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Hurricane Watches Up from Morgan City, LA to St. Marks Florida
      #26852 - Mon Sep 13 2004 10:46 PM

9AM Update
Recon reports have the pressure up to 930mb this morning, meaning the storm has weakened a bit. Probably to low cat 4 / high 3 levels (Shear seems to be gaining). It's hard to say if this is a trend or not or a eyewall cycle that it will recover from. Monitoring the recon repors and satellite images will help there. The 11AM NHC advisory should be interesting. The pressure rise indicates it probably won't recover to Category 5 levels, at least not soon.

Also TD#11 is very likely to be upgraded to Tropical Storm Jeanne at 11.

Original Update

Still a category 5, Hurricane Ivan is now in the Gulf of Mexico. Watches are up from Morgan City, Louisiana to St. Marks in Florida, including New Orleans. The forecast track shifted a little west as well.


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Re: Hurricane Watches Up from Morgan City, LA to St. Marks Florida [Re: MikeC]
      #26855 - Mon Sep 13 2004 10:48 PM

Thanks for the new forum, Mike. Keep up the great work!

Everyone in the watch area better have all your preps done and your kits ready. At least you should all have gas or access to it...fill up the car tonight...

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Re: Hurricane Watches Up from Morgan City, LA to St. Marks Florida [Re: LI Phil]
      #26861 - Mon Sep 13 2004 10:52 PM

Thank you MikeC and LI Phil for all your strong work!

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Re: Hurricane Watches Up from Morgan City, LA to St. Marks Florida [Re: LI Phil]
      #26864 - Mon Sep 13 2004 10:53 PM

BTW,

Kent put up a really funny post in the Comedy Forum...all y'all should check it out if you get a sec...

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Repost [Re: rule]
      #26866 - Mon Sep 13 2004 10:53 PM

Okay, so I'm a tad confused. What is causing the sudden change for landfall farther west towards New Orleans? Is the trough farther west than expected or what could be a better reason for the ms/la expected landfall.

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Re: Hurricane Watches Up from Morgan City, LA to St. Marks Florida [Re: rule]
      #26867 - Mon Sep 13 2004 10:55 PM

a repost with one addition... Scott, this keeps up and your BIloxi target just might come to fruition... then I'll have to get some of my cousins (DIxie Mafia) to perhaps to make you an offer you can't refuse... hehe

I would have never expected Ivan to get past 88 degrees period... 120K too geesh.... boy, what changes will we see at the 5 am advisory... posted earlier most of the models were left of the forecast... gee they actually went with them this time

FSU SE is also slightly west of forecast track, wonder what's its targeting...

the GOM, continuing its tradition as being the grave yard of busted forecasts... the saga continues tomorrow....


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Repost on new ETA [Re: dani]
      #26868 - Mon Sep 13 2004 10:55 PM

I think we are seeing the results of the change in track being reflected in the ETA, anyway. 18Z took Ivan right over New Orleans, now it looks to have shifted at least 50 miles east.
That trof looks like it is still strong, and is still digging. NNW may continue longer than expected, just like wnw did.


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Re: Repost on new ETA [Re: MrSpock]
      #26869 - Mon Sep 13 2004 11:05 PM

Scott, here's the score for us so far:

Scott - 1
Colleen - 0

Good job on the track prediction. I am preparing crow wings ala Creme as I type.

At this point, at the rate I'm going, my prediction of landfall in Mexico may be correct.

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Re: Hurricane Watches Up from Morgan City, LA to St. Marks Florida [Re: MikeC]
      #26870 - Mon Sep 13 2004 11:08 PM Attachment (424 downloads)

I have been trying to grab this image for hours and the site is just so overloaded I couldn't get a full image. I finally grabbed one from about an hour ago. Anyway, this is a good radar shot of Ivan as it just passes by the Western tip of Cuba.

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Re: Repost on new ETA [Re: Colleen A.]
      #26871 - Mon Sep 13 2004 11:08 PM

I've got a new "Atkin's Friendly" set of crow recipes...they're GRRREEEAAAT!

Seriously, though, if this track holds up...110kt winds THAT FAR INLAND?

Anyone near this track better get FAR FAR AWAY, and soon...this gets scarier by the second...

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Re: Hurricane Watches Up from Morgan City, LA to St. Marks Florida [Re: BillD]
      #26872 - Mon Sep 13 2004 11:11 PM

Nice shot

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Re: Repost on new ETA [Re: MrSpock]
      #26873 - Mon Sep 13 2004 11:11 PM

Still laughing all over the web about people steering the storm "their way". What a bunch of nuts. For those who can't separate themselves from a forecast track, they really don't need to be posting. I know it's human nature, but it's about the most annoying thing on the net. It's not as bad on CFHC as it is in other places, but it still shows up from time to time.

