Anti-cyclonic tropical low in N. Hem, or "dirty" high?

Honeyko · #1 Postby **Honeyko** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:05 pm

See: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/carb/loop-ir2.html

...check out the circulation around that convection around 8N northeast of S. America.

Wacky!

#2 Postby **RL3AO** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:28 pm

I saw it on quikscat yesterday. It was an almost closed surface low.

Cyclone1 · #3 Postby **Cyclone1** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:05 pm

That's the second one this year... Granted the other one was closer to the equator and was much more well-defined.

#4 Postby **JonathanBelles** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:15 pm

thats very odd. I expected it to be naked when I first looked at it. Mets: Any explanations.

Category 5 · #5 Postby **Category 5** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:44 am

I don't see any spin at all.

Honeyko · #6 Postby **Honeyko** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:57 am

Blow-off is covering up the low clouds now, but the anticyclonic motion was obvious all day and through the early evening.

Cyclone1 · #7 Postby **Cyclone1** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:39 pm

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/carb/loop-ir2.html

Very noticeable clockwise clip. Is this just an illusion?

HouTXmetro · #8 Postby **HouTXmetro** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:55 pm

I'll vote illusion

#9 Postby **vbhoutex** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:29 pm

HouTXmetro wrote:I'll vote illusion

Me too. I'm seeing the clockwise you are mentioning, but that could just be my old eyes.