The Artist Formerly Known As Your Highness
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On 14 Aug 2004 00:32:49 -0400, EdM wrote:



If it hits NE after only a brush over the outer banks on the way north
from Daytona, it is at least possible. The odds of that outcome might
be rather slim...but it has happened in the past (notably, Hurricane
Donna). OKX is hinting at the possibility of Charley still being a
potent tropical system in the northeast:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/OKX/SPSOKX

What was the synoptic upper air pattern when Donna took aim on NE?
Similar to now?



The devil is in the details, but most likely there were similarities. Most
landfalling hurricanes in LI/SNE have been steered by southerly winds along
the east side of an upper trof such as we have now. They are most often
preceeded by days of unrelated rains.


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