Ivan about to head into some EXTREMELY warm water

[Ivanova]

6AM WED - 28.1N; 89.7W - 170 KTS - APPROACHING SE LOUISIANA

FORECASTER GOMEZ

GEEZ! Where did this come from? I missed it.

Only thing left to verify is the 170Kts at landfall.

Wow.

It was posted by a mystery poster who only posted once
then was dissed so badly, he left

And, to add insult to injury, his topic was locked...
and just recently it was deleted... but not before
I saved it


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[Mello1]

6AM WED - 28.1N; 89.7W - 170 KTS - APPROACHING SE LOUISIANA

FORECASTER GOMEZ

GEEZ! Where did this come from? I missed it.

Only thing left to verify is the 170Kts at landfall.

Wow.

It was posted by a mystery poster who only posted once
then was dissed so badly, he left

And, to add insult to injury, his topic was locked...
and just recently it was deleted... but not before
I saved it


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Smart!

[Ivanova]

Gomez ends his prediction with Ivan
approaching SE Louisiana... I wonder
why he didn't give a definite landfall ??

[NoCalGal]

A time traveler perhaps?

[hansa44]

I am so glad Ivanova saved this prediction by Gomez. I ,too, searched for it and it had been deleted. I wonder why?

[calidoug]

Ivan's drying out rapidly now. If this keeps up, it may be no more than 90-95kt at landfall.

[Ivanova]

According to the scale at the bottom of the image,
red, purple and blue mean moist, not dry !

[calidoug]

Ivanova, yes, and the red, purple and blue areas have been getting smaller, more ragged, and less symmetric.

All of that black-to-tan dry air has been sucked into the circulation, though that process is partially obscured by the outflow.

Watch the loop:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT ... -loop.html

[flashflood1998]

what is up, calidoug? sure, mets play it safe when a storm is less than a day before landfall.. but why are you pushing the weakening thing with such fervor when it can potentially mislead folks? many forecasts are calling for a strengthening tommorow, or is that just "hype" in your opinion?