The storm looks like its getting stronger on infrared!!!!!

[Astro_man92]

She surely knows her stuff!!! Trying to suck up all that swampy water.

well she got alot of her experience from here peirs "Emily, Dennis, Arlene, Irene, Cindy, Franklin, Harvey"


and the pioners "Charley, Frances, Jeanne"

[Astro_man92]

I can not believe what I'm seeing. I'm seeing the eye redeveloping over land.

I was about to post exactly the same thing. A strong band seems to be wrapping around the center on the northwest side again. (Watching the MIA short range base loop)

--jd

well technicly Katrina is just moving over a swampy Island

[gatorcane]

Steve Lyons said that the Everglades will not weaken it much at all....the swamp is very similar to it being over the ocean....and the winds are still 80 mph!!!!

[Astro_man92]

Question: Why is the center of circulation near the top of the system? Well on radar it is

[Astro_man92]

Steve Lyons said that the Everglades will not weaken it much at all....the swamp is very similar to it being over the ocean....and the winds are still 80 mph!!!!

Well I'd say it is perfectly bilevable. what would make it unbelevable is if it continued to strengthen as fast as it was

[Brent]

Question: Why is the center of circulation near the top of the system? Well on radar it is

Dry air. I think that's what pushed it south...

[gatorcane]

Yes, that is correct...the dry air from the ridge to the north is stronger than most anticpated and is pushing the convection south of the center and moving the center southward.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

It could be that the radar updates alot more? In which is causing that displacement.

[Javlin]

I can see a defin southwest movement of the entire convection. Well have to see the 11pm update. may start tpo recurve back west soon though. Its amazing its ben overland awhile and i see no sign of weekening at all. That tip that far south is all water though so i would assume it would maybe weeken to 70mph or so b4 hitting the golf in my opinion.

If you look at the WV loop you see the N side of Katrina is flat from NE to SW hint the pressure of the ridge.As long as she has this look she will head SW.

[Praxus]

Looks nasty.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT ... IR4/20.jpg

Huge, boot shaped red area.

[gatorcane]

UNBELIEVABLE, she appears to be getting better banding features even over the everglades...look at the NW bands blowing up

[Praxus]

Now seeing more of the coldest cloud tops since I started watching this as a depression.

Either that or I'm way too much of a newb and misread it !

[jkt21787]

Amazing how its held those reds and now an impressive area of deep reds off the keys.

[Brent]

Looks nasty.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT ... IR4/20.jpg

Huge, boot shaped red area.

Holy freak.

[Scorpion]

Its got an excellent 9 shape. Usually that precedes rapid intensification, correct?

[Sanibel]

I think it is obvious we have a serious Gulf hurricane developing. The IR is robust even after traversing land for over 6 hours. There's a huge deep feeder band with black tops feeding in from the hot Florida Straits.

It is still going SW on one of the craziest tracks I've ever seen. If it continues it will glance Key West from the NE! I don't think it will.

The good thing is Sanibel will see very little damage if it continues on this track.

The High obviously forced Katrina back into the moist flow following it up from the tropics.

81 degrees here at 1am.

[Brent]

I think it is obvious we have a serious Gulf hurricane developing. The IR is robust even after traversing land for over 6 hours. There's a huge deep feeder band with black tops feeding in from the hot Florida Straits.

It is still going SW on one of the craziest tracks I've ever seen. If it continues it will glance Key West from the NE! I don't think it will.

The good thing is Sanibel will see very little damage if it continues on this track.

The High obviously forced Katrina back into the moist flow following it up from the tropics.

81 degrees here at 1am.

This is the only hurricane I can remember that moved SW just after a U.S. landfall(Isidore is the only other example that went into the Yucatan very unexpectedly).