It LOOKS like her eye is closed. But I dont see it moving due north like somebody else said.
look at this vortex:
URNT12 KNHC 231730Z
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 23/1700Z
B. 27 DEG 38 MIN N
92 DEG 08 MIN W
C. NA
D. NA
E. NA
F. 180 DEG 124 KT
G. 089 DEG 18 NM
H. 931 MB
I. 16 C/ 2200 M
J. 20 C/ 2653 M
K. 15 C/ NA
L. OPEN SE
M. C30
N. 12345/NA
O. 1/1 NM
P. NOAA2 WX18A RITA OB 05
MAX FL WIND 124 KT E QUAD 1654Z
FIX AT 8,700 FT PRESSURE ALTITUDE
pressure's up, 931, and flight winds are 124 knots...storm is not what it was yesterday...
Frank Billingsly (Channel 2 news) just showed a chart that makes it seem like just the extreme easter portions of Harris Co. will be getting hurricane force winds. Dr. Neil Frank still seems less sure of that north trend.
She's just winking at W.
Like I said, this is a test of the emergency system, to see if Bush's home state could do better than Blanco's.