from the other thread
Upper level outflow is EXCELLENT...water temps 86-88F ahead of it..warm water is very Deep too..no dry air around
The storm will grow in size too....
At this time worst case is being predicted by the models staying offshore of Cuba and then taking a SHARP north turn .....this would put the major cities on the east coast in the front eye wall ...
nightmare scenario .....Im sure the path will change but very disturbing..this better go east and stay just offshore like Mathew did last year
if the storm came into FL like an Andrew from due east the right the eye wall would only affect a very small portion as it moves inland ...but because of the shape of the FL coastline and the projected path alot more area would get the max winds
I thought hurricane Floyd might do this back in 1999(?) but it turned east of FL
the NWS will be launching weather balloons every 6 hours instead of 12 hours over much of the plains and midwest to get more data from the upstream stations.
Also, NOAA will be flying missions to collect data around the hurricane and west of it. This extra data will be put into the models
of course the USAF will have the HH aircraft in there too
Thank you for your excellent forecast observations!