The North Turn that is "Expected"

[gatorcane]

Someone tell me how this thing will be making a turn anytime soon. It looks like a WSW motion will continue...

The flow from the water vapor loop clearly shows a huge anticylonic flow centered near the NW Gulf that is not showing signs of moving or weakening....Katrina is moving along the SE side of it....there is no trough digging down. In addition the ridge off the East coast seem to be digging way down and pushing it farther W...

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

[dwg71]

Someone tell me how this thing will be making a turn anytime soon. It looks like a WSW motion will continue...

The flow from the water vapor loop clearly shows a huge anticylonic flow centered near the NW Gulf that is not showing signs of moving or weakening....Katrina is moving along the SE side of it....there is no trough digging down. In addition the ridge off the East coast seem to be digging way down and pushing it farther W...

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

NHC does not have it gaining more than .3 N in the next 24 hours, be patient.

[raynpa]

might not get picked up until 93.0 west

[gatorcane]

The NHC thought it was going to be off the coast of Ft.Myers right now...so needless to say I'm doubting them.

[dwg71]

Someone tell me how this thing will be making a turn anytime soon. It looks like a WSW motion will continue...

The flow from the water vapor loop clearly shows a huge anticylonic flow centered near the NW Gulf that is not showing signs of moving or weakening....Katrina is moving along the SE side of it....there is no trough digging down. In addition the ridge off the East coast seem to be digging way down and pushing it farther W...

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

Also notice that CDO has not strayed from the Florida coast.

[Opal storm]

It will start to turn soon.A local met here mentioned that it is now looking a little more west than south.

[dwg71]

storms are diving south near northern AL.

[gatorcane]

storms are diving south near northern AL

and what does this mean for movement?

[dwg71]

storms are diving south near northern AL

and what does this mean for movement?

The erosion of the NE side of the ridge.

[deltadog03]

storms are diving south near northern AL

and what does this mean for movement?

The erosion of the NE side of the ridge.

NO it dosn't...bro, do you not see the huge ridge....it runs from TX to basically the east coast....its not erroding yet....

[jkt21787]

I think its clear deltadog03 and dwg71 will never agree about anything in the tropics.

One says one thing, the other says the opposite, or at least thats how it seems. Sometimes I've been with delta, sometimes with dwg.

Its fun to watch them disagree!

[dwg71]

I think its clear deltadog03 and dwg71 will never agree about anything in the tropics.

One says one thing, the other says the opposite, or at least thats how it seems. Sometimes I've been with delta, sometimes with dwg.

Its fun to watch them disagree!

I'm going to start charging admission. He always leans west. Always. The Ridge is Eroding on the NE side.

[gatorcane]

My forecast is SW Louisiana/Texas coast.

[hicksta]

Hm, im trusting delta he has 1 more hurricane than you

[deltadog03]

im not trying to dissagree with him....stop it kevin...lol...its not that i am always west...i just have some doubts on the trof...i still think its near ms...

[gatorcane]

Hm, im trusting delta he has 1 more hurricane than you

I predicited katrina for S. Florida a week before it happened...

[NorthGaWeather]

I think its clear deltadog03 and dwg71 will never agree about anything in the tropics.

One says one thing, the other says the opposite, or at least thats how it seems. Sometimes I've been with delta, sometimes with dwg.

Its fun to watch them disagree!

I'm going to start charging admission. He always leans west. Always. The Ridge is Eroding on the NE side.

I hate it but it really isn't eroding at the pace you claim. It has weakened some but not alot.

[Nimbus]

You can see the storms on the water vapor loop where the trough has started to erode the NE side of the ridge.

By tomorrow we should know better when the weakness will get close enough to steer Katrina.

The models are forecasting the weakness to start steering Katrina after the 24 to 48 hour range.

[johngaltfla]

Do we now start worrying about the "C" word when this thing does turn north?

[hicksta]

It just dived SW on the radar. This thing is AMAZING