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Paul C wrote:
On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 10:49:27 +0100, "Keith (Southend)"
wrote:


http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/...IVAN/track.gif

Seems as though IVAN took the southern bypass around Jamaica, not that
that has spared them much. However, currently at CAT 4 the forecast as
it moves towards Cuba is a CAT5 and then a CAT4 as it skirts the west
coast of Florida. This certainly must be a storm that has/will affect
more of the populus in the region than ones before.


It looks as if the Cayman Islands are in for it next.


From the current warning digest posted by Louis, Florida landfall is
predicted for Sarasota, passing through to North Carolina. That's going
to be incredibly messy, as it will most likely pass straight over the
Orlando metro area, as well as Kissimmee and possibly Cape Canaveral too.


Canaveral on the Eastern side of Florida, so it won't be affected by a
direct hit, but it will still blow a bit. I can't recall any mission for
launch during coming day....

--
Rob Overfield

My impression is that IVAN is moving to the south of Grand Cayman
Island. I have noticed the forecast path seems to be moving further
west each time, I'm begining to think this has similar features to the
Galveston Storm over 100 years ago and maybe it will reach landfall
near New Orleans or further west.

Keith (Southend)

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On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 07:41:43 +0100, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 21:10:54 +0100, "Brendan DJ Murphy"
wrote:

At 8:30pm (BST) winds have increased back up to 165mph making it a cat-5
again!

...and now, Hurricane Ivan Intermediate Advisory Number 39a
Statement as of 2:00 am EDT on September 12, 2004:

"An Air Force Reserve unit hurricane hunter aircraft measured a
minimum central pressure of 910 mb...26.87 inches. This is the
sixth lowest central pressure on record for a hurricane in the
Atlantic Basin."

Wow!