Cape verde islands observations

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Cape verde islands observations

#1 Postby cycloneye » Tue Aug 26, 2003 8:48 am

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/GVAC.html

Note that the wind direction is from the NNE and the pressure that normally there at average is at 1015 mbs is down to 1012 mbs and those islands are north of the well defined low center by 250 miles.Also the winds sustained are over 20 mph.
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#2 Postby Tip » Tue Aug 26, 2003 8:51 am

Note the dewpoints of 71 degrees. No problem with the SAL there.
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#3 Postby cycloneye » Tue Aug 26, 2003 9:15 am

No sal at all.
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#4 Postby Air Force Met » Tue Aug 26, 2003 9:46 am

One thing I noticed though is the stratocu clouds north of the system. This means that the airmass is fairly stable. This won't kill a storm like a bunch of dry air will...but once it wraps into the circulation, it will inhibit convection. Also...on the obs you can see that the airmass is kinda cool and they reported drizzle. IF the obs were right, the report of drizzle shows a relatively stable airmass.
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#5 Postby ColdFront77 » Tue Aug 26, 2003 11:56 pm

Conditions are more favorable north of Hispaniola, when the convection gets to that are development will be more likely.
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#6 Postby vbhoutex » Wed Aug 27, 2003 12:10 am

ColdFront77 wrote:Conditions are more favorable north of Hispaniola, when the convection gets to that are development will be more likely.


Tom, this thread is about the Cape Verde development, not the wave near Hispaniola. :?: :?: :?:
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