[Dog Gone]

Watching the last two frames of the sequence show it heading almost due west.

That's what I think, too.

The storm is certainly further north than it was yesterday, but the more it moves due west, the greater the danger to the Carolinas, IMO.

[Howlin]

The storm is certainly further north than it was yesterday, but the more it moves due west, the greater the danger to the Carolinas, IMO.

I distinctly remember asking you yesterday to "pick something different!"

[oceanview]

that is true. and the faster it goes, the less the trough in the central US will have a chance to move south and east and pick it up and move it more to the north. so the faster it goes, the further south it makes landfall. I think, I am hardly a professional at this. but someone please back up or refute this: the faster it begins to move, the further south it strikes.

[Orion78]

Here is a site that posts good pictures of Tropical Storms.

http://www.osei.noaa.gov/

And here is the link for the actual photo of Isabel.

http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Current/TRCisabel255_G12.jpg