stormkite wrote:Just my 2 cents it's been like watching ground hog day every potential system is getting hammered by sinking dry air. And the cooler than normal waters of Portugal have had negative affect on development durring the season.
I will point out that neither are a factor with this system as SSTs are around average and its embedded within a fairly moist area.
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/sst/anomaly/anomwne.gif
http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/sal/splitE.jpg
What will likely do this in is the constant unrelenting wind shear that we've seen all season, with >30kts to the west.
http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/atlantic/winds/wg8sht.GIF