Guys, Ophelia looks to be heading

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#21 Postby soonertwister » Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:12 pm

I've never in my life seen a visual forecast like this one. While I think that five day graphics are pretty recent, if anyone can recall seeing even a three-day cone that looked like this, I'd like to know.

Ophelia could drop epic amounts of rain on Florida and the southern Atlantic coast, which is the worst current threat from her reluctance to go anywhere.

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#22 Postby Windy » Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:42 am

I think Jeanne had this weird circle-cone of probability when she did her little loop-de-loop.
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#23 Postby spinfan4eva » Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:58 am

Here was a similar forecast for Jeanne though further offshore. Of course, we know what Jeanne eventually done.

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#24 Postby aOl » Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:02 am

I don't know why no one is talking about this but the Melbourne NWS issued a special statement that Ophelia is heading WSW and could come ashore tomorrow. Also look what one of our most respected pro mets had to say:

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic ... c&start=20

By plotting the center and movement from radar, Don says it is going WSW at 11mph right now and if you look on radar, is actually is.
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#25 Postby deltadog03 » Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:07 am

oh, i agree....mlb is all over this right now....great call to them...and great call to don...i have been tracking this for the past 5 hours...its west or wsw...thanks for the post
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#26 Postby johngaltfla » Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:44 am

aOl wrote:I don't know why no one is talking about this but the Melbourne NWS issued a special statement that Ophelia is heading WSW and could come ashore tomorrow. Also look what one of our most respected pro mets had to say:

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic ... c&start=20

By plotting the center and movement from radar, Don says it is going WSW at 11mph right now and if you look on radar, is actually is.


If Melbourne is right, and it does continue WSW across the peninsula this weekend, that is bad news for the Central Gulf region. Very bad news.
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#27 Postby no advance » Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:54 am

If it get any closer to Cape Canaveral they might have to consider evac. plans for trailers and low lying areas.
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#28 Postby SouthFloridawx » Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:52 am

I am going to have to say that... That is pretty darn stationary.
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#29 Postby ChaserUK » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:01 am

given how stationary Ophelia is and forecast to be would strengthing be limited as the water becomes more churned up?
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#30 Postby aOl » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:27 am

Yeah it quit moving. Must have just been erratic motion and stuff.
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#31 Postby baitism » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:27 am

ChaserUK wrote:given how stationary Ophelia is and forecast to be would strengthing be limited as the water becomes more churned up?


Not as long as its in the gulf stream.
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