[dirtboy]

There was a hurricane last year I believe that looked like it was going to spin off NNE in the Atlantic that did a loop and came back and hit Florida's east coast.

That was in 2004 - Jeanne.

Any chance of this doing that based on what you see?

Doubtful - a trough is supposed to drop down and pull the storm off first to the North and then the NE. The question is, how far west will the storm get before that happens?

Right now, it looks like an upper-level low is beating it to a pulp (no convection west of the center that I can see) - and that will also help push it further northwards.

[MonroeDNA]

TS/Hurricane Bobblehead.

[IamConservative]

Right now, it looks like an upper-level low is beating it to a pulp (no convection west of the center that I can see)

Thanks - sounds like Ernesto is dying at present. Hopefully it won't fuel back up again. I think we could use a break for once.

I watched the Katrina show on Discovery last night. Seemed more like a FEMA absolution tour than a factual documentary.