Stadium type eyewall about to pop out on Ivan?

[Anonymous]

Could it be?

Zoom in twice, to take a closer look.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT ... -loop.html

[cycloneye]

That pic is from early in the morning hours not from this afternoon.

[Anonymous]

I had the wrong link posted. This one is the most current, but you need to zoom in twice.

[x-y-no]

No. He's getting more organized, but not that organized.

[ohiostorm]

Definatley looks like an eye trying to get formed once again. A much bigger then before.

[ColinD]

That pressure measurement from the recon was not so impressive.

The latest Dvorak is down.
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/positions.html

I personally think the NHC is overestimating the intensity.

[Sanibel]

In my opinion the storm has done a structure change upon encountering a land airmass associated with South America and the Caribbean.

Anyone saying things like "This is a dud" or such is ignorant of cyclones.

If you want to see some bona fide trochoidal wobbles look at the entire core spinning in an inside wobble inside the main storm body.

You are looking at a serious storm just getting its act together.

Time to be strapping down Barbados. Look out!

[btsgmdad]

Just looked at the visible once again, there is definitely an eye appearing once again. This storm is strengthening again. Look out abajan and the rest of the islanders down there.

[Matthew5]

Looking at the 85z data last night it showed a eye around 5 nmi in size. This system was alot like Charley with its inner core last night. But with alot larger outflow with a large Cdo. The Inner core shown by todays 85z data shows that it fall apart. But looking at satellite is seems to be reoreganizing again. What else to note is the wind shear is very light no more then 5 mph over this system. Plus what could really give it a chance to bomb out is the outflow is perfect out of all quads. With The upper high over the system. I expect this to bomb back to a cat4 hurricane moving into the Caribbean.

[ColinD]

Another recon report. 2 straight at 969 mbs (a few hours apart). Looks to be about 110 or 115 sustained.

[Anonymous]

Looks like its wrapping up again, the eye is now visible. Hope it doesnt get too strong before slamming the islands.

[Sanibel]

Made that last post before seeing the weak IR presentation.

Like Frances, some upper winds could be hampering the outflow, OR the SA effect could have gotten it early due to a lowered Atlantic regime...

[Stormsfury]

On the visible, the shadow is producing a false eye ... in fact, its an overshooting top casting a shadow ... although, doesn't have a VISIBLE eye, watch the trends to see if a lot of deep convection re-emerges just like yesterday ...