Looks like Hurricane Jeanne.....

[Crick]

may be making a visit to the Carolinas! Computer models varied Wednesday, with some tracking the storm onto the tip of South Carolina, others into the Cape hatteras, NC, area and still others sending the storm out to sea after brushing by the Caolina coast.

"We never stopped watching the storm, but now that it seems that it will be heading towards South Carolina, we are monitoring it closely," said John Legare of the state's Emergency Management Division.

If Jeanne does effect the Grand Stran's coastal areas it likely will occur this weekend, possible Sunday or early Monday.

As our fearless leader likes to say... BRING IT ON!

[Willow]

Oh no, please don't tell nanajoanie. She will be hiding in her closet. :D

[Angel Lips]

hope everyone stays safe in the area its gonna hit

[Crick]

Oh no, please don't tell nanajoanie. She will be hiding in her closet. :D

Oh nana...I have a surprise for you! :p

[Angel Lips]

there go all the kits kats now too

[Jolie Rouge]

HURRICANE JEANNE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 39A
8 AM EDT THU SEP 23 2004

...JEANNE CURRENTLY MEANDERING...EXPECTED TO MOVE WESTWARD...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS... INCLUDING CAT ISLAND...THE EXUMAS...LONG ISLAND...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN 36 HR.

A HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS LATER TODAY. INTERESTS IN AND AROUND THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS...AND ON THE FLORIDA PENINSULA...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF JEANNE.

AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.5 WEST OR ABOUT 475 MILES... 765 KM...EAST OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS.

JEANNE HAS BEEN DRIFTING ERRATICALLY FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS. HOWEVER...THE HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN A WESTWARD MOTION AT ABOUT 6 MPH LATER TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A SLOW INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 966 MB...28.53 INCHES.


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[Crick]

there go all the kits kats now too

You can have all the Kit Kats...I don't like them. Nana won't miss them, she'll be hiding in her closet or under her bed. :p

[Jolie Rouge]

And Ivan has circled back into the Gulf and regenerated as a Tropical Storm, which as we found with Allison is nothing to be dismissed


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TROPICAL STORM IVAN
7 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2004

...IVAN STRENGTHENS AS IT APPROACHES THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF LOUISIANA... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LOUISIANA WESTWARD TO SARGENT TEXAS. THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE WARNING AREA MAY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS MORNING.

AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.1 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON LOUISIANA.

IVAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL CROSS THE COAST IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 45 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES FROM THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

WATER LEVELS HAVE BEEN RUNNING .5 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. IVAN WILL GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE THESE EXISTING WATER LEVELS. THEREFORE...WATER ELEVATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE PATH OF IVAN.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TODAY.





NOAA POSTS AERIAL IMAGES OF HURRICANE IVAN’s DESTRUCTION

www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2320.htm

NOAA posted online more than 1,300 aerial images of the USA Gulf Coast areas that bore the brunt of powerful Hurricane Ivan. NOAA took a total of 2,000 aerial images. The regions photographed range from Gulf Port, Miss., to Fort Walton Beach, Fla. The aerial photograph missions were conducted by the NOAA Remote Sensing Division the day after Ivan made landfall, September 17 and concluded September 20. NOAA used an Emerge/Applanix Digital Sensor System, or DSS, to acquire the images from an altitude of 7,500 feet. The equipment was mounted on NOAA’s Gulfstream Turbo Commander aircraft, which is a stable high-winged twin turboprop aircraft.

[IMG]http://www.noaa.gov/images/ivan-pensacola-fla09-2004-26284693d.jpg


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