me? So generally 12Z was 8am with the models, then uses its path in general with the models from the previous runs which was 12Z.
Scott, are you quoting yourself now? LOL. This thing is making us all nuts.
Edited by LI Phil (Mon Sep 13 2004 05:19 PM)
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