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#261 Postby gatorcane » Tue Aug 23, 2005 4:34 pm

Hope the Boca girls stay safe


That's my job. :lol:
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#262 Postby gatorcane » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:29 pm

so now the next 24-48 hours will get very interesting....I could see this thing continuing to blow up and gain strength as it moves over the warm 88-89F waters in the Bahamas....the waiting game begins but I'm going to be finishing my preparations hopefully tonight
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#263 Postby shaggy » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:35 pm

hopefully as it approaches florida it will have to deal with land interaction and maybe that will impede some rapid development but alot of the Florida posters wanted it now they can have it!!!!
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#264 Postby dolebot_Broward_NW » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:38 pm

While it sits over the Gulfstream, logically it should strengthen. But remember that both Jeanne and Frances crossed the gulf stream, and weakened. Frances especially, she sat for a couple days right over it, and certainly didn't blow up.
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#265 Postby WeatherEmperor » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:40 pm

ncdowneast wrote:hopefully as it approaches florida it will have to deal with land interaction and maybe that will impede some rapid development but alot of the Florida posters wanted it now they can have it!!!!


lol no no. blame boca_chris. he wanted it.

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#266 Postby Sanibel » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:45 pm

But remember that both Jeanne and Frances crossed the gulf stream, and weakened.



Not in this situation or this approach to the Straits Gulf Stream.


Your post only emphasizes the likelihood that a third one won't fizzle...
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#267 Postby Scorpion » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:56 pm

Frances and Jeanne both strengthened in the Gulf Stream...
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#268 Postby WeatherEmperor » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:59 pm

Scorpion wrote:Frances and Jeanne both strengthened in the Gulf Stream...


Actually Frances weakened from a cat 4 to a cat 2 while in the gulf stream prior to making landfall in you know where.

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#269 Postby dolebot_Broward_NW » Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:00 pm

Gotta remember I only had access to hearsay, and my police scanner connected to my car. Most of the city (tamarac) was without power with Frances 2 days out, and Jeanne 12 hours out. So I beg for your forgiveness, 3rd hand info not so good LOL.
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#270 Postby Scorpion » Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:01 pm

No, it weakened in the Bahamas. The pressure dropped a good 7-8 mb in the Gulf Stream. Same for Jeanne.
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#271 Postby gatorcane » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:29 pm

there's a very ominous feeling in the air here in S. Palm Beach county...the wind is stronger than it has been all summer out of the E and I have seen no birds out at all...that is weird.
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#272 Postby gatorcane » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:37 pm

anybody else in the area noticing what I'm seeing?
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#273 Postby jpigott » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:39 pm

yeah i noticed that too just north of WPB. eerily similar to some of those days we experienced last summer
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#274 Postby dolebot_Broward_NW » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:44 pm

Yep. Same eerie feeling here too. Strong wind out of the east maybe ENE, nobody out and about, birds not here either.
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#275 Postby gatorcane » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:33 pm

the center is starting to wrap up as some of you have mentioned...tonight I expect it to bomb late night just like it did last night. Also tropical systems tend to bomb more in the late night than in the day.
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#276 Postby Sanibel » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:38 pm

The distortion to the structure caused by the ULL's and shear should make any bombing less likely...
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#277 Postby gatorcane » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:43 pm

I'm heading to the beach now to get a feel for the weather conditions out there right now...
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#278 Postby Scorpion » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:54 pm

Everything normal here. Just have that excitement/adreneline feeling in my stomach whenever a TC is close by.
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#279 Postby gatorcane » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:56 pm

I'm heading to the beach now to get a feel for the weather conditions out there right now...


A pretty quiet night tonight....I'm curious about tomorrow though.
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#280 Postby SouthFloridawx » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:57 pm

I'm gonna take some supplies to my uncles and head over to the beach for a little bit also. I'm in boynton bch.
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