craigm
(Storm Tracker)
Fri Aug 17 2007 02:20 PM
Re: Hurricane Dean Approaches Lesser Antilles

I was just going to post the same observation about Deam crossing 15N sooner than the OFCL track. Models will have to keep initializing further north.
Another thing I have been noticing, I hope this doesn't sound too unscientific, is that Hurricanes that I have watched in the past traveling around the periphery of a strong ridge, like this one, show more signs of impingment in the outflow -almost giving a flat top appearance to the storm. Where Dean appears to be exhausting outflow very symetrically.
Any Thoughts?



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