| WisconsinWill |
| (Registered User) |
| Tue Sep 13 2005 11:56 AM |
Re: ophelia creeping along
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there's a good bit more deep convection associated with ophelia this evening than there was earlier today, but the storm still has no real inner core. if it gets one back, it will be one of those ragged eye annular type storms.
That's what I thought, too, but the latest NEXRAD imagery from Wilmington shows gradually improving organization and what I'll call an "eyewall-type" feature in progress. A meso-eddy had been rotating cyclonically around the inner edge of the much larger radius of maximum wind, and that little eddy now seems to settled into the center and is picking up some decent convection (~30 dBZ). In any case, it looks like Ophelia is poised to beome a hurricane for the 4th time. Recon should let us know within the hour.
Will