#2 Postby wxman57 » Sat Jun 28, 2003 8:35 am
I noticed the GFS splitting this thing in two as well, taking one weak circulation inland over the western FL Panhandle on Monday morning and another piece moving NW toward the TX coast. Seems a bit strange to me. I do like what the GFS is doing with the moisture east of the Yucatan, however - driving it north toward Apalachicola. I think there may be a 50-60% shot at it developing into a sheared TD just prior to landfall Monday, kind of like Bertha last year. I don't think Bertha should have ever been upgraded to a minimal TS based on a single buoy report of a 35kt wind that wasn't necessarily for a full minute. Anyway, I think this will be just a rain-producer for the FL panhandle, AL/GA, and northward through the Carolinas early next week.
Looking farther east, Quickscat shows a well-defined low-level circulation center near 7N/34W this morning. Of course, the GFS is pretty clueless in that region, so it promptly loses it within 12-24hrs. Unfortunately, I can't get high-res visible images every 15-30 minutes today, as I'm out of state. So I can't examine it too well except with the free images online. I just e-mailed the office to create a series of satellite images (VIS/IR/WV) centered over that disturbance this morning. Hopefully, the person who needs to do this will see his e-mail soon.
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