Interesting Cyclonic Twist Off Venice, FL.

[TampaFl]

NWS Tampa radar is showing a rather nice cyclonic twist embedded in the rain band over Central Fl. The possible mid level developing low is iff Venice, Fl moving east. Thoughts and comments welcomed.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p ... ktbw.shtml


Robert

[abajan]

LOL, you beat me to it by 2 minutes! (Just after I made my post about that area, I noticed your topic about the same system.)

It certainly bears watching, IMHO.

[Anonymous]

That is a nice little twist going on there.

[cycloneye]

This is what it looks like at sat pic.Looks omminous right but according to TWD discussion below there is nothing there to open eyebrows (for now I add).

GULF OF MEXICO...
VERY ACTIVE PATTERN OVER THE AREA TODAY AS MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL
SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE SE UNITED STATES COUPLED WITH
A 130 KT UPPER JET THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC TRIGGERS AN AREA OF
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG TSTMS OVER THE E GLFMEX AND CENTRAL
FLORIDA. THE STRONGEST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY FOCUSED N
OF 25N AND WITHIN 300 NM AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM N
FLORIDA NEAR JACKSONVILLE SW TO THE CENTRAL GULF NEAR 25N90W.
FRONT CONTINUES SWD INTO S MEXICO JUST E OF THE ISTHMUS OF
TEHUANTEPEC WITH BROKEN TO OVERCAST CLOUDINESS AND ISOLATED
SHOWERS WITHIN 200 NM W OF FRONT. FRONT THEN BECOMES STATIONARY
OVER E MEXICO ALONG THE E SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL
MOUNTAINS WITH INCREASING LOW CLOUDINESS NOTED TO THE EAST OF
FRONT S OF 23N. EXPECT AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS TO TRANSLATE SEWD ACROSS CENTRAL AND S FLORIDA
TODAY. HOWEVER...ACTIVITY SHOULD SLOWLY WEAKEN AFTER
MID-MORNING AS THE UPPER JET LIFTS NEWD ALONG THE E COAST OF THE
UNITED STATES. SURPRISINGLY...THE COLD FRONT ITSELF NOW APPEARS
WILL CLEAR S FLORIDA TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY BRINGING WITH IT
AN UNSEASONABLY LATE PUSH OF CONTINENTAL AIR. ELSEWHERE OVER
THE AREA...A LARGE AREA OF SMOKE/HAZE CONTINUES TO MOVE NEWD
FROM S MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA AHEAD OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
COLD FRONT.

[Scorpion]

Wow, looks really potent. Is that coming this way??

[depotoo]

http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastnhe.html
nice little spin off to our east in the atlantic here

[Scorpion]

Just a cold-core low.

[Wnghs2007]

Just a cold-core low.

But interesting and really cool to look at none the less.

[Brent]

Dang!

[Steve H.]

Actually, that cyclonic area about 30N/60W is quite intrigueing for this time of year. Its moving SW into the Sargasso Sea which is fairly warm right now. Perhaps an omen of how this hurricane season may be

[dixiebreeze]

Oops --- I posted virtually the same thing before I saw this post. A very interesting scenario for early May in the GOM:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/GMEX/IR4/20.jpg

[James]

Yes, these little events sure are interesting. Pretty impressive flare up.