#425 Postby BensonTCwatcher » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:53 pm
Boy this poor little forgotten system. BTW it is still moving west. I am not sure if anyone is even still watching this one. models keep saying fish, but it seems like it should have already been moving NW by now. Another 24 hours of W movement and this could be trouble. By teh time Katrina makes landfall this system could be threatening. Here is a not so farfetched possibility.
Like Irene, this system is tracking west and reforming the LLC like it did over the last 12 hours. Because it's getting sheared off, the LLC keeps tracking west pushed by surface westerlies. That is why the models keep initializing it and moving it NW. Once it moves another 5 degree west, the shear and dry air will be gone. The factor in track then will likely be the ridge and weakness. If it builds back in, the east coast of FL could be threatened or or more likely outer banks. It should recurve at some point, but I keep waiting for the turn to happen. There is plenty to watch besides this one, but the strong LLC concerns me.
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