For animations and viewing of the eye and a just excellent resource:

go to this url:

http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastconus.html

Click on the eye -- get the enlarges -- total details -- pixs

Then minimize. Now -- every hour -- hit the "refresh" -- gives you a weird message --

"Page can't be refreshed --" etc

Then two buttons below -- "retry" or "cancel"

Hit retry -- and the picture refreshes -- indexed in the exact same spot -- but updated.

Save each picture to a directory -- I name them in sequence -- "001" --"002" -- etc.

When you have a number of these -- open the first with I-view (or other image viewing software) -- make full screen -- and hit space bar -- clicking though them.

You get real animation of the full eye --

This is visible -- at night go to either the moisture or I-red views at:

http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/

A classic stadium effect eyewall.


Looks like Belize can breathe safely. The storm has a narrow core. Because of the High pressure located to its north the track is fairly predictable. Somewhere between Cozumel and Cancun should be hit by a ferocious hurricane tomorrow.

Storm now has the highest windspeed ever recorded for an Atlantic theatre hurricane in July at 155mph and possibly increasing!

whew. some wind speed.

that high pressure must be why navy, who historically i believe to have the best track, has been rock steady in its track for quite some time.