West Atlantic is ready to rock and roll
Posted by
JAC on 7/24/2009, 8:58 pm
It looks like it is not taking much now to fire convection in the west Atlantic.
Check the water vapor loop.
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/carb/loop-wv.html
Lots of tell-tale signs:
1) Look at all the surface based convection firing over land in the afternoon due to surface heating. Check S FL, Cuba, Yucatan, Bahama islands, Jamacia, Hispaniola.
2) Check the flare NE of ABC islands. Fired for a good 8 hours with no identifiable surface convergence. Maybe a boat in the area made a sharp left hand turn and set off the convection (LOL)
3) 98L was firing in LI = -10 and CAPE = 5000 air.
4) The convection in the NE Bahamas yesterday and this morning was firing in a weak anti-cyclonic surface divergence.
Its ready to go once an organized wave rolls in.
Keep watching MIMIC-TPW.
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