What is this blob inching.......

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What is this blob inching.......

#1 Postby dixiebreeze » Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:04 pm

toward NE Florida?!

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT ... IR4/20.jpg
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#2 Postby boca » Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:06 pm

looks like the storm is drifting slowly West.
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#3 Postby dixiebreeze » Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:08 pm

I do believe it is, Boca. Bet my friends in Yulee, Fla. are getting a bit nervous tonight. :eek:
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#4 Postby The Dark Knight » Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:10 pm

Hmmm...........
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#5 Postby boca » Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:12 pm

Dixie, probably a temporary drift ,but still West.
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#6 Postby vbhoutex » Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:20 pm

My guess is that it is just the convection expanding to the West a little. Probably temporary. With the incoming trough from the West it will be almost impossible for Alex to move West more than a few miles. Obviously something like this is not unheard of but it is unlikely in this situation.
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#7 Postby The Dark Knight » Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:31 pm

True......
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