ATL: ISAAC - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[boomstyk]

LOL! The chick on TWC just described the 11 foot storm surge as being "like 1 person plus 1/2 another person". Wow. now that is visual description. Holy cow. Seems a bit ditzy to me!

yeah I heard that too! lol That is one big half person huh?

I guess they assume the 1 person is Yao Ming.

LOL!

How bout just saying "that's a smidge over 1 story"

Or

"That's like 14 normal sized king charles spaniels"

Or

Thats like a refrigerator and 3/5 of another

[Cyclenall]

I just got on, some interesting developments unfolding. CNN contacts all confirm this is the worst since Katrina for the city of New Orleans. This will be bigger than Hurricane Gustav if true which was one category higher I believe. That westwards movement in the short term doesn't surprise me at all.

it gets far enough offshore there is a eddy of 30C to the south....that will juice him up......

Yeah, that would be quite something if his eye starts to ramp up quick just offshore.

LOL! The chick on TWC just described the 11 foot storm surge as being "like 1 person plus 1/2 another person". Wow. now that is visual description. Holy cow. Seems a bit ditzy to me!

yeah I heard that too! lol That is one big half person huh?

Yeah, looks like a YouTube moment.

[Meteorcane]

I guess I have to go to bed, I hope that everyone stays safe in my hometown. New Orleans Lakefront airport getting 58 mph sustained 76 gusts as I leave, probably the worst conditions ahead for New Orleans proper.

[Dave]

Okay everybody back on topic...

[CronkPSU]

@twc_hurricane

First official hurricane-force gust in New Orleans - Lakefront Airport gusted 76 mph at 12:07am CDT. #Isaac

from my untrained eye, looks like the storm has been wobbling east the past half hour...

[windnrain]

@twc_hurricane

First official hurricane-force gust in New Orleans - Lakefront Airport gusted 76 mph at 12:07am CDT. #Isaac

from my untrained eye, looks like the storm has been wobbling east the past half hour...

I still see mildly west and stationary.

[highpressuresystem]

If Isaac makes a loop and then heads north on the east side of New Orleans which appears to me to be as likely as any other scenario this may be a real test for the levees no?

[ROCK]

@twc_hurricane

First official hurricane-force gust in New Orleans - Lakefront Airport gusted 76 mph at 12:07am CDT. #Isaac

from my untrained eye, looks like the storm has been wobbling east the past half hour...

I still see mildly west and stationary.

as do I....

[windnrain]

This is NOT hitting the east side of New Orleans.

[ROCK]

NOLA is due south of the center now....also last fix was SW from the former by a hair. Looks like its going to ride along the coast.....

[windnrain]

Baton Rouge here... we had our first little rain pass through. We still haven't gotten much but its on its way.

[highpressuresystem]

This is NOT hitting the east side of New Orleans.

Did you also know it was going to get to the coast and basically stop for six hours? Obviously it's not forecast to but in weak currents like this I don't think it's completely out of the realm of possibility.

[cigtyme]

I was saying that earlier. Back when I had power.

[windnrain]

It is virtually stationary as per the last recon report. Nuts.

[Wx_Warrior]

It is virtually stationary as per the last recon report. Nuts.

Not really, several models were calling for this...Yesterday (Tuesday), models (and NHC) had Isaac finally on shore as late as 11am on Wed morning.

[Anthysteg00]

RECON confirms NE jog....confusing.

[Wx_Warrior]

Analyzing "stair stepping/wobbles" will drive you nuts! LOL

[Cyclenall]

Why are there random new threads being created for this same topic? There's already two now and I saw this for another TC not long ago. Is this a board glitch?

[Texashawk]

RECON confirms NE jog....confusing.

When was this?

[sikkar]

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