Caribbean & Gulf Moisture

[artist]

Look at this image - incredible how things have begun to get ~wet~ again!

this was from 6:21 this evening! Too bad it doesn't show all of the Caribbean

[wxmann_91]

Wet MJO is reaching the Caribbean and the GulfMex.

[artist]

appears to be!

Here is another showing all the moisture content -

http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseasthurrir.html

[artist]

pressures appear to be dropping over Haiti and the Dominican Republic & Jamaica

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/sju/caribm.html

[Swimdude]

Isn't looking good on the IR at all.

[artist]

that spinning (ULL)over Florida brought some high winds and storms earlier this evening.

[artist]

Seems to be some spinning going on between Jamaica and Haiti - look like anything to anyone?

http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseasthurrwv.html

[artist]

from 2 am advisory -

CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 77W S OF 19N MOVING W
15-20 KT. SATELLITE SIGNATURE IS OBSCURED BY HIGH CLOUDS.
CLUSTERS OF SCATTERED MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION COVERS
THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN FROM 11N-20N BETWEEN 72W-77W.

W CARIBBEAN TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 85W/86W S OF 18N MOVING W
15-20 KT. THIS WAVE IS MOSTLY OVER CENTRAL AMERICA WITH A BAND
OF SCATTERED MODERATE/STRONG CONVECTION ALONG THE COAST OF
NICARAGUA/HONDURAS WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE 13N83W-15N83

[artist]

CARIBBEAN SEA...
THE TWO TROPICAL WAVES ARE THE DOMINATE WEATHER PRODUCERS IN THE
CARIBBEAN. UPPER LOW IN THE GULF EXTENDS CYCLONIC FLOW OVER THE

NW CARIBBEAN N OF 16N W OF 75W. AN INDUCED MID/UPPER TROUGH
EXTENDS FROM ACROSS NICARAGUA/COSTA RICA E TO THE GULF OF
VENEZUELA ALONG 12N W OF 72W. THE E CARIBBEAN IS DOMINATED BY A
MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW JUST E OF LEEWARD ISLANDS NEAR 17N61W. ALL
OF THESE UPPER FEATURES ARE PROVIDING ABUNDANT UPPER LEVEL
MOISTURE WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL
AS THE DEEP CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL WAVES W OF
66W...WITH ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS DOTTING THE REMAINDER OF THE
CARIBBEAN.