ATL GUSTAV: Tropical Depression - Discussion

[Hurricane Cheese]

It does appear that Gus has made a left turn.

I'm still trying to see it, but my eyes aren't letting me! I must be hurricane-steering blind!

If it is turning now it should go south of Cuba into the straights towards the Isle of Youth in several days.

[tolakram]

I'd like to know where people are seeing this left turn.

http://hadar.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis ... ive_0.html

[BigB0882]

I wish I could read all these maps. I just see lines and numbers everywhere! LOL!

[Dean4Storms]

My gut has told me Mississippi for a couple days. I'm just wondering how this trough around 144 hours will play out. These winter-like troughs may protect the upper-Texas coast. However it is all speculative at this time. If there is any good news in this, it's that most everybody knows this is going to be a huge hurricane...meaning high end category. I don't think it's going to take much convincing to get people to move and take it seriously when the time arrives for evacuating.

http://wxmaps.org/pix/avnmr.vort.html

That didn't make me feel any better. That mid-level low seems to be lifting north toward AL/FL.

[KWT]

Hmmm its starting to move more to the WNW now it seems looking at the Vis imagery though whether its jsut the illusion of the eye vanishing or not is another matter but given the way the motion has changed in the last 6hrs from 325 to 310 it wouldn't be surprising if this is continuing to occur now.

Still would guess its around 300.

[poof121]

Looks like it'll be following Haiti's peninsula. Didn't someone say there are mountains on the peninsula?

[Wx_Warrior]

New EURO about the same as 0z run...South of Brownsville..

OT: EURO has a monster east of Florida...

[jlauderdal]

Have the levees been rebuilt since Katrina?? I saw a documentary
they are building a stronger levee???

There is nothing they can do with a Cat 4 or 5.

rain is the issue with levees not wind folks

[Hurricane Cheese]

I'd like to know where people are seeing this left turn.

http://hadar.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis ... ive_0.html

See that's what I'm saying! My eyes seem to be telling me it's still mainly NW. But with such a small eye with this storm it is hard to pin point with the Sun shining directly down on those cloud tops in the visible

[tolakram]

Looks like it'll be following Haiti's peninsula. Didn't someone say there are mountains on the peninsula?

Turn on terrain is it isn't on already.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie ... 17&t=p&z=9

[mpic]

Just breezing in and trying to catch up. Do we have any kind of guesstimate time frame yet?

[WmE]

Looks like it'll be following Haiti's peninsula. Didn't someone say there are mountains on the peninsula?

Actually it's an island. And yes there are several very high peaks on Hispaniola.

[Dean4Storms]

THat 12z run of the GFS seems to send the mid-level low from Gus northward toward AL/FL, is that not what I am seeing?

[LaBreeze]

I'm not liking the reference to Lili - I lost most of my roof with Lili. Of course, I now have a brand new house thanks to Rita.

[dwg71]

New EURO about the same as 0z run...South of Brownsville..

OT: EURO has a monster east of Florida...

Oh the humanity (seinfeld reference)

[KWT]

Well thats the problem hurricane cheese, the eye has now gone from the Vis imagery, can still get a good indication as to where it is mind you on the higher resolution imagery, looks like 300 degrees to me now and steadily turning to the west.

[Lowpressure]

tolakram, I am with you here. I do not see any left turn either to this point. It is amazing to sit back and read posts and how much they sway or can be convinced of something from one minute to the next.

[sunny]

Have the levees been rebuilt since Katrina?? I saw a documentary
they are building a stronger levee???

There is nothing they can do with a Cat 4 or 5.

rain is the issue with levees not wind folks

Storm surge is the issue with the levees.....

[Comanche]

So I would suppose JB has this going up the East Coast to Hit NYC???

[Dean4Storms]

Have the levees been rebuilt since Katrina?? I saw a documentary
they are building a stronger levee???

There is nothing they can do with a Cat 4 or 5.

rain is the issue with levees not wind folks

Cat 4 or 5 winds pushing a storm surge into the Miss Delta is an issue for Levee's!!!!!