Note that the NHC spoke of a “slight jog to the Northwest” ?? Hmnnnn...
Just looking at the “Bigger picture”... the NW quadrant is showing signs of shear... what that means to me is.. Ike is starting to feel the interaction with the oncoming Upper Level trough.
I’m still not convinced that Louisiana is out of the woods on this one. Remember... at this point during Rita, Houston was in the “bulls-eye”. Then, it veered north.
I still think that’s possible here...
That’s a jolly thought...NOT! Those of us in Rita’s path are sitting here with nowhere to go.