Keep an eye on Hurricane Ike...

[Junkdrawer]

It's made a definite jog North of it's projected path...


http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t4/loop-avn.html

It was projected to go due wast into Cuba...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?5day?large#contents

[Clear Blue Sky]

1. I guess the term "I like Ike" doesn't apply here...

[ProdigalJunkMail]

2. very powerful storms do 'wobble' a bit

so maybe this is just that...

sP

[magellan]

3. The motion is still due west

The center is in the southern part of the eye which is undergoing ERC right now. That's giving it the appearance of a northward jog, but it's probably just a wobble. Still, important to watch for a trend.

Latest vortex message from the hurricane hunters (center fix bolded):

URNT12 KNHC 072030
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE AL092008
A. 07/20:09:20Z
B. 21 deg 01 min N
074 deg 26 min W
C. 700 mb 2624 m
D. 90 kt
E. 045 deg 13 nm
F. 147 deg 106 kt
G. 047 deg 016 nm
H. 945 mb
I. 10 C/ 3045 m
J. 16 C/ 3057 m
K. 13 C/ NA
L. CLOSED WALL
M. CO16-48
N. 12345/7
O. 0.02 / 1 nm
P. AF307 0909A IKE OB 11
MAX FL WIND 107 KT NW QUAD 18:21:10 Z

[Not Me]

4. NOAA just updated their tracking even more westerly...

get ready for gas price increases.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0908W5+gif/143311W_sm.gif

[cwydro]

5. they are still showing it going into Cuba

and then emerging as a weaker storm, before it intensifies yet again.