Question about what might happen inland vs. Charley

[inotherwords]

I have a question for the experts about what is likely to happen to the storm as it hits the coast and moves inland. Charley stayed rather intense throughout its inland path and still hit Orlando with 100 mph winds. But I'm wondering if having a larger storm structure and eye might mean that hitting land and moving inland might cause a Frances-like storm to dissipate faster than a small tight storm like Charley, which was almost like a slow tornado.

I'm just wondering if this is intuitively correct or if I'm off base and would like to hear why. Thanks for the great discussions and information on this site.

[Three Blind Mice]

Worse, by far with Frances. NHC site has great research on this subject. Got to go to work but will post more later for you. Hugo is a good comparisonto Frances

[RichG]

depends on speed of storm don't bank for super rapid weakening

[BayouVenteux]

Here's the link to graphics and a brief explaination of the Inland Wind Model and the Maximum Envelope Of Winds (MEOW):

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutmeow.shtml

[inotherwords]

Thank you all very much.

[HeartofNC]

More people died in NC from inland flooding than from the actual hurricanes in Floyd. I don't know if this will be the case in Florida, but people thought it would be "safe" to drive across flooded streets, streams or other areas only to be swept away. DO NOT DRIVE across a flooded area - the motto here is "Turn around, Don't Drown" - sounds silly - but - it might save a life or two - it only takes 12" of water to sweep away a car - be safe everyone - God Bless!