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TD#5 Track and Hurricane Ivan 2004 Track
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:25 pm
by beachbum_al
Is TD#5 track similar to Hurricane Ivan in 2004 up to a certain point?
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200605.html
http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at200409.asp
Looking at the project path of TD #5 and then taking an archive of Ivan from 2004 it looks like they are similar up to where this one leaves off...#5.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:32 pm
by wjs3
Yes, the progged track for TD #5 and Ivan look a lot alike. I would note, though, that model guidance in Ivan had it turning north too soon over, and over and over. If you look at the NHC forecast tracks here:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2004/IV ... hics.shtml
You'll see that Ivan was not expected to take the route that it did--it was expected to be right of where it ended up.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:45 pm
by beachbum_al
Thanks wjs3. I remember that we thought it was going to go into FL instead of where it did eventually hit.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:49 pm
by Jim Cantore
I remember the cone of uncertainty kept going further and further west for almost a week it seemed.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:54 pm
by wjs3
Yep, it sure did. Ivan, for a while, was supposed to go into Tampa, even.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:56 pm
by wjs3
Yep, it sure did. Ivan, for a while, was supposed to go into Tampa, even.