RevUp
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I can't recall, in past years, having quite the dramatic changes in the models, and forecast tracks, that we have been seeing this year ie. , , .
Yes, this is the first year of 5-day fcsts being released to the public, and we're seeing some of the short-term effects of how the media is handling the new information. Seems like a lot more confusion because we hear more people saying a variety of different things farther in advance. A lot of people talk as if the storm is going to hit their little corner of the world, which might just be true in some circumstances. The media can do a better job of educating, rather than just reacting to and propogating the hysteria.
The forecast tracks, models, etc. may seem a little more eratic, but that's because we've had way more than our usual number of storms around Florida, and Florida is at the latitude where a number of storms make their transition from the easterly tropics to the variable sub-tropics. The most difficult part of forecasting tropical cyclones is when they slow down or turn. Actually, I thought has been very stable and consistent this year, despite the very unique challenges. 
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Agree entirely! bears watching until it's beyond your area. Again, pay attention to that "cone of concern" based on forecast. There's a lot that goes into those forecasts!
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Charley didn't give too much notice about his landfall. Apparently does his own thing as well. Weren't all the forecasts making him a direct hit into Jamaica? Thank God our technology was a bit off and maybe they have been spared a bit. Point is, how can we look days into the future, when hurricanes change and catch us off guard in just a matter of hours??
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In reference to whether some area is out of the woods or not, back to Isabel last year we were on guard till it passed our area on the coast. Just the idea of having something that powerful hugging the coast as is appearing to do soon is enough to keep most people on alert. It is truly time to make sure your weather radio is fully stocked with spare batteries!
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RevUp
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Charley didn't give too much notice about his landfall. Apparently does his own thing as well. Weren't all the forecasts making him a direct hit into Jamaica? Thank God our technology was a bit off and maybe they have been spared a bit. Point is, how can we look days into the future, when hurricanes change and catch us off guard in just a matter of hours??
It's a miracle that we have the technology that even allows us to guestimate where these cyclones are moving with some pretty good accuracy. The problem is that we don't take the errors of distance, timing and intensity into account when we receive the forecasts ... we're fixated on a line; we don't see the forest because of the trees
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Charley taught me to look at the areas to the right and left of the center line track and recheck my vulnerabilities......IOW's board up automatically at the hint of a storm coming by. is an excellent resource which tells us all to look at the error margins................I commend them for their hard work.
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Even if forecasts to be farther west of Florida, all of us along the Gulf coast need to stay alert.
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I'm alert but, I'm gonna enjoy the weekend and get away from this tracking for a few hours.
Should be a great day in Florida so lets get outside and enjoy it and step away from the computer.
At least that's what I'm gonna do.......hard as it might be.....I'm going......I really am......
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A friend of mine just called me and said that Dr Steve Lyons was just on and had the center line into Tampa again I didnt see it. Did any of you? I know that the center line means nothing however just wondered if anyone saw that.
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.. and just before we enjoy the beautiful weather ... here's a recent storm report from Jamaica
http://stormcarib.com/reports/2004/jamaica.shtml
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I know it is just me but it sure looks like the trough may be getting somewhat weaker. But it is a WV so more than likely I'm wrong on this.
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/gmex-wv-loop.html
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http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/rmsdsol/RSOMAIN.HTML
Check out the WV loop here.
Does it indicate that the ridge is weakening or pulling back? The SE edge seems to be breaking up some.
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your friend was lying,, i didnt see that..lol anyways seriously though, tampa isnt out of the question. If you look at the water vapor loop you can see what could be the final determining factor on where will end up. There is a fast short wave pulse diving se into Kansas and Oklahoma from the Rockies and the Pacific northwest.....now since is moving slowly near 8mph and is expected to stay moving slowly the next 48 hours,, this should give this pulse time to dive down into the N central gulf by Monday morning. By then should be near 22N and 82W moving NNW or N. Should this pulse continue east ( which it could) then that would deflect the hurricane off to the NNE or even NE after it gets north of 25-27N and 84W. Looking like BigBend area right now but not sure yet,,,,so anywhere from Venice up to Ft Walton Beach needs to keep a eye on this. Right now S Florida shouldnt get more then TS force winds if the center makes landfall in west central forida. The keys still arent completely out of a threat to get hurricane force winds,,especially in Keywest, but landfall there is less then 20% right now.
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Looking at the latest track and the model runs, it as of now looks a lot like the track of .
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Looking at the latest track and the model runs, it as of now looks a lot like the track of .
Don't you mean ?
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...or at least north of your location.
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No, I am speaking of and the last clustering of model runs for her.
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Frances came from the east,,,,,,,,plus the models were split with her too.
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Morning/Afternoon, all...
Won't say anything more about 9/11 other than to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to save others (fire/police/ems/et. al.) and the innocents who perished at the hands of the terrorists...several of whom I knew personally...OK that's it...onto :
How the hell did he dance around Jamaica like that? That's fantastic for the Island...still lots of destruction, but no direct hit...Rick...did you do some voodoo dance to save them? Well, whatever it was, maybe he's gonna give us all a break...doubtful...but possible.
Next up: Grand Cayman...I was there in 2000 and they were still, in some areas, recovering from Gilbert...amazing. Lets hope does the chicken dance around them too. Also visited Little Cayman and Cayman Brac...nothing but a couple of beautiful homes combined with some ramshackle huts there...let's hope they're spared.
I think Coop meant , not ...boy are they taking similar paths.
Sticking with my SW Landfall, despite all the modeling and visuals to the contrary...if you are going to go down, you might as well take the ship with you, no? Naples landfall Tuesday afternoon. Probably be off by 500 miles and 24 hours, but at least I can admit a blown forecastsvb...
Anyhoo, today is a somber day for me personally but there's still the weather.
Peace, y'all.
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what you talking about blown forecast?
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