Big Red Machine
(Storm Tracker)
Sun Aug 28 2005 12:04 AM
Re: New Orleans Prepares for Katrina

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I don't understand these directions... W was classified as 0.1N, 0.2W from 2-5 and then WNW was classified as 0.2N, 0.3W.... Clearly the motion is more north than credit has been given. I'm telling you... the water vapor does not show me a storm going to NO. Even the VIS is starting to make it look east.




Terra, one reason the motion may seem more north than the NHC is saying is that it is. The NHC motion is a basis of a 6 hour average. (Thus when there a big shifts, ala Charley in 04, the NHC direction may not be the actual direction).



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