Hurricane Ike
Sep 3, 2008, 5:01 pm
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Hurricane Ike
Latest on Hurricane Ike from Hamweather. Currently he's projected moving toward the Straits of Florida, passing near Miami as a Cat 3. Keep an eye on this guy, September is forcast as an active hurricane month with two intense hurricanes.
Sep 3, 2008, 5:59 pm
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Latest on Hurricane Ike from Hamweather. Currently he's projected moving toward the Straits of Florida, passing near Miami as a Cat 3. Keep an eye on this guy, September is forcast as an active hurricane month with two intense hurricanes.
Sep 3, 2008, 6:00 pm
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but goalie-parents have a place in pbi and i have a very dear friend who lives in fll so here's to ike dropping down just a little bit to the south
Sep 3, 2008, 6:13 pm
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Already up to a cat 3. But far enough away, no one seems to know if it will hit Florida, turn north following Hanna, or go straight into the Gulf.
Sep 3, 2008, 6:40 pm
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Check the paths of the models on the page posted by the OP - they show how much of a guessing game these predictions are at this stage of the storrm system's life (either way, thanks to the OP for the early heads-up).
Sep 3, 2008, 7:09 pm
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To be fair, no storm has ever come from where Ike is and come anywhere near Florida. Andrew is the closest analog, but it was hundreds of miles south of where Ike is when it was at the same longitude.
Personally I think the NHC has overestimated the Bermuda high, but only time will tell.
Personally I think the NHC has overestimated the Bermuda high, but only time will tell.
Sep 3, 2008, 7:20 pm
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Sep 3, 2008, 7:48 pm
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No, but I do follow these things obsessively and have learned a lot doing so.
I read the forums at Storm2K where a lot of professional meteorologists do a lot of teaching of the business to us interested laypeople.
I read the forums at Storm2K where a lot of professional meteorologists do a lot of teaching of the business to us interested laypeople.