Jeff Master's take on what was Invest 94L.
The "sleeping giant" Yucatan low
A large low pressure system that moved inland over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Monday continues to bring heavy rain to Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. Satellite estimates of rainfall show that 1-2 inches of rain has fallen over the Yucatan, with isolated amounts up to five inches. The low crossed the Yucatan Wednesday and reached the edge of the Gulf of Mexico, where it began pulling in Gulf moisture and firing up some heavy thunderstorms. However, the low looped counter-clockwise back towards Belize before it could fully emerge into the Gulf. The low is now over northern Guatemala, and is still quite deep. Surface pressures at the center are about 1002 mb, the same level as a week ago. Satellite imagery shows a vigorous surface circulation around the low, which is kicking up impressive thunderstorms over Belize and the waters just offshore over the Western Caribbean. The low is drifting slowly eastwards towards the Western Caribbean, and could pop out over water on Saturday or Sunday. If this occurs, I believe the low will have enough spin to develop into a tropical depression. Steering currents are weak enough that the storm could stay trapped in the Western Caribbean for many many days, or it could loop northwestward back over the Yucatan Peninsula, arriving in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday. At that time, a trough of low pressure capable of turning the storm northwards towards Texas may arrive. This is the solution offered by the UKMET model. However, most of the computer models forecast that the low will never emerge into the Caribbean.
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