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#121 Postby loon » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:19 pm

I'd imagine he is bouncing off the ridge...if I was to guess...
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#122 Postby Brent » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:20 pm

Sanibel wrote:If these are trochoid wobbles it's serious...


Sorry... it's not going to hit you. :lol:
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#123 Postby drudd1 » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:20 pm

You guys are going to make yourselves crazy!
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#124 Postby Steve » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:20 pm

>>Id be willing to bet that Dennis takes a westerly or wnw jog before landfall, and another north jog....strong hurricanes dont move in straight lines.

Indeed. Check Tampa radar. :45 sat show a return to NW followed by a little push over. Like I said earlier for Dennis, instead of stairsteps, think of a stretched out phone cord in 2-D. I'd bet there are more of both moves prior to landfall. The north moves should become a little more dominant though.

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#125 Postby jkt21787 » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:21 pm

Steve wrote:>>Id be willing to bet that Dennis takes a westerly or wnw jog before landfall, and another north jog....strong hurricanes dont move in straight lines.

Indeed. Check Tampa radar. :45 sat show a return to NW followed by a little push over. Like I said earlier for Dennis, instead of stairsteps, think of a stretched out phone cord in 2-D. I'd bet there are more of both moves prior to landfall. The north moves should become a little more dominant though.

Steve

Yeah, the Northerly turn folks didn't point that out, strange.
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#126 Postby rtd2 » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:25 pm

boca_chris wrote:big hurricanes want to move towards the poles. That is what we are seeing here....



I'm out to Cut DOWN ALL THE POWER POLES in My neighbor hood! :D


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#127 Postby Sanibel » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:27 pm

The storm gets so strong so fast that the eye starts wobbling in loops inside the storm structure in order to absorb the torque of a rapidly intensifying storm. In short it means, if conditions allow, category 5 is not out of the question...
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#128 Postby rtd2 » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:31 pm

Sanibel wrote:The storm gets so strong so fast that the eye starts wobbling in loops inside the storm structure in order to absorb the torque of a rapidly intensifying storm. In short it means, if conditions allow, category 5 is not out of the question...



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#129 Postby HurriCat » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:36 pm

Earlier, someone posted that "They want it to hit Florida". Uh, who is "They"?

Anyways, I'm noticing that the televised coverage I see here in Orlando is not showing the factors that have kept this critter from biting on us. In past events, we'd see elaborate sat-pictures and charts, all explained as to why this front or that was doing this or that to the storm. Now, we're getting the cartoon-cone with windspeed captions, and also the local whirly-twirly radar stuff.

I figure that maybe they don't want us all FREAKIN' OUT :roll: as we watch some ridge or something - worrying over it leaving our you-know-whats :oops: hanging out once again.

I like all of the back and forth stuff here. One; this isn't the official source for info, so we can disagree if we like, and Two; it's a bit of fun in an otherwise gloomy situation. And isn't it all so much better when the battles are observation-based and not personal attacks!
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#130 Postby Sanibel » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:37 pm

I busted on this one badly. I thought the ridge was too thin and would buckle, bringing Dennis close to the Florida west coast. Never happened. It's hard to gauge the strength of a ridge from a satellite picture. I also thought climatology would not support above weak category 3.

I'll go with NHC but suggest a north hook closer to Dean4Storms.


Worst house shakes yet (we are on pilings)!
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#131 Postby Brent » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:40 pm

Sanibel wrote:I also thought climatology would not support above weak category 3.


It doesn't...

Neither should we be following the D name on July 9th... regardless of intensity. :eek:
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#132 Postby LAwxrgal » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:43 pm

Brent wrote:
Sanibel wrote:I also thought climatology would not support above weak category 3.


It doesn't...

Neither should be following the D name on July 9th... regardless of intensity. :eek:


Brent, exactly. Not only shouldn't there be a D storm on July 9, but not one this intense. But then again this year doesnt seem to be following any previous guidance.

I think the E storm last year formed sometime in August...
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#133 Postby Brent » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:45 pm

LAwxrgal wrote:
Brent wrote:
Sanibel wrote:I also thought climatology would not support above weak category 3.


It doesn't...

Neither should be following the D name on July 9th... regardless of intensity. :eek:


Brent, exactly. Not only shouldn't there be a D storm on July 9, but not one this intense. But then again this year doesnt seem to be following any previous guidance.

I think the E storm last year formed sometime in August...


August 14th.
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#134 Postby SkeetoBite » Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:52 pm

Hung up with a domestic obligation...

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#135 Postby Nimbus » Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:07 pm

Thanks for the graphic SkeetoBite.
I'm currently within the blue circle here west of Tampa.
Still have power but its pretty breezy.
The hurricane force winds extend further east from the center then they do west.
Even 75 miles east of the eventual landfall you will probably see hurricane force gusts.
Important to focus on the probability cone not just the landfall point when planning.
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