Cyclenall wrote: Hurricane Andrew wasn't going through any ERC during that time, nothing about that in the NHC's official report. Is that your opinion or did you get that from somewhere else? The temporary weakening occurred just after those images when it has moving over the Great Bahama Bank.
ZCZC MIATCDAT4
TTAA00 KNHC 240321 COR
...FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL USE ONLY...
HURRICANE ANDREW DISCUSSION NUMBER 31
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 1992
...CORRECTED TO SHOW NEWER RECON PRESSURE OF 937 MB...
THERE ARE NO SIGNIFIGANT CHANGES TO REPORT IN EITHER THE TRACK OR
INTENSITY OF ANDREW. HOWEVER...
MINOR STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION IS
UNDERWAY IN THE CORE REGION WITH RECON CONTINUING TO REPORT A
CONCENTRIC EYEWALL STRUCTURE. THIS DEVELOPMENT COINCIDES WITH A
SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE STRENGTH OF THE INTERIOR EYEWALL...AND SO THE
INTENSITY HAS BEEN LOWERED A LITTLE...TO 120 KT. THIS IS ALSO
CONSISTENT WITH THE LAST RECON FIX OF 937 MB. NEVERTHELESS...THE
HURRICANE WILL BE PASSING SOON OVER THE WARM GULF STREAM WATERS SO
NOT MUCH ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED...AND SOME RESTRENGHTENING
REMAINS POSSIBLE AS WELL.
THE TRACK FORECAST IS NEARLY IDENTICAL TO THE PREVIOUS COURSE.
LANDFALL IN THE MIAMI AREA AS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE AROUND 1200 UTC
IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY. THE HURRICANE IS STILL EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN A LITTLE IN ITS TRANSIT OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. THE 72
HOUR POSITION IS THE SAME AS BEFORE.
NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS REPORTED SUSTAINED 85 MPH WINDS WITH GUST TO
105 MPH NEAR 0030 UTC.
IN COORDINATION WITH NSSFC...A STATEMENT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE ADVISORIES.
LAND BASED RADAR FIXES SHOW THE EYE NOW...SO SUBSEQUENT ADVISORIES
WILL BE ISSUED EVERY 2 HOURS.
RAPPAPORT/GERRISH/PASCH
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INITIAL 24/0300Z 25.4N 78.1W 120 KTS
12HR VT 24/1200Z 25.4N 80.3W 120 KTS
24HR VT 25/0000Z 25.8N 83.2W 105 KTS
36HR VT 25/1200Z 26.4N 85.7W 105 KTS
48HR VT 26/0000Z 27.1N 88.2W 110 KTS
72HR VT 27/0000Z 29.0N 93.0W 110 KTS
Cyclenall wrote: You mean storms this small (or synoptically?). It is possible it looked like that because of the high pressure history.
I was referring to Andrew as large and cut off from the environment, sorry for the confusion.