08-25-2006, 02:57 AM
Kinda like Tropical Storm Chris before it, what we (as a civilization) know about hurricanes leads us to believe that TD 5 can be real nasty. But like Chris, unexpected surprises (in Chris' case, the decapitation of the system's convection by a (upper level?) low pressure center that 'somewhat' unexpectedly dropped down on it) can humble us quickly. Never the less, a good many factors point towards this being a nasty mess. Hard to tell where it'll go once it's in the Gulf (most models indicate a turn to the North), and from the discussion, it seems that the Central Gulf Coast has the most to be concerned with right now.