Hugh
(Senior Storm Chaser)
Sun Jul 20 2008 06:45 PM
Re: TS Dolly Heads Toward Cozumel, Cristobal Drifts NE, Bertha Now Extratropical

I agree that it appears to be an extremely broad LLC. As far as the tiny vs. large storms goes, Wilma was HUGE I believe - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HurricaneWilma20Oct2005.jpg shows a satellite image of Wilma at its peak intensity (185+mph). Not small by my definition.
As far as Andrew... it took 10 years for it to reach Cat 5 intensity (posthumously)! LOL

I agree that it's far too early to say whether Dolly misses the Yucatan, or where it goes from there regardless of if it misses or not. My own thinking is that the LLC will just make it through the Yucatan Channel, remaining mostly over water, but it wouldn't surprise me if it crossed land.


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