Hurricane Earl Eyes US: Hurricane Warning Flags Flying on East Coast
Symon Sez 17 hours ago
Hurricane Earl 1915Z IR Rainbow Image 09.01.10-Click Image for Real time Loop Hurricane Earl 1915Z Visible Satellite Image 09.01.10-Click Image for Real Time Loop If you recall, yesterday I mentioned that one aspect of the forecast regarding Hurricane Earl was the dry air in which Earl was moving into. I had thought that perhaps dry air might work its way into the circulation of the hurricane and perhaps limit its intensity potential or even bring it down a notch or two. At 5 AM on Wednesday September 1, 2010 the National Hurricane Center included this bit of information near the end of it’s discussion: ” …WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A TONGUE OF MID/UPPER-LEVEL DRY AIR WRAPPED MORE THAN HALFWAY AROUND THE CYCLONE.” I honestly had been surprised that they had not mentioned that potential earlier because the the scale of the dry air ahead of the storm was rather large. Nevertheless, by Wednesday afternoon, the outflow symmetry of Earl looks to have improved an
