and it is a US goverment institution,
why should they spend their money, and such operations cost the big bucks,
to investigate weather systems who are not threatening their people?
even that many predicted different, to all directions,
many forcasted very early that Gustav will make his way into the gulf or over florida's keys, they may just have sent their Gulfstream because the right people saw the right threat early.
who knows?
Ike is on it's way,
let's await the Hunters Data tomorrow to get the right idea.
his forward speed is slowing down,
i would like to see him fast with less possibilities to course-changes.
a later southwestwards move would bring him to the Bahamas/north Cuba and closer to Florida, that move earlier would bring our Island under a bunch of rain everywhere. a weakening cat1-2 Ike could get stuck and be a pita$$ with rain all around, a strong cat3-4 could make his way with less influence and may not get pushed towards southwest, run straight westwards Ike and get your northshift before anybody gets hurt/
i am actually just watching and waiting for news mid morning.
he has too many possibilities.
after Ike:
looks like we may get a little rest afterwards,
his girlie Josephine is about to end her life far away from us,
and the lates sat shots from the central and west african coast
show clearer skies with every new pass of the satellites.
we may get lucky to not receive a new formation from right there
for the next week.
hopefully no bad surprises in the morning
MIke
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