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Surface Circulation?

#1 Postby HURAKAN » Sun May 23, 2004 2:03 pm

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/GSSLOOPS/prvs.html

Look the link above :uarrow:, and you may see a surface circulation circling northward south of Haiti.
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#2 Postby Matthew5 » Sun May 23, 2004 2:23 pm

You sure are right about that. That looks to be very well defined low level cirualtion center. In if it had deep convection around maybe a upgrade could happen. We will have to watch in see :P
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#3 Postby wxman57 » Sun May 23, 2004 2:26 pm

It's just a little swirl in the clouds. Can't assume it's at the surface. Such swirls are quite common out there. The vast majority never develop into anything. Chances of tropical development remain quite low, maybe 5-10%. Shear is quite high in the region now as the upper-level trof is sweeping across the central Caribbean.
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#4 Postby Matthew5 » Sun May 23, 2004 2:30 pm

That doe's not look like a cloud swirl to me? It is much to large to be that. Your right on the shear being to strong for tropical development in the convection is being blown off to the north.
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/GSSLOOPS/prvs.html
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#5 Postby Hurricanehink » Sun May 23, 2004 2:54 pm

Come on shear, die already!
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#6 Postby PTrackerLA » Sun May 23, 2004 3:08 pm

Looks like a very weak circulation to me. Not sure whether or not it will develop and it doesn't look to be entirely at the surface either.
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#7 Postby wxman57 » Sun May 23, 2004 3:34 pm

Just a weak swirl, no convection, and too much shear. Give up, this isn't Alex in the making. Look somewhere else.
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