Tropical Wave near Africa....looks interesting
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Tropical Wave near Africa....looks interesting
TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
205 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2006
...TROPICAL WAVES...
TROPICAL WAVE ADDED ALONG 16W S OF 10N MOVING W 10 KT. ALTHOUGH
IT IS LOW-LATITUDE..THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT WAVE WITH A BROAD
CIRCULATION. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS W OF THE WAVE
FROM 2N-6N BETWEEN 18W-21.5W
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
205 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2006
...TROPICAL WAVES...
TROPICAL WAVE ADDED ALONG 16W S OF 10N MOVING W 10 KT. ALTHOUGH
IT IS LOW-LATITUDE..THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT WAVE WITH A BROAD
CIRCULATION. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS W OF THE WAVE
FROM 2N-6N BETWEEN 18W-21.5W
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East Atlantic Met 8 image
Looks with convection now however for sure it will lose some of it as it trecks westward.However there is moist air in the atlantic so this one may not go poof entirely.
Water Vapor

Looks with convection now however for sure it will lose some of it as it trecks westward.However there is moist air in the atlantic so this one may not go poof entirely.
Water Vapor


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Camille_2_Katrina wrote:skysummit wrote:You really don't need very warm waters for a wave to make it all the way across the Atlantic.
but you do for organization...![]()
It doesn't have to organize right now. As long as it can hold itself together as a wave even with a little convection and continue to move west toward a more favorable area, it'll eventually get into warmer waters. Remember what Katrina did? She was barely even noticable before she organized.
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skysummit wrote:Camille_2_Katrina wrote:skysummit wrote:You really don't need very warm waters for a wave to make it all the way across the Atlantic.
but you do for organization...![]()
It doesn't have to organize right now. As long as it can hold itself together as a wave even with a little convection and continue to move west toward a more favorable area, it'll eventually get into warmer waters. Remember what Katrina did? She was barely even noticable before she organized.
you were the one comenting on the low sheer invironment...
sheer hinders orginization...


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Actually water temps at the surface are warm enough out there. South of 10 degrees latitude, which is where most of the convection lies, is above 26.5 C:
http://wxmaps.org/pix/atlpot.png
The environment around this wave is just not conducive yet. Overall, there is likely not enough latent heat in the atmosphere to get this thing going. Although it is interesting, perhaps, that it was noted as a "significant wave".
http://wxmaps.org/pix/atlpot.png
The environment around this wave is just not conducive yet. Overall, there is likely not enough latent heat in the atmosphere to get this thing going. Although it is interesting, perhaps, that it was noted as a "significant wave".
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what's the earliest a true CV storm has formed?
Im not asking this because I think we will get one soon, but because as far as I know, storms form only in the GOM, Carib and off the east FL coast through at least late July. also the NHC climate map(Im not going to post it since it already has been a few times) for June and July only have those areas that I mentioned highlighted for possible development.
Im not asking this because I think we will get one soon, but because as far as I know, storms form only in the GOM, Carib and off the east FL coast through at least late July. also the NHC climate map(Im not going to post it since it already has been a few times) for June and July only have those areas that I mentioned highlighted for possible development.
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wxwatcher91 wrote:what's the earliest a true CV storm has formed?
Im not asking this because I think we will get one soon, but because as far as I know, storms form only in the GOM, Carib and off the east FL coast through at least late July. also the NHC climate map(Im not going to post it since it already has been a few times) for June and July only have those areas that I mentioned highlighted for possible development.
Bertha 1996


The most east and earliest named storm formation was Bertha in 1996.
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cycloneye wrote:wxwatcher91 wrote:what's the earliest a true CV storm has formed?
Im not asking this because I think we will get one soon, but because as far as I know, storms form only in the GOM, Carib and off the east FL coast through at least late July. also the NHC climate map(Im not going to post it since it already has been a few times) for June and July only have those areas that I mentioned highlighted for possible development.
Bertha 1996
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The most east and earliest named storm formation was Bertha in 1996.
thanks.
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