Thanks to all the mets on here... I am trying to understand the way the weaknesses in the ridge will affect TD24's ultimate track. For obvious reasons, comparisons to Charley are not exactly comforting right now!

Anyway, I understand that the ultimate effect will be to pull the storm northward, but is there anything out there to indicate whether it would go due north toward the Florida panhandle, northeast toward the Florida coast, or northwest, more toward the battered Gulf Coast states? For instance, with Charley it was known days in advance that there would be an eventual northeasterly component to the storm's movement. Is this known yet for TD24? Or is it simply too soon to say? Thanks.