| Hugh |
| (Senior Storm Chaser) |
| Sun Sep 11 2005 10:57 PM |
Re: Ophelia's Movement
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If you have been using NASA MSFC closeup imagery to determine movement, a couple of the more recent images were slightly misaligned and may have given a momentary impression of westward movement. In fact, for the last couple of hours, Ophelia has been drifting just south of due east.
I'm not sure what the NASA MSFC closeup imagery is. I'm using www.ssd.noaa.gov. There's no movement at all on the current loop.
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Actually Ophelia is helping to create her own block for westward movement by pulling southward the western extension of the ridge over the mid Atlantic states and northeast states. Can South Carolina still get tropical storm force winds? Yes, but landfall there is not very likely.
ED
I must be looking at a different water vapor loop - don't see any ridge extending over SC or NC - though on the WV loop I do see some movement southeast. Ophelia is definately looking less menacing in general.