BigB0882 wrote:Reading through these threads can be funny if you haven't taken a peak in a couple of hours. You read at least 5 posts each of people claiming it is strengthening and people claiming it is weakening. Goes to show just how much these storms pulse up and down. These storms don't work on our timeframe, an hour to them is nothing. You need to see something happening for much longer than just a few frames of a satellite loop to be sure of anything.
Is there any way this hurricane can expand in size? Do tiny hurricanes ever grow into large hurricanes or even more average sized ones? The good news is even if it does get strong and makes landfall, hopefully the wind field will be tiny as well as storm surge area.
That is a good question. Many large hurricanes start out much smaller but usually by the time they are nearing hurricane status you can clearly see a large circulation envelope and know that it will become quite large. In my experience of many years watching these the tiny ones generally do not get much bigger. But I seem to recall that small hurricane Andrew got much larger after it crossed Florida and moved through the Gulf to Louisiana. I'm sure others here must have examples. Also, I can see that Danny is getting bigger but still I doubt it will ever be large so you are right that it's fortunate if it makes landfall. The only problem is if you are the unlucky place to get the eye, of course.
