Kevin
(Weather Master)
Wed Sep 01 2004 05:55 PM
Upon further review...

I was reading the last thread just a few minutes ago and I noticed that a few people were talking about the NW'erly motion that was taking place. Looks like that was just a wobble:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/float-vis-loop.html
As you can see at the end of the loop, a more westerly jog has just taken place.

On to the next round of fun...the amplification that is currently moving eastward over the eastern US this evening.
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/nwatl-wv-loop.html
It looks to me as if this amplification is going to be heading out the door overnight tonight. When you combine this with latest westerly jog, I am beginning to lose hope for a turn towards the NW. If this storm was still moving NW in the last few frames of the first loop I posted, then I would be a bit more optimistic for a turn.

It almost seems to me as if the storm is "correcting" itself; staying near the latest NHC track. Floridians, be prepared, regardless of what happens.