Dennis - Slight turn north.....or my imagination?

[DAVE440]

Could just be infra-red tricks on my eyes as it rotates...and those last few frames are a bit jumpy right now...but looks to me like a slight jog north of its previous heading. Still WNW but a slight northern component....maybe????

Anyone else see it or do I need sleep ?

OOPS... sorry meant to link URL not image


http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/watl-ir4-loop.html

[Anonymous]

still on its path though.

[Bluefrog]

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tr ... _5day.html

[slowjoe]

new advisory is out...65 mph winds...the sh!ts hitting the fan still WNW movement

[DAVE440]

Yeah....thats what It sorta looked like but hard to tell. Couldve been a flare up then easing that made it look like movement towards the outer edges. Center appeared to move a bit north too...but maybe not.

5AM is out

AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 70.3 WEST OR ABOUT
275 MILES... 445 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI
AND ABOUT 475 MILES... 765 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.

DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. ON THIS
TRACK...DENNIS WILL BE NEAR JAMAICA EARLY THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DENNIS COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER
TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES ...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.

[DAVE440]

The northward movement appears to have just been an illusion or momentary jog. Few fresh frames on the IR now. Looks like it was just the heavier convection wrapping up a bit tighter in the center then spreading out again. Still appears to br moving slightly north of due west....and recon confirms wnw.