Did anyone notice the sudden burst of convection?

[Stormsfury]

When Bill moved near or over Lake Ponchatrain (sp.) .., I saw a sudden burst of convection occur just before last light visible images ...

http://hadar.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis ... G8vis.html

[weatherlover427]

That site is taking a million years to load... .

[vbhoutex]

I did not see it since I was offline when it crossed Lake Ponchitrane(sp?)but it would not surprise me at all due to the size of the Lake. I did notice as it crossed I-12 that it appeared to be holding together rather well with a still very discernable center on radar. In fact it's presentation was as good as or better than it was at landfall.

[wxman57]

Well, I was certainly busy the past 2 days. I flew home from my mother's at 7am Sunday, drove to the office, sat down & logged in, and 10 seconds later I got the pop-up window saying Bill had formed. Was there until 8:30pm.

Anyway, I did save a couple of images from Bill's landfall. I may be able to save a few more when I get in this morning. I tried just making an image link myself and popping the image up in a new window but this forum is resisting my effors. I have HTML turned on. The images are kind of big.

High-res of Bill at landfall with surface plots using GARP:

<img src="http://home.houston.rr.com/wx/bill1.gif" target="_new">http://home.houston.rr.com/wx/bill1.gif</a>

GARP radar of Bill's center passing MSY:

<img src="http://home.houston.rr.com/wx/billradar.gif" target="_new">http://home.houston.rr.com/wx/billradar.gif</a>

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[WidreMann]

It reflared several times during and after landfall. I've heard it said that the wet swampish lands down there are such that storms can sustain themselves. I wonder if that was a contributing factor.