Re: 5pm EDT Thurs: 140mph; 938mb; NW at 13 mph; About to hit Freeport; Potentially disastrous in
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 10/6/2016, 6:09 pm
The inner eyewall might begin to rotate around the outer eyewall. It might already be happening. That and trochoidal wobbles might give the appearance of a movement that is only temporary. That is why average movement is better to look at. Short term radar imagery can be misleading. A big eye can also be hard to track on radar.

It is a little bit north of the track at the moment, but it also appears to be moving back toward it. In fact if the short term movement continued, that of the inner eyewall, it would probably make landfall well south of Cape Canaveral.

There will continue to be wobbles. I wouldn't focus on them too closely. Evacuate if ordered to do so. What kind of conditions you will get with this storm will likely not be known until immediately before the storm is at your location. The angle of the coast and the angle the storm is coming in at make it impossible for anyone to know who will get directly hit along most of the eastern coast of Florida. And with a large eye, it might just sweep across much of the eastern coastline, holding a lot of strength while doing so.
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