Hurricane Ike is currently predicted to be a direct hit on Miami

[Renew Deal]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0908W5+gif/024614W_sm.gif

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?5day#contents

[kansasblue]

1. I've been tracking Hanna! They just keep coming!

[LSparkle]

Ye Gawd .. is this Andrew Part Deux?

Randi, STAY SAFE!

[i-grok]

2. Look, that cone is 400 miles wide for next Tue night.

Good to be watching but cool it with the emergency warnings...
edit...actually it's almost 600 miles.
:eyes:

[whistle]

3. Oh boy, keep safe South Florida

[soleft]

4. Ike looks like it could be bad, a category 4 at least

[Patsy Stone]

5. Actually

The models are split, and the NHC s leaving it in the middle.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200809_model.html#a_topad

And I'm in Miami. :)

[Berry Cool]

6. Stay safe, Pats m'dear.

Check in with us tomorrow.

[Patsy Stone]

9. Tomorrow's okay

It's predicted to arrive Tuesday at the moment. It's also going through a weakening first (for how long and how much they do not know) and there are some steering currents and Hannah which may affect it. IOW, they have no idea past three days out.

[misanthrope]

11. Well, I'm in the Gulf and I'm worried...

...because the GFDL model has it skirting FL and hitting the warm Gulf. The GFDL has been dead-on thus far this season.

[Patsy Stone]

12. Let's hug

and be safe together. :hug:

[misanthrope]

17. My wife might not dig that too much...

...Though she was a fan of Ab Fab.

[DianeG5385]

7. Pray your asses off on this one

I have family in Boca and in Miami. My family was hit hard by Andrew. PLEEEEEAZZZE!!! No photo op for McCain

[underseasurveyor]

8. Just hope like hell

Ike loses strength and suddenly veers sharply north.

*fingerscrossed*

[Catherine Vincent]

10. Has Miami ever had a mandatory evacuation?

I'd start leaving now if I was in Miami.

[RebelOne]

15. Not that I remember when I lived there

and experienced many hurricanes.

[magellan]

13. There's no reason to start worrying about Ike till Saturday

By then the computer models will start coming into agreement and we'll have a better idea of what's really going to happen. Until then, if you live anywhere along the SE coast, prepare (if you haven't already -- and really, whattaya waitin for?) as if Ike will be knocking on your door next week.

[Renew Deal]

14. kick

:kick:

[Strelnikov_]

16. A CONUS landfall is looking more likely today (FLA or in the GOM)

Cat. 3 is also looking likely. A track into the Gulf would be, well, worrisome.

[Freddie Stubbs]

18. The current track has it going through the Keys

Not that Miami wouldn't get some bad wind and rain from that, but it wouldn't be as bad as a direct hit. Who knows how much the forecast track will change in the next four days.

[Renew Deal]

19. It should be updated at 2PM EDT

But it changes constantly until it strikes, so it could be in Cuba by the end of the day.

[Freddie Stubbs]

20. They usually only update the storm track at 11 and 5, unless the storm is close to land.

Then they do updates at 2 and 8 also.