CYCLONE MIKE wrote:wxman57, I am sick at the fact that there is even a remote chance of this getting in the gulf living here in SE LA. I do agree with you though about her entering the gulf. We always see the models down-playing the ridge and over strengthening the troughs. The two scenarios I see happening as of now are the ridge blocks her and sends her southwest acorss Florida then west through the gulf or she moves ENE like Derek says then does a loop and comes back around and crosses central/southern Folrida on a west to wsw heading. Just my ideas. They will more than likely change come tomorrow. That high does look forecast to be awfully strong though. I guess time will tell.
I think the further East she moves the more it puts more of Florida in the cone if and when, it loops back.
I like the angle now for our area since it would have to move S or SSW to get here.
It gets out to sea 100-175 miles then it is a SW movement that brings it back down to the "Hurricane magnet". Betsy got as far north as 29 and east as 75 before it looped back.
I just don't see it coming ashore in NE Fl, SE Ga since they have that "Hurricane repellent" protecting them.