Frictional effects on eyewall tightening

[PurdueWx80]

Joe Bastardi has made an update in his column tonight stating that frictional effects associated with the highest winds reaching land may act to tighten the eye even more. I guess the smaller vortices we keep seeing w/i the main ciruclation would end up becoming part of a smaller, tighter eye. In that case, w/ a continued pressure fall and slow movement, he thinks winds could ramp up to 125 mph again. He also mentioned that the frictional effects may act to carry the storm along the coast towards the Cape before coming all the way in. Let's hope none of this pans out because that would tear up a huge chunk of the coastline.

[Matthew5]

I agree. What is happening is that the system is holding out over the Gulf stream. That is why it is so slow to move in. It might take another 6 to 8 hours to move this thing in.

[THead]

it has creeped north during the day also, slow but sure, along with the west movement.

[NFLnut]

Over the last hour or two though, it has been moving more west than north.