WATS UP on August 23, 2005

[dhweather]

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Western Atlantic Tropical Summary - WATS UP on August 23, 2005

<img src="http://www.diamondheadweather.com/wats20050823.jpg">

The tale of two halves.

The eastern half of this WV image shows out lil' devil dominating the
region. He's making life for a wave approaching the islands very tough.

The western half of this WV image shows lots of moisture, particularly
near the Bahamas. The remnants of TD10 are slowly getting better
organized as they move west Northwest. RECON is scheduled to
investigate this area today. The ULL to the north of the TD10R is
providing some ventilation for the system. The strong ridge over the
Southeast US should guide TD10R into the GOM in the next couple of
days.

That's where thing get interesting. Several global models develop this
into a significant tropical cyclone in the GOM by the end of the week.
They've been doing that consistently, which warrants us watching this
system for development. Stay tuned!

A tropical wave is approaching central America, and will not develop.

[jasons2k]

That devil almost made me lose my coffee yet again

[dhweather]

It's the tighty whities, isn't it.

[WeatherEmperor]

there is a typo in your second paragraph where it says "moving west Northeast" I think that should say west northwest right?

<RICKY>

[dhweather]

there is a typo in your second paragraph where it says "moving west Northeast" I think that should say west northwest right?

<RICKY>

West Northeast is the politically correct way of saying "it's getting sheared to death"

Thanks for catching that, I've fixed it!

[EDR1222]

The disturbed weather that was once TD 10 looks much better this morning. It will be interesting to see if it pulls more NW or if it maybe interacts more with Cuba which could inhibit possible development.