MikeCAdministrator
(Admin)
Sat Aug 18 2007 01:54 AM
Re: Dean Reaches Category 4 Strength

Yep, check out the "Recon Info" link on the left which has a "Hurricane Hunter" to English translation program there.

I want to trash the GFDL model right now. The latest run... don't even joke with me putting a 170MPH hurricane nearing Galveston/Houston. If you follow these models they will stress you out, this one is beginning to. If it shoots the gap as a strong storm into the hot central Guif, it's possible but probably overdone.

But like I said, I'm ready to trash it, and go with the westward trend, 15N, and that idea now. But still, this system has a ways to go, it hasn't reached Jamaica, still in the Eastern Caribbean and wouldn't be anywhere near the Gulf until Tuesday-Wednesday. So it helps to keep perspective.

edit: corrections made, initial reaction to the surprise was a little over the top.



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