Possibel Wave Off Africa

[Anthonyl]

There is an area of showers off the coast off Affrica that exhibit some cylonic turning in the mid levels. I have been monitoring this complex from Central Africa and it has continued to maintain it's structure. Conditions ahead of this "wave" if so confirmed look marginal at best for some slow cyclogensis at best.

[wxman57]

There is an area of showers off the coast off Affrica that exhibit some cylonic turning in the mid levels. I have been monitoring this complex from Central Africa and it has continued to maintain it's structure. Conditions ahead of this "wave" if so confirmed look marginal at best for some slow cyclogensis at best.

I've found that the CIMSS MIMIC-TPW imagery is excellent for identifying mid to lower-level circulation centers in waves moving off the coast of Africa. The main page has a 3-day loop:

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real- ... /main.html

As you can see for the wave off the coast, there is little or no rotation, and it's being blasted on both sides by dry air. It won't survive that environment. In contrast, the waves later identified as 97L and 98L showed vigorous rotation as the moved off the west coast of Africa.

[WeatherLovingDoc]

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