Are or will Bonnie and Charley dance?

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Are or will Bonnie and Charley dance?

#1 Postby Pebbles » Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:45 pm

If Bonnie is heading a tad more east then expected and Charley a little more west (now I haven't really eyeballed this..just listening to board chatter) could they indeed be doing the little dance that tropical systems do when too close to each other? Now I know they aren't close enough for anything very noticable but maybe just a very very slight impact on each other (or will)? Shoot holes in this possibility.... *winks and points to her siggie*
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#2 Postby HurricaneGirl » Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:54 pm

:) I smile because I have no idea what's going on!! :)
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#3 Postby Mdecoy233 » Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:58 pm

Isn't that the fujiwawa effect? :lol:
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#4 Postby stu » Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:01 pm

As we would say in Scotland - Bonnie "Prince" Charlie
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#5 Postby bahamaswx » Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:02 pm

Fujiwhara Effect. I don't know much about it, but I believe its effects begin to be seen once the systems are around 800miles or so. Neither storm has a very large envelope though, I wouldn't expect any interaction unless they move quite a bit closer.
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#6 Postby Pebbles » Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:16 pm

bahamaswx wrote:Fujiwhara Effect. I don't know much about it, but I believe its effects begin to be seen once the systems are around 800miles or so. Neither storm has a very large envelope though, I wouldn't expect any interaction unless they move quite a bit closer.


But it looks as if the forcast track has them coming within 800 miles of each other Thursday. Am I looking at that wrong? Any estimate on how far apart they are now?
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#7 Postby bahamaswx » Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:33 pm

~1050miles per 2pm EDT.
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#8 Postby Pebbles » Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:37 pm

Hate to do this..don't think I ever have ...but *BUMP* really hope a met or someone that knows about the Fujiwhara Effect can chime in here. Know almost nothing about it besides that storms will spin around each other if close.

Have a ton of questions...
Would models even pick up on this?
Would this possibly cause Charley to indeed miss the trough and head to TX instead of Florida?
I know they are not close enough together now but Thursday maybe?
Even if Bonnie is over land but Charley gets close enough would the Fujiwhara Effect still happen?
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