Portastorm wrote:Extremeweatherguy wrote:BTW: Is anyone seeing this new blow up of convection coming off the Yucatan? This could reach TX by tomorrow or Tuesday if it holds together:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/gmex/loop-avn.html
Not trying to poo-poo your excitement ... but isn't that a diurnal event? I seem to see thunderstorms rolling westward off the Yucatan peninsula every evening about this time.
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AXNT20 KNHC 022349
TWDAT
TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
805 PM EDT SUN JUL 02 2006
A HIGH-AMPLITUDE TROPICAL WAVE IS OVER YUCATAN ALONG 88W/89W S
OF 20N MOVING W NEAR 20 KT. THIS WAVE IS LIKELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
A LARGE BLOWUP OVER TSTMS OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF CENTRAL
AMERICA N OF 16N AND OVER WESTERN YUCATAN TONIGHT. THESE TSTMS
SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE SHORTLY AND DIE
OUT OVERNIGHT.