Monday, August 27, 2012

Isaac moving more west?

Latest satellite loops show Isaac has taken a slight jog to the west.  Is this a trend or a temporary "wobble".  Frankly, I don't know as computer models still have a spread between near Houston to Mobile.  I still feel Isaac is going to do something that surprises us...like rapid intensification.  Tuesday PM thru dark on Wednesday will be our worse weather conditions.  Of course the track will dictate who gets clobbered the worse, but unless Isaac keeps on a more westward course well off shore to our south, we will get quite a hammering for 24-36 hours beginning midday on Tuesday.  Rainfall amounts could exceed 10 " with the surge in Lake P. 5-10 feet.   We do have a much stronger levee system post Katrina and Isaac will give it a good test.  More to come later this PM after next NHC advisory at 4 PM. Stay tuned!

7 comments:

MarkS said...

It looks to me like it's been moving almost due west most of the day. I looked at the computer models graphic on Weather Underground and they'd plotted the center of the storm WEST of the most westerly model! Could this be for real? Could it go well enough west of us that it would just be a heavy rain event for us? That would be great.

MarkS said...

It looks to me like it's been moving almost due west most of the day. I looked at the computer models graphic on Weather Underground and they'd plotted the center of the storm WEST of the most westerly model! Could this be for real? Could it go well enough west of us that it would just be a heavy rain event for us? That would be great.

Popcorn said...

Unless it intensifys into a Cat 3 not really any surprises left. NHC was calling for it to be a Cat 2 before backing off that. My take Isaac is just to large for any rapid intensfying.

HundredOaks said...

I suspect that the surprise is going to be how far west the eventual landfall spot ends up.

HundredOaks said...

The satellite image still appears to be pretty ragged.

Mushu Kitty said...

This is a monster, going to be a disaster!!!!

Mushu Kitty said...

I agree with Bob and the VIPIR...we're taking this one up the gut.