SkeetoBite
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| (Master of Maps) |
| Fri Aug 26 2005 09:03 PM |
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Re: Katrina's Forecast Track Shifts West, Northern Gulf Needs to Watch
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I decided to look at old tracks to see if there was a historical precedent for Katrina... I only found nice colored maps on the NHC page for 1995 and after (and the Unysis maps were impossible to decipher), so that's what I used. Here's what I found regarding southern motion in the GOM (in case anyone cares... keep in mind I was just quickly looking at these plots, so I may have missed something):
2002-TS Edouard crossed FL at a higher lat than Katrina, but in the same WSW direction. It seemed to dissipate in the GOM... I wonder why? I'd say we can hope for the same with Katrina, but too late...
2002-TS Hanna went south on Sept. 12th
1999-TS Harvey went south before crossing FL in left to right on Sept. 20th
Where can I get readable graphics for years before 1995.
Edouard 2002
Hanna 2002
Harvey 1999
We have the overall tracks and U.S. close up zoom for all tracks since 1851. Working to release some of this content tonight or early tomorrow...