Look Into The Eye of The Storm: 32 Hours Til Isabel Arrives

NHC | 9-17-03 | my favorite headache

[My Favorite Headache]

Good Morning Freepers....

[glock rocks]

Thread Two

[blam]

How come thread 2 doesn't go anywhere?

[steveegg]

Try Glock's link. I must've introduced an HTML error into my post somewhere (I'm usually sound asleep an hour ago).

[steveegg]

Thanks for the save.

[glock rocks]

tis a systems analyst thing. LOL. there's a spare " in yer link. no biggie.

[Dec31,1999]

I've been impressed with your knowledge of hurricanes in the last few days, since Saturday, I think. So I'm going to ask you a question. Do hurricanes sometimes "bounce" off of the coast line?

As of Monday, I was going to take Thursday off from work and escape this island, head west to avoid the storm and take a mini vacation with my family. There is no real escape from Long Island, which is why we have no nuclear Power plants here either.:)

But now that it's reportedly not going to hit here, I guess we'll stay put. To make a long story short, I hope it doesn't take a sharp turn, or bounce off the coast! If it or any other hurricane takes us by surprise, we will be in deep trouble!

Of course, we hope and pray the thing just diminishes into a tropical storm and does minimal damage, overall.

[lizma]

Maples seemed to be especially vulnerable, and oaks were just tipped over everywhere.

I've got several huge beautiful Bradford Pears right next to my house and every storm lately they loose a major branch or two.

I have fully resigned myself to the fact that Friday morning at least one will be in my living room.

[honeygrl]

rofl great pic

[Howlin]

Oh, they certainly do! Right off, I can't think of the name of one that did, but I saw the graphic of it tonight on TWC; it came ashore right into NC almost where this one is going and hooked right out at the Virginia Beach and went out up toward NY!

And then there is this craz guy:

[all4one]

I just hope that everyone it this storm's path is prepared and safe. I checked the NOAA site and the satellite picture was amazing compared to what they are showing on the news.

We have a home in Lewes which is on the Delaware shoreline where the Atlantic meets the bay and the Chesapeake Bay is a 40 minute drive to the west. While we are not directly in the path like NC, the tides, winds and storm surges could be very bad.

Delaware has declared a state of emergency and all schools are closed for Thurs. and Fri.

[FrustratedCitizen]

More commentary from the resident weather super-geek.

As of 11 PM, the central pressure has held steady at 956 mB...however I notice on water vapor imagery that all of the dry air has FINALLY been destroyed at the center of Isabel and the newest round of convection firing has closed off the eye completely...expect intensification in the next 12-18 hours.

I also notice that the NHC has been off by about 45 miles on the forecast track...by 11 PM today it was supposed to be located about 45 miles further WSW of where it is now...I believe the turn to the NW is overdone and therefore the hit will occur east of where currently projected...the eastern end of Cape Hatters...and at or just south of the mouth of the Chesapeake...with a gradual turn to the NW implicated...not a sharp one...meaning it will pass 10-30 miles west of DC...not 100 miles west of DC.

[Howlin]

BTW, one of these coming off of Africa may very well be "Juan":

We shall see.

[Howlin]

And thanks very much for the kind words. I have to know what's coming about. I'm scared of storms!

[Dec31,1999]

I have fully resigned myself to the fact that Friday morning at least one will be in my living room.

Well, I hope not! Maybe they will miss. If you are in the path of this storm, I wish you and yours well. If it hits here, we are surrounded by old waterlogged heavy trees! Not to mention a sliding-glass door on one side. Godspeed.

[honeygrl]

It looks like that outer band is just paving the way for the rest of it.

[Gabz]

I'm very familiar with Lewes...............

Good luck to you, after 21 years in Delaware, I still care about the place.

I'm not that far south of you in Virginia - 9 miles east of the Chesapeake and 15 miles west of the Atlantic.........I think I'm in for a VERY long weekend.

Our state of emergency was declared on Monday and school closed for the week at noon today.

[honeygrl]

Can you give me a link to a water vapor map of isabel that stays uptodate? It's fine if it's on accuweather's premium site because i'm registered there. I just can't seem to find a map on there that show it for the whole hurricane. (too many links on there to find what i want sometimes)

[norraad]

Why does it go faster as it goes up northward?

[all4one]

Thanks....I hope that you and your family stay safe. It's the anticipation of what will happen, and when, that is bothersome. At least in the winter with the snow storms the worst you can expect is a few hours of shoveling and some power outages.

With this type of storm warning, there are many more dangerous and destructive factors.

[Dec31,1999]

"Juan" looks a bit messy at this point. But we'll see. This is hurricane season!

I don't mind a good storm. In fact, I enjoy them usually, but hurricanes can be real killers. The thing about them is that they hit certain areas, there are stories about them, but then they are forgotten about, nonetheless.

I hope everyone can keep safe in the eventual path of this and the next storm. Hurricanes must be taken seriously. Especially since the building boom of the last 20 years or so along the coasts.

An interesting thing about Gloria was that during the eye, everyone went outside to see what had happened. Then, everybody in the house fell asleep for several hours while waiting for the other side of the eye to kick up.