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CDMOrlando that is close to my thinking also, but I won't have a good grasp on this yet until the pattern sets up better. Probably Monday I'll have my thoughts on Hanna.
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Key West 248nm radar has a great 'live' pic of Gustav.
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Very nice 248nm scan on Key west radar.. but even better close-up of the eye here. thought i may have seen two small vortices inside the eye... hard to tell, wish they turn rapid scan to the storm...
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Now Hanna is beginning to make me a little nervous. Some of that is a result of the 12Z which keeps her east of the Florida coastline making land fall in SC. This would normally make me breathe a sigh of relief, but the more reliable guidance seems to have her going over or up the west coast of the Florida peninsula. Chances are the answer lies somewhere in between. intensifies her quite a bit as well, since normally at this resolution it doesn't show cyclones that deep (ex. Gustav). We still have a few days to get a feeling on where she is headed, but I am going to make sure I have my supplies ready, know where they are, and make sure I have enough cash and propane. Now is the time to get prepared. This afternoon's ECM will be interesting. Cheers!
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From the latest IR image it looks like Gustav is going through an eyewall replacement cycle at this time. The image shows the ragged inner eye surrounded by an outer eyewall. It's likely Gustav will not strengthen until the cycle is complete. I remember expanding it's windfield when this happened prior to becoming a Cat 5 hurricane over the warm Gulf loop.
My mistake, an is not happening with Gustav at this time, though, it definitely has a double eyewall.
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I am starting to believe that Hanna is going to be a headache for me, the path is starting to become a bit clearer but still hard to track. Gustav is most likely a category 4 storm now with winds of probably 130-140 mph. It's northward movement is putting the Cayman Islands in the eye. I know Gustav will lose a bit of power while crossing Cuba, but I'm really inclined to believe Fox News and it's something that I have been predicting for a few days that Gustav will possibly reach category 5 intensity right after crossing Cuba, then it should start to slowly weaken due to northwesterly shear. I have made my runs last night on both Hanna and Gustav and still sticking to the tracks yet Gustav is a category 3 storm, not a 1 as it says on the attachment. So far it's holding good, but anything can change. Hanna on the other hand, I might have to nudge my track eastward on the 2nd run if the models begin the "eastward" trend. Something tells me I need to go to the store this week to buy some stuff. Please click attachments for my run on Gustav.
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Recon looks to be about to send out a new Vort with pressure down to around 944mb with flight level winds at 138 knots.
Gustav is likely now a very dangerous and still-intensifying Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. Hurricane force winds extend well-away from the eye. Western Cuba will take a bite out of the cyclone, but given its forward rate of speed and the relative flatness of the western half of Cuba, it won't be much of a bite.
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agree.. dropsonde shows 945mb (27.91 inHg) at the surface... with a wind of 4kts at the surface... in the dead center it looks like at or around 21.4N 82.4W and an air temp of 28.0°C (82.4°F) at the surface with a dew point of 27.0°C (80.6°F)
second dropsonde released in the SW side of the eye (dropped in the eyewall) has a 116 knots (133 mph) surface wind and a pressure of 935mb (27.61 inHg)... kind suspect to me... around 21.3N 82.5W.
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Steve H1
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I don't believe that western Cuba will take much of a bite out of him, as I understand this region is fairly flat (understandably). I think he should approach cat 5 before weakening prior to landfall as it hits some of the warm eddies in the GOM. Some encouraging news on the Hanna front, the Canadien has shifted east on the 12Z run, which was further west on the 0z. Hopefully the ECM will follow suit. But we will probably see them go back and forth over the next few days.
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Flt. Lvl. Wind (30s):
From 138° at 132 knots (From the SE at ~ 151.8 mph)
Peak (10s) Flt. Lvl. Wind:
137 knots (~ 157.5 mph)
Recon reports near the center or at the center... This is getting serious. With , NO got lucky if you really think about it. s left (weaker) side of the storm hit the city. Gustav is expected to bring the right (stronger) side to the city which might mean the storm surge "could" be worse then . Something to think about, my heart and prayer goes out to the people in the path of this extremely dangerous cyclone.
A year after hit in 2005, I toured and helped out with cleaning the damage and fixing homes, it was my church's mission trip. It was completely devastated, the beach was gone. The really dangerous thing about Gustav is that both and areas will be impacted severely.
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Colleen A.
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It looks to me as if Isle of Youth is going to take a little bit less of a hit than thought before. The center of Gustav keeps jumping back and forth..looks like they are about to get the west side of Gustav on the eastern side of the island. I know the jumps are common, but the difference for them is a big one..a direct hit vs. a brush. Still devastating, though. 
sorry...had my islands mixed up!  Thanks for pointing that out! 
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Just keep this in mind (and we are already seeing it a LOT this seaso)....the models do NOT do even a fair job on weak TS. Fay was a mess and Hanna is following suit, whereas Gustav as a stronger storm over the past 4 days has not REALLY given the models much problem. Yes, the cone is wide at the end of Gustav's travels, but part of that may be attributed to it being weaker at that point after making landfall. Models have really been unusually consistent on Gustav. Until Hanna gets stronger, I am really not paying attention to the models on her at all as they are just slightly more than worthless.....
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Gustav now upto Cat 4 with 145 mph winds... and still he gets stronger...
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Afternoon all... WOW, incredible rapid deepening. Is it my eyes, or (and I know common) but is Gus moving more N of NW than NW? I was just in NOLA in the winter for business and it was incredible to see the rebuilding that had taken place and now for this to happen. Prayers are out and constant !
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It looks to me as if Grand Cayman Island is going to take a little bit less of a hit than thought before. The center of Gustav keeps jumping back and forth..looks like they are about to get the west side of Gustav on the eastern side of the island. I know the jumps are common, but the difference for them is a big one..a direct hit vs. a brush. Still devastating, though.
Sorry for the one liner, but that is not Grand Caymen..Gustav is past bthat...the island Gustav is approaching is the Isle of Youth, part of Cuba
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From the latest IR image it looks like Gustav is going through an eyewall replacement cycle at this time. The image shows the ragged inner eye surrounded by an outer eyewall. It's likely Gustav will not strengthen until the cycle is complete. I remember expanding it's windfield when this happened prior to becoming a Cat 5 hurricane over the warm Gulf loop.
It's often fool's bait to rely on IR images to determine whether or not an is underway.
Stick to the data from recon, and available radar. These do not show any imminent .
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Steve H1
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Point taken Lamar, she is still a somewhat naked circulation and a lot can change. I agree not a straightforward track at all like Gustav's.
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Afternoon all... WOW, incredible rapid deepening. Is it my eyes, or (and I know common) but is Gus moving more N of NW than NW? I was just in NOLA in the winter for business and it was incredible to see the rebuilding that had taken place and now for this to happen. Prayers are out and constant !
http://my.sfwmd.gov/sfwmd/common/images/weather/noaaport/radar_byx2_anim.gif
I agree. I believe that it's moving more N of NW. Continues to be east of projected path.
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It appears to my layman view the previous two day track is dead center on the prediction. I wouldn't put any stock on a few hours of wobbles myself.
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Although I agree that we have to see more of a few hours of wobbling before looking for a track change; however, it is important to note that the 5am track had Gus going straight over the Isle of Youth, at 11am they shifted the track back bythismuch to the right because of those wobbles - which has a direct impact on those who are in it's path.
It may not be as important when it's over water, but when it's as close to land as it is right now, it's really important.
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