Wobble to West?

Solaris · #1 Postby **Solaris** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:35 am

watch the most recent radar frames, looks like slight wobble to W. eye-walls stabilizing

mtm4319 · #2 Postby **mtm4319** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:36 am

About 3 miles to the west, possibly. Its current position is close to a legitimate 89.6, instead of the 89.55 that got rounded west to 89.6 the last two advisories.

#3 Postby **ericinmia** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:43 am

Storms of this size tend to wobble when they become unbalanced. The friction with land allowed some dry air into the system on the western flank... then as the eastern flank wrapped around to the north and now north-west... it is pulling the eye with it.
-Eric

btw... it will wobble a little more westerly, and then a slight bit easterly just after landfall.

Stratosphere747 · #4 Postby **Stratosphere747** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:44 am

Frictional effect

#5 Postby **SouthFloridawx** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:44 am

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radbl ... owlabels=1

take a look....

Stratosphere747 · #6 Postby **Stratosphere747** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:49 am

Could not be happening at a worse time. Looked like she was going to go far enough to the east of NO to lessen the effects.

oneness · #7 Postby **oneness** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:59 am

Prominent eye mesovortices have appeared again within both radar and satellite loops and the eye has shrunk down as it distorted.

mtm4319 · #8 Postby **mtm4319** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:01 am

oneness wrote:Prominent eye mesovortices have appeared again within both radar and satellite loops and the eye has shrunk down as it distorted.

Basically you're talking about the "gunk" in the eye, right? And it's a good thing?

#9 Postby **Stormcenter** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:02 am

She still may head more east of N.O. The city will get severe weather but hopefully not to the extent if she would make a direct hit or come in just west.

#10 Postby **ncbird** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:05 am

Herd yesterday Kat was due to come in just after high tide but she is now hitting earlier. Any one know what the tide is at now or a link to a tide table for the area.

mtm4319 · #11 Postby **mtm4319** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:07 am

High tide at Grand Isle is at 6:20 AM (a little over two hours from now).

oneness · #12 Postby **oneness** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:11 am

How high is that tide?

#13 Postby **ncbird** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:11 am

sigh.... Thanks for the info mtm4319

mtm4319 · #14 Postby **mtm4319** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:13 am

oneness wrote:How high is that tide?

1.45 feet.

oneness · #15 Postby **oneness** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:18 am

As I understand it, the mesovortices are due to excess ventilation of the eye occurring. The last time they appeared like that the storm was intensifying rapidly, but it's almost on land now.

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