Hurricane Ike's satellite image tells you everything, doesn't it? Ike has become a bigger storm, still a major system but Ike hasn't become necessarily more or less powerful over the last period.
You can see the entrails of Hanna at the top of the image. After hovering for several days over Haiti, as Ike neared Hanna race with unprecedented speed over the eastern seaboard.

Here's the 5 day track for Ike with another projection below showing likely strength patterns. It looks right now as though Ike is headed for New Orleans. Does that place have bad harma or something?

Computer models are fairly consistent (see below).

The computer modelling for Ike projects weakening, strengthening, weaking again and then strengthening once clear of Cuba. Once in the Gulf Ike could threaten Florida or Louisianna. Currently Ike is a Cat 3 Hurricane (Ike weakened very briefly to Cat 2 status) and is now visiting areas previously drenched by first Gustav and then Hanna (such as flood ravaged Haiti).
Watch the latest video on Hanna and Ike here.
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