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Question about tropical waves

#1 Postby boca » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:30 pm

I know about hearing about the 1st tropical wave traversing the Atlantic around mid to late May. Is this normal to have a wave in the Caribbean in mid to late Jan or is this normal but highly underadvertised.
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#2 Postby HURAKAN » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:42 pm

It will be very difficult to have a tropical wave in mid January since at this time the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone) is usually very far to the south. What we had in the Western Caribbean for the last days or so was a trough of low pressure that separated from a cold front and in an environment of light shear and high moisture, and relatively high sea-surface temperatures convection flared. If we were in the hurricane season, this could have developed a low pressure and could have become a TD or TS.

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#3 Postby boca » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:49 pm

Thanks HURAKAN.
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#4 Postby HURAKAN » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:51 pm

boca wrote:Thanks HURAKAN.


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#5 Postby mike815 » Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:32 pm

cool yes it is thats awesome i might teach history myself
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#6 Postby Weatherfreak14 » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:47 am

soo, if no lanforms was in the waves way it could had very much become TS? :eek:
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