
Things are changing rather quickly here. In the prior thread, some had correctly noted the presently strong upper level winds presently whipping south into the Gulf. Wellllllllll, that looks like it may be relativly short lived and possibly not a factors in a few days when a potential T.S. might then be entering the Gulf.
Given that we might be looking at a T.S. still in the W. Caribbean in 72 hr.'s and potentially emerging into the S.E. GOM thereafter rather than a weaker system previously projected to evolve out of the south/central GOM.... i wouldnt be at all confident those present upper level conditions to be present over the Eastern Gulf. Per the upper air forecast maps, that upper level jet max seems to lift out along with a westward building mid to upper heights building in from east of Florida and seemingly into the E. GOM with time. At the same time the stout 200 mb high over Texas (that in tandum with the dip of energy into the N. Gulf) helping to steer those strong shearing conditions southward, is projected to progressively move westward toward the southwest U.S. with the building upper high from the east (along with the storms own upper anticyclone) filling in. As I see it, i now see upper level conditions for the E. Gulf evolving from hostile to favorable in the 72-96 hr. period.
(Sorry, this discussion should've probably been written in the new model's thread for 90L, but had just jumped from the Tropics- W. Caribbean thread, to the Active Systems - 90L Discussion thread without thinking.... MODS, feel free to move/re-post)