Colleen A.
(Moderator)
Tue Oct 18 2005 09:33 PM
Re: Another Look

Thank you, Genesis. You explained exactly what I was trying to show with those two features in the western part of the U.S. I do not believe, at this time, that there is any possible way for these two features to meet and combine, which would keep Wilma further south. I just read the NWS Ruskin update and they mention these two features + some others, and they are backing off on calling this a Southern Florida event right now because there are too many ifs.
I don't believe the models have picked up on this yet, either. Denis Phillips is an Accuweather forecaster and he was the first one to point out this new feature in the Gulf of Alaska. Which would probably explain why Accuweather.com has Wilma making landfall a little further north than the track is right now.
Thanks for taking the time to explain this ... because it will be a significant player in who gets what.
Colleen



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