roncli.com blog: Ike still on track

Overnight, NHC changed their forcast, and called for the hurricane to move somewhat east. It wasn't a major difference, only a few dozen miles if that. But, since the 10 am report, Ike has wobbled to the west a bit. This means there's still a high chance that the hurricane will track right over me, or to my left, both bad situations.

The hurricane's max winds have increased to 105 mph, and some minor strengthening is anticipated before landfall, although they've been saying that for the last 48 hours and nothing happened. The hurricane looks a bit less organized than it did yesterday, but that's because the inner eye wall finally collapsed, and it might have a chance to build a new one in the next few hours.

Nothing to report here yet, weather-wise. Things should start getting nasty in a few hours, though. Here's Ike's vitals:

Category 2 hurricane, 105 mph
27.4 N, 93.1 W, moving WNW at 11 mph
957 mb pressure

ike8.jpg: This image shows the wobble I referred to, as a fork off of that green line to the left.

ike9.jpg: The Houston area image, now with hurricane Ike nearby.

ike10.jpg: I don't know. It just doesn't have the impressive, "look, I'm kicking everyone's ass" look it did yesterday.

Labels: Hurricane Ike, Life, Screenshot

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