[Alia]

... from Charlie.

Howlin, I'm consistently hearing the same thing -- possible spinoffs in western part of the state. No. Zero. No predictions, speculations whatsoever concerning central and eastern zones.

[Howlin]

We shall have to wait and see where she is later tonight.

[palmer]

The track of Katrina looks a lot further west than any of last years including Ivan which curved east and Charlie which hugged the east coast. Although Katrina is larger than either of those, I think there won't be much rain on the east slopes. Here's a link to last year's tracks http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tracks/2004atl.gif