Bailey1777 wrote:just curious does anyone have an opinion on why ingrid is split in to two different storm complexes?
They often have 2 or 3 separate centers from TD strength all the way up to the strong TS category. It's because the vorticity (quite simply the tendency to spin in a circular direction) in weak systems often splits into a few separate centers that spin around each other, combine, separate, and recombine until the most stable formation develops. when there's 2 separate, or somewhat separate, centers they can each cause a convective burst of their own.