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Posted by JAC on 7/2/2009, 2:09 pm
TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
205 PM EDT THU JUL 02 2009

...TROPICAL WAVES...

A LARGE TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 28W/29W S OF 17N MOVING W NEAR 20
KT. THIS WAVE IS VERY BROAD WITH VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES
INDICATING AN AREA OF CYCLONIC TURNING COVERING NEARLY A 1000 NM
AREA. THE AXIS IS PLACED ROUGHLY IN THE CENTER OF THE CYCLONIC
ENVELOPE WHERE CLOUD DRIFT WINDS SUGGEST A VORTICITY MAXIMUM
NEAR 10N29W. SYNOPTIC PRESSURE OBSERVATIONS FROM THE CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS SHOW A 3 MB PRESSURE INCREASE OVER THE PAST 24
HOURS...INDICATIVE OF THE WAVE PASSAGE. QUIKSCAT DATA REVEALS NE
20-25 KT WINDS W OF THE AXIS N OF 14N DUE TO THE TIGHTENED
PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE WAVE AND THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE.
CONVECTION IS FAIRLY LIMITED AND CONFINED TO THE INTERSECTION OF
THE ITCZ.






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