NOW A CATEGORY TWO--Special Note at 10:33 am

August 26, 2005, 10:37 am
Posted by J.B. Elliott in Tropical Weather
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RECENT REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NOW INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND KATRINA COULD BECOME A CATEGORY THREE OR MAJOR HURRICANE ON SATURDAY.

The above note from the National Hurricane Center. It superceeds the information below...but scan down because there is still some valid information in earlier posts.
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Posted by  
on August 26, 2005, 10:40 am
How certain are we that this thing is going to take such a drastic northeasterly turn to keep it mostly out of bama?

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Posted by Mikey  
on August 26, 2005, 10:54 am
We're not...the track keeps shifting westward and there is no guarantee that the NE turn will come as quickly as portrayed by the NHC.

This is a wait and see...all the prognosticating in the world will not do any good...only time will tell where Katrina will go.

If I remember correctly, Hurricane Dennis did not behave all the time as predicted.

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Posted by  
on August 26, 2005, 11:21 am
Was that Pensacola, I just saw ..... Remember ... I have dibbs on the Pensicola area... I made that forcast early yeasterday morning...I have been looking at the upper air charts and the initial movement , I may be moving west ... I dont like this , and dont like it one bit... We do not need this along alabama's gulf coast, but As James says ... We look for trends..And the only trend so far is , the trend of inconsistancy and landfall moving west. that has been the only consistant factor thus far...

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Posted by  
on August 26, 2005, 11:55 am
rusty-

you share my feelings (and not good ones at that ) exactly.

i have family who lives right on the gulf coast here in AL. they arent paying any mind to kat. because most say this one is for FL.

very interesting to watch and see where she lands.

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Posted by  
on August 26, 2005, 1:58 pm
Have yall seen the latest computer models? GFS has it at New Orleans!

Even if this thing peaks at a Cat 4, what I see is dry air coming in and weakening it. What do you think?

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