It isn't predicted to hit Florida due to a front that is supposed to push it further south. Will most likely travel a little south and then enter the Gulf missing Florida.
That's a relief, but it's way too early to relax our guard. Stock up on Spam (I don't mean save my posts to your hard drive) and Vienna Sausages!
That's just scary. Those poor folks in the Caribbean and god forbid that if follows up where ever Gustav ends up.
Anyone making the prediction of where Hana will end up hitting the U.S. is jumping the gun completely. This thing will get pushed to a new position and it's a whole new ballgame as to where it goes from that point. No telling where she'll end up.
edit - Recent predictions show Central Fl is a probable target, but they are still unsure due to so many variables. Others have said it could go northwards, or even still go into the Gulf...
This one looks like it might come up into Augusta even. This will be my first one since I left Florida seven years ago.
I heard on CNN that this is now a category 1 hurricane. Expected to be a category two as it goes up the east side of the coast line as shown in Byroan's posted path.
Here's the deal... South Florida has Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare and we won't really know until late in the daylight of Wednesday what Hanna will do. Here is what Dr. Masters has to say in his current hurricane blog Dr. Masters blog If you live in South Florida you need to be paying close attention, those north will have an extra day. The hurricane hunters found the CoC all over the place across a 5 hour mission. Here is mission 2 into Hanna, you can see how the CoC is everywhere.
Well I just had to pipe in and say this name reminded me of a long ago song: Hard harded Hanna the Vamp of Savannah, GA. I need some excitement guys and I say this girl is gonna give us some!!
Not pulling a spell check nazi post on you bro, just thought it was funny that you put Henne seeing that one of our new players is named Henne. Freudian slip maybe..... Hurricane Chad Henne!
These models are changing over and over again. Very early this morning all the modes were in N. Ga. or SC
Well, Hanna is sliding further west and the "immediate" track extrapolates out to landfall south of Jacksonville... NOT the expected Carolina strike. Here is hurricane hunter mission 10, which is just concluding. Notice the vortex messages and where they are. I extrapolated the new track out and you can see where it falls. Hanna has dropped 5mb since 5am and is trying to get stronger. I am sure there will be more "wobble" to this track but I would be paying attention if I lived in Jacksonville, and crying if I lived in Melbourne. Those folks have had no relief from the huge amounts of rain over the last two weeks. Here is the Melbourne Florida 248nm radar loop. I am thinking the eye is showing on the extreme right in the last few frames. Hanna is hauling butt right now.. 18 mph. If.. IF the latest track continues, Hanna is 10 hours from landfall just south of Jax.
Batten down the hatches brothers and sisters... looks like Fla is about to get battered by back-to back storms. All of you PLEASE take care and don't hang around if you don't have to...
The Weather Channel is still saying it won't make landfall here? Hope they're right and I just get some rain. It would be a shame if I had to run my sprinklers
Good news Joe.. from the last vortex position in the map already posted, Hanna has moved 56 miles due north. The new NN mission is underway and getting new info.