A few days may be all that is needed to see at least a depression form...the elevated code orange means a 20-50% chance of development in the next 48 hours per NHC estimate. This is up from 'under 20% chance of development' this afternoon...and the non-rated chance this morning.
This afternoon, Dr. Jeff Masters wrote the following on this system...
Wind shear is a moderate 10-20 knots over the disturbance...and wind shear is expected to remain in the moderate range, 10-20 knots, over the southern Caribbean during the remainder of the week.http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1142He gave this system more than a 50% chance of becoming a ts and even a 40% chance of becoming a burricane. Forecasts can change and this is his own interpreatation of the data, but he is usually level-headed and not alarmist in his analysis of systems...for what it's worth....
fact789 wrote:CourierPR wrote:fact789 wrote:I still believe that this system has little to no chance of tropical cyclogenesis. Between land interaction and rising shear factors, this system has a falling chance of development in my opinion UNLESS it can move in a way similar to Omar.
The NHC disagrees and has elevated the probability to code orange.
I dont think that will last more than a few days.