Alex North of Track

The latest satellite imagery shows that Alex is currently traveling to the north of the 10am NHC track forecast. This could be because the upper level ridge that computer models have been forecasting to start pushing the cyclone off to the west has been slower to build across the northern gulf coast. The storm does look like it could be starting to make that more west-northwest turn based on some of the latest radar data; however the storm is going to still be north of the current track. It would not surprise me to see the NHC adjust their 1pm track a bit further north up the coast.

Satellite and Track Overlay