Quote Originally Posted by Strmchsr View Post
Nancy, I can say with some degree of confidence that, no, Dean won't weaken before it makes final landfall. The conditions are absolutely perfect for continued strengthening. As for whether it will hit Texas - climatology and history favors that scenario, but the models are still firmly fixed on the Tex/Mex boarder. It'll be a couple more days before we know for sure.

As for anything on the horizon, unfortunately, yes. The models are being fairly consistent in bringing another hurricane across FL around Aug 30-31. It looks like an Andrew type storm - coming across FL, then reforming in the Gulf before heading for Louisiana. All of that is just guesswork right now, though. The models are all picking up on it, but the feature they are picking up on is currently just a wave off of Africa, so until it actually develops it's just an interesting feature on the model runs. I'll keep an eye on it, though.
HI Chris~ Any word on whats's going on with this "wave" you mentioned? Are you still thinking Andrew type storm headed for Fl. around the 30 and 31? Thanks for all the info. It's appreciated!