Margie
(Senior Storm Chaser)
Thu Sep 22 2005 09:23 PM
Re: Hurricane Rita Tracking West Northwest in the Gulf

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Thunderbird thanks for your response. But this is more than just a JOG to the left woudnt you say? Would that eddy area be rotating clockwise like a little wheel out there and Rita reacted to it . Just a thought.



No she's still stairstepping along the ridge of high pressure.

EDIT -- It's an understandable assumption. When I first started doing this a couple of months ago I wondered if water temps could be a factor in steering hurricanes. They are not. Hurricanes are steered by the atmosphere, and by different levels of the atmosphere when they are at different intensities.


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