Tropical Satellite Perspective

Before retiring for the evening, I just wanted to leave you with some excellent tropical links from a satellite perspective. These come from CIMSS (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic2/):

Satellite imagery devoted to Bill:
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic2/real-time/storm.php?&basin=atlantic&sname=03L&zoom=4&img=1&vars=1111100000000000000000&loop=0

Animated microwave loop of Hurricane Bill between 12 a.m. this morning until 6:45 p.m. this evening:
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/marti/2009_03L/webManager/displayGifsBy12hr_04.html
-Notice the eye wall contractions and expansions.
-The "hot towers" surrounding the eye indicate a deepening of the system.
-Notice how much stronger Bill gets when it crosses 50 deg W; that latitude was where the oceanic heat content spiked and Bill certainly took advantage of that this evening.

This link comes from NASA was taken by Aqua this afternoon (choose from 2 km, 500m, or 250 m resolution):
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2009230-0818/Bill.A2009230.1640.1km.jpg

My thoughts remain unchanged regarding the future track of Bill. I still don't think Massachusetts or Maine should write this off, but I think the Canadian Maritimes will take the brunt of Bill. However, the Canadian ensemble shifted west this morning, and the afternoon GFS ensemble has also shifted west.