I broke rank and disagreed with Mike, Ed and Jason last night. I disagree with Ortt's updated forecast. I think the Hurricane Center's 11pm track is the closest to what's to come so far. Bob Breck of WVUE Fox-8 New Orleans is disputing about everything that the amateurs are posting out there. He says that anticipated wind sheer is shaping up to be far less than anticipated. He noted a ridge building in from FL and how the timing of it and the Pacific trof are key. And his associate met plotted a bunch of Gulf water temps. Fox 8 does not agree with the weakening trend for the reasons given by the NHC but do agree with a slight weakening, though that trend hasn't yet begun.

As for New Orleans, Ace was out of flashlights so I had to go to K-Mart. Cigs are stocked as is the beer. The wife and kids are blowing town to Memphis, TN tomorrow along with both of my sisters, their kids and my dad. It's going to be me and my 5 month old boxer, Chelsea, babysitting two rabbits for a neighbor and checking on my little brother's cats. Who nominated me?

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Re: Repost on new ETA [Re: LI Phil]
      #26874 - Mon Sep 13 2004 11:12 PM

K.......What exactly would that mean for me? I am in Columbus and will be by myself with a 14 month old and a 3 year old. I've been thinking about driving up to see my folks in WI. Should I or would we be ok staying here? I totally do not know what to expect........

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Re: Repost on new ETA [Re: Steveunplugged]
      #26875 - Mon Sep 13 2004 11:14 PM

>>> It's going to be me and my 5 month old boxer, Chelsea, babysitting two rabbits for a neighbor and checking on my little brother's cats. Who nominated me?


Steve, LOL... YOU nominated you. You have, how to put this diplomatically, a tad more...um...well...guts...than many.

Be safe Big Guy! Hopefully you're on the west side of the landfall...

God help us if NO takes a direct or east of direct hit...

Peace

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Re: Hurricane Watches Up from Morgan City, LA to St. Marks Florida [Re: Frank P]
      #26877 - Mon Sep 13 2004 11:16 PM

The probabilities from 8am to 8pm Wednesday
New Orleans and Gulfport with a 12% probability
Buras,LA with 11%.
Mobile,AL and New Iberia,LA with 10%.
Pensacola with 9%, and Panama City with a 6%


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Re: Repost on new ETA [Re: Steveunplugged]
      #26878 - Mon Sep 13 2004 11:16 PM

contribute, my friend, contribute...

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Re: Repost on new ETA [Re: Steveunplugged]
      #26879 - Mon Sep 13 2004 11:17 PM

Thought that was a large stretch of coastline under a Hurricane Watch. It's clear that the NHC forecast continues to be a below average confidence one--as they are allowing for a more western route while warning the folks all the way to the Panhandle.

What is of more concern is the intensity--if I'm reading the forecast correctly, NHC is now calling for a Cat IV at landfall. I can't imagine what that would do slamming into Mobile Bay.

Night folks...


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Re: Repost on new ETA [Re: Steveunplugged]
      #26880 - Mon Sep 13 2004 11:17 PM

Steve, I will guarantee one thing... this is not set in stone and we will see more changes during the next 24 to 36 hours.... But I think now the area of most concert is from Bay St. Louis MS to PC.... somebody or perhaps everybody in this area is going to get creamed.. I can only pray that this forecast to Mobile holds up and I'm on the west side of the storm... we have the real possibility of a Cat 4 land falling on the gulf coast... for Mobile this will be perhaps worse than Fredrick, and that was bad.... my pucker pressure is way up.... anybody have a generator they want to sell???

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Re: Repost on new ETA [Re: Steveunplugged]
      #26881 - Mon Sep 13 2004 11:18 PM

One thing I should have mentioned is that the ETA has been a western outlier, which is a bias it has with nor'easters also. The 6z run from this morning had the center much closer to the Yucatan Pen., and it ended up on the tip of Cuba. At some point, it won't be far west like it has been, but I would hesitate using this model (or any model in isolation) for the landfall. I can't wait to see what the GFS did with this, and I agree with you re: the NHC. I would also note that except for a warm eddy over the N. Cent. Gulf, the warmer waters are more shallow than in the Carib., and depth does matter. The question is, will it be significant here. I don't have that answer.

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Re: Repost on new ETA [Re: clyde w.]
      #26883 - Mon Sep 13 2004 11:22 PM

I think too the water that this this storm is carrying. I believe the surge is over 20ft.
that could really wallop the coast.


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