TomballEd wrote:Hurricane Mike wrote:This is a very complicated forecast, I feel for the NHC.
I mentioned this the other day and no implying Melissa will be like Mitch but I was model watching then using the South Florida Water Management site which no longer shows models, but did then, and the models were a squashed spider.
Modeling has come a long way since 1998 but given the time of year I do see the similarities. Mitch was supposed to curve and go into the gulf but instead nose dived right into Central America and devastated that area. Also took the Windjammer Cruises ship the Fantome with it. The crew took the ship towards Roatan to try and miss the storm based on the forecast track and because Mitch didn't follow the forecast, they sailed right into the eye of the storm and were never seen again.