Being only the second day of the most active month for the Atlantic tropical season, September, there have been no signs of severe storm development slowing. As Gustav made landfall being only a category 2 and Hanna begins her northerly path up the east coast of Florida, the ninth storm successfully making it past depression status has been named Ike. Sounds like a beast! And what a route the models are predicting.

Even though Hanna is going to be the attention getter this week while it nears landfall somewhere near Georgia / South Carolina border, Ike is one to keep an eye on. Most computer models show Ike pressing onward across the Bahamas towards Cuba and eventually into the Gulf of Mexico. It is still to early to say anything, but there are currently no high or low pressure systems that will have an effect on it’s path.

I’m not going to include the official NHC projection in this post as it is the same as all the computer models shown above. If you would like to check it out, visit: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/. But Ike isn’t the end for this week’s excitement. Already we have TD 10 which just recently formed off the coast of Africa. Most models show it taking a WNW path away from any U.S. landfall. I personally think they’re all wrong except for the GFS model showing it heading almost due west below the 15° longitude. Not that I’m a pessimist, but because I would say about 95% of storms that pop off the African coastline in our busy season come much closer before finding their way.

I will have destruction pictures from Gustav shortly, from both my house and hopefully Baton Rouge, LA. Stay tuned.

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