Does the directional movement of hurricane Ike change as the wind speed strengthens?
Since the forward movement of a hurricane (translational motion) corresponds generally with the rotational motion’s direction in the right-hand leading quadrant of the storm, one expects the surge to be the greatest on that side. At the left-hand leading quadrant the rotational motion’s direction is generally opposite that of the storm’s translational direction. Ike make landfall very close to the forecast mid-line (a weighted mean) and of course very well within the cone of uncertainty. In my opinion the forecasting was superb. Sources: http://cloudman23.wordpress.
