Texashawk wrote:I asked this earlier but it may have gotten lost. Is it possible for a very large, deep hurricane to more or less 'make its own rules' with regard to local steering mechanisms? I thought I remembered Dr. Neil Frank (former NHC director who worked for the CBS affiliate in Houston for many years after) talking about this phenomenon during Ike, and I think Gilbert as well back in the day.
-Steve
It is not the likely scenario to play out, but it is a plausible one that is on the table. The pumping the ridge scenario has occured in the past with intense tropical cyclones. Go to page 51 in the Models thread where a few of us have been discussing that angle to read more about it there.