Clark
(Meteorologist)
Tue Aug 10 2004 09:51 PM
TWC coverage

According to my friend at The Weather Channel, they are only sending Jim Cantore to Bonnie. He'll be in Panama City later today. They may send others out down the line, but for now, Jim's the guy.

So, as the joke here at work went today, go about 100mi away from PC and you have the landfall spot! In all seriousness though, somewhere +/- 25mi from Panama City is looking like a fairly good bet right now. Intensity is another factor entirely, however.

Of note on the latest visible satellite imagery - if only we had it for another 6 hours today! - is that the center looks to be reforming significantly further to the SW, somewhere near 23.5/91.5. It could be an illusion from a mid-level swirl, but I think the LLC is reforming there, under the deep convection, as well.

Give it about 6-12 hr to play out and let's see what happens.

Charley looks like he's trying to consolidate, but the forward speed keeps hampering things. Slow it down to 20mph and it gets it's act together quickly; keep it at this rate and it'll take some time. Don't see any reason to argue with the NHC forecast, position or intensity wise, this far out.



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