He's baaaaaaack! (Ivan)

[cal99]

It couldnt hit on my day off (today), nope, its got to come in when im at work.......cant wait

[Foxtrot]

Re:

So they didn't rename him afterall...


Cat's have 9 lives...do hurricanes/tropical storms have 2?

LOL, I didn't know if they'd still call it Ivan. I guess they figured the disturbance was part of Ivan, or a result of Ivan.

This happens in the middle of the ocean sometimes when a storm weakens to just a tropical low but strengthens again later on. It's just unusual for a storm to do what Ivan did.

Doesn't quite work that way. First, for those of you who are doubting it's really Ivan, it is, really Ivan.

When Ivan became a TD and moved up over the NE U.S. and the megalopolis, it was pushed back down by the high-pressure area that now has its center over the NE US. Atleast most of it was.

Ivan is basically 'riding' the periphery of that high pressure area. It didn't just decide to move back down the coast. It is pretty rare for tropical systems to do that, but it has happened before.

It's the same high-pressure area that's 'blocking' Jeanne from moving west any faster than it currently is.

Don't mean to sound like a know-it-all, but just thought I'd add a little info. Hey, after all, I am in Meteorology.

Yes, I am a weather junkie too.

[assghanistan]

i took a few meteorology classes, too, so to add to that, foxtrot....

that same high pressure system is also what is going to propel it through the florida panhandle. as the high pressure system sinks towards the southeast, the clockwise rotation will pull jeanne west. looking at the latest track, though, it appears the high pressure system will continue to sink further southeast, catching jeanne as she crosses florida, and sweeping her back up north along the coast.

[Foxtrot]

i took a few meteorology classes, too, so to add to that, foxtrot....

that same high pressure system is also what is going to propel it through the florida panhandle. as the high pressure system sinks towards the southeast, the clockwise rotation will pull jeanne west. looking at the latest track, though, it appears the high pressure system will continue to sink further southeast, catching jeanne as she crosses florida, and sweeping her back up north along the coast.

I would agree with that, but I have a feeling that once it moves farther west just a bit, it will start getting caught in that. The NHC also mentions the possibility of SWstrly shear as Jeanne gets really close to the FL coast which might weaken it quite a bit, but before that, it might strengthen to major status. Lot of unknows...

Foxtrot