Monday, August 27, 2012
Isaac Still Struggles as do Models...
Wow...been in the business for 42+ years...37+ covering the tropics. Seen some wild storms, seen some weird storms, but none as frustrating as Isaac. Don't recall such flip-flopping of models, but then again I don't remember what I had for breakfast! NHC brings Isaac right over city. VIPIR takes him just to our south, Euro just to our east. Final track will make huge difference, but it appears most of SE LA/MS will get a real hammering Tuesday PM into late Wednesday. Our levees will keep the water out of the Southshore, but I fear there will be many areas that see lots of water from this storm. Inside the levees, the main issues will be 1) power outages beginning Tues. PM and then 2) flooding rainfall (10-20") beginning late Tuesday into Late Wed. Hunker down and hope that the track shifts back to the east to place us on the weaker side. I'll update after Dawn. Stay tuned!
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When did 10-12 mph become a slow moving hurricane? Did the weather channel and News forget about hurricanes like Mitch that slowed to less than 5 mph? The average forward speed of over 8,000 hurricanes between 20 and 30 degrees latitude is 11.75 mph! So how is Isaac a slow moving Storm?
Bob thanks for your hard work and that goes for the weather team as well.
Why is there so little precip w this storm? Look at radar loops; there's hardly anything there even at center.
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