I’ve been reading the “discussion” part of the National Hurricane Center site where they talk about how they’re making their projections for the hurricane. Sometimes they’re pretty funny.
“AFTER LANDFALL…ISABEL SHOULD TRACK
NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD OR PERHAPS NORTHWESTWARD FOR 12 HR OR SO…THEN
RECURVE NORTHWARD AND NORTHEASTWARD IN FRONT OF THE STRONG DEEP-
LAYER TROUGH MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES.
THE NEAR-UNANIMOUS GUIDANCE MAKES THIS A HIGH CONFIDENCE
FORECAST…BUT THOSE AWAY FROM THE FORECAST TRACK SHOULD NOT LET
DOWN THEIR GUARD JUST IN CASE THE GUIDANCE PROVES TO BE UNANIMOUSLY
WRONG.”