Re: Huge CAPE Bulls-eye to the NW
Posted by chucky7777 on 8/15/2009, 11:14 am
Interesting discussion from NWS Key West,NWS KEY WEST Forecast discussion
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
948 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 2009

.DISCUSSION...
.CURRENTLY...
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF A TROPICAL WAVE EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA
STRAITS INTO THE CARIBBEAN IS CURRENTLY MOVING WESTWARD THROUGH THE
FLORIDA STRAITS AND IS BEGINNING TO IMPACT THE MIDDLE AND UPPER
KEYS...AND WILL IMPACT THE LOWER KEYS WITHING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A
CONVECTIVE MASS IN THE STRAITS EAST OF THE KEYS IS EVIDENT ON KBYX
RADAR...WITH A BROAD MID LEVEL CIRCULATION DETECTABLE FROM AROUND
10KFT THROUGH 25KFT. THE APPROXIMATE MAXIMUM OF THE CIRCULATION IS
AROUND 700MB...AND THERE IS ALSO A WEAK CIRCULATION DETECTED FROM
AROUND 5KFT TO THE SURFACE. SURFACE WINDS AT ISLAND STATIONS ALONG
THE KEYS HAVE BEEN MORE OF LESS SOUTHEAST FROM 5 TO 10 KNOTS OVER THE
PAST FEW HOURS...WITH CMAN STATIONS ALONG THE REEF A COUPLE OF KNOTS
BELOW 10 KNOTS WITH GUSTS NEAR 15 KNOTS. MOLASSES REEF...WHICH IS
NEAREST THE CONVECTION...HAS REGISTERED THE HIGHEST WINDS THUS FAR
WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 16 KNOTS AND GUSTS OF 18 KNOTS.

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Meanwhile back at the GOM - JAC, 8/15/2009, 10:49 am
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