WATS UP on August 21, 2005

[dhweather]

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Western Atlantic Tropical Summary - August 21, 2005

<img src="http://www.diamondheadweather.com/wats20050821.jpg">

Call me SAL, you can call me SAL. Yes, the brutally dry Saharan
Air Layer dominates most of the central Atlantic today as well.
It's stopped the two waves that it is over from developing any convection.

Two upper level lows will not develop into tropical cyclones.

I do not expect tropical cyclone development in this area in the next
48-72 hours.

[vacanechaser]

According to this image above, at the University of Wisconsin, which is the same site that the NHC refers to many times says that SAL has been FIRED!!! That is far from brutal dry air... in most of this graphic it is off the chart weak... There are a few areas of drier air around in the red tones, however the yellow colors are so weak they dont even show up on the color key!! Enough with the dry air stuff... I have seen hurricanes form in worse conditions than this and become monster canes..


Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team

[WeatherEmperor]

Yes most of that is mostly dry air not so much SAL. I look at the SAL imagery every day and although it is still there just a bit, it is really weakened over the past few weeks.

<RICKY>

[Anonymous]

Yes...and if I hear the word SAL one more time.....I am going to pop.

[vacanechaser]

Yes...and if I hear the word SAL one more time.....I am going to pop.

LOL... I could not agree more... Just because it looks dru out there does not mean it is the SAL.. opppsss sorry buster... lol.. Air does sink and dry out.. Look at the shot I posted and look at the west coast... do you reall think all of that is DUST?? No way..

Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team

[dhweather]

All week in the TWD, the NHC guys talked about the wave near the islands
being at the leading edge of of "dry Saharan air".

It's not as bad as it was earlier in the week, however, it's also rather odd
to have two waves with NO convection during the peak of the season.

[vacanechaser]

All week in the TWD, the NHC guys talked about the wave near the islands
being at the leading edge of of "dry Saharan air".

It's not as bad as it was earlier in the week, however, it's also rather odd
to have two waves with NO convection during the peak of the season.

There is a thing called shear too... There has been way to much of it out there... Plus not everything dry out there is from the Saharan Air Layer...


Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team

[dhweather]

All week in the TWD, the NHC guys talked about the wave near the islands
being at the leading edge of of "dry Saharan air".

It's not as bad as it was earlier in the week, however, it's also rather odd
to have two waves with NO convection during the peak of the season.

There is a thing called shear too... There has been way to much of it out there... Plus not everything dry out there is from the Saharan Air Layer...


Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team

You just made Naso pop.

[vacanechaser]

All week in the TWD, the NHC guys talked about the wave near the islands
being at the leading edge of of "dry Saharan air".

It's not as bad as it was earlier in the week, however, it's also rather odd
to have two waves with NO convection during the peak of the season.

There is a thing called shear too... There has been way to much of it out there... Plus not everything dry out there is from the Saharan Air Layer...


Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team

You just made Naso pop.

Naaahh!! I didnt say SAL!! lol.. oooppssss


Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team