Cindy starting to Explode on the coast....

[Guest]

check out the exploding reds around the center, Derek Ortt is right this is a serious concern.

http://www.wunderground.com/global/Regi ... llite.html

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

I'v been gone for the last two days. But you can expect most storms with in a favable enviroment to get more oreganized when they are moving in. They are tighting up.

[Thunder44]

The waters are very warm just off the coast there. It's probably taking big advantage of it now.

[T-man]

most likely will be hurricane strenght at land fall, but won;t be classified until after the fact

[mtm4319]

From GRLevel3:

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

They did that to a storm a few years ago named Erica. It hit south of Texas.

[Andrew92]

Is that an eye forming?

[HurricaneBill]

Some storms do strengthen right up to landfall.

Examples:

Claudette 2003

Erika 2003

Gaston 2003

I remember Claudette looking absolutely terrible a day before landfall. But in the short time she had to strengthen, she sure took advantage of it. I don't think I've ever seen a hurricane gets its act together as quickly as Claudette did.

[mtm4319]

Is that an eye forming?

Looks like it, eh?

[BamaMan]

It sure looks like one trying to form. Wow !! No hurricane watches, or even moreso, WARNINGS !!

[HurricaneBill]

If Cindy does make it to hurricane strength, this will be the 3rd time Cindy has made landfall on the U.S. as a hurricane. She did in 1959 and 1963, both times as a Category 1.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

This thing has went from 40 mph at 5am to 70 mph at 5pm. That tells you that the best bet is to put up hurricane watches???

[BamaMan]

No doubt

[Droop12]

Wow, looking at the radar I believe some sort of eye is forming. That makes it easier to track the exact motion also, looks like its going NNE like the NHC said. But I mean, geez, warnings are needed.

[One Eye]

The center definitly looks defined and a possible eye starting to form. I just wonder if those 88-90 degree water temps have something to do with it. I also betcha if this was storm impacting Florida, the NHC would have put up a HURRICANE WARNING yesterday.

[weatherlover427]

Gonna be kind of late for that now, obviously; but better late than never ... sure does look impressive on the radar though that was posted a few posts up.

[mikey mike]

I was a little boy of 5 years old in 1963 when hurricane Cindy hit the Galveston area!! She was my first!

[HurricaneBill]

Wow, it looks like Cindy might go over New Orleans. Was Betsy in 1965, the last major to hit NO or the last hurricane period to hit NO?

[mikey mike]

I forgot to say I was living on the Bolivar Peninsula in a very small town called Crystal Beach.They actually evaced us to Galveston.Boy,that was one scary ferry ride!!

[mtm4319]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/anotherdaybegins/cindyeye2.gif

The center of circulation isn't quite as defined as it was 30 minutes ago, so the eye formation might be a false alarm.[/url]