HUGE storms edges towards Caribbean

FWBHurricane · #1 Postby **FWBHurricane** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 8:42 am

In the last few hours a HUGE storm has blown up and is huge..a few miles eas of the Leeward/Winward Islands. Some of it is being sheared off but it still huge! Also the storm we have been tracking interected with some shear and started to weaken but just this morning another flare up happened in the the storm. Still going on strong. Any comments?

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT ... -loop.html

chadtm80 · #2 Postby **chadtm80** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 8:50 am

The SW Carib has just been to dang Persistant "on and off" for something to not eventually pop down there.. All that convection east of the islands is impressive too.. But LOTS of sheer in the area?

FWBHurricane · #3 Postby **FWBHurricane** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 8:53 am

There is some strong shear to the north of the system just east of the Caribbean...thats why only the topr parts of the storm seem to be blwoing away from the system. That storm does look impressive...the Caribbean has a OK environment right now for development.

chadtm80 · #4 Postby **chadtm80** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 9:02 am

Few shots on Vis.. http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT ... -loop.html

chadtm80 · #5 Postby **chadtm80** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 9:05 am

http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseasthurrir.html

http://orca.rsmas.miami.edu/wximages/jet/1_05/anis.html

FWBHurricane · #6 Postby **FWBHurricane** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 9:34 am

If you look behind the system in the caribbean...the shear is leaving a trail of thunderstorms that it blew away from the storm. The shear is pretty much heading in the direction of the other storm a few miles out from the caribbean.

chadtm80 · #7 Postby **chadtm80** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 9:36 am

The S. Carib feature looks much more interesting to me.. I say keep your eyes down there

Josephine96 · #8 Postby **Josephine96** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 9:50 am

I also think it looks interesting.. :wink:

I get the point also that the system appears to be "huge" lol

FWBHurricane · #9 Postby **FWBHurricane** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 9:52 am

lol..sorry about that...i posted this when i just woke up so i wasnt really with it at the time ( note some of the typos ) :lol:

HurricaneGirl · #10 Postby **HurricaneGirl** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:15 pm

I saw that this morning on the maps and was wondering what was going on with that! :eek:

bbadon · #11 Postby **bbadon** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:21 pm

Both areas in the Carribean look interesting especially in the SW carribean appears to be some kind of mid-level rotation starting to appear in the visibles.

#12 Postby **hurricanemike** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:44 pm

1405 TWD:

TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 49W/50W SOUTH OF 17N MOVING WEST 20 KT. THE TROPICAL WAVE IS WELL DEFINED WITH CONSIDERABLE CONVECTION. SCATTERED TO ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS FROM 4N-13N BETWEEN
43W-55W.

I think this is one to watch...looked good this morning (12Z) on the METEOSAT-7

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT ... -loop.html

Derecho · #13 Postby **Derecho** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 2:13 pm

I wouldn't call a tropical wave a "Storm".

One reason it blew up is actually that it's badly sheared; it's divergent shear (winds spreading out at upper levels leading to upward movement of air at the surface) that encourages convection, but is terrible for actual tropical development.

The single biggest cause of impressive "blobs" with no chance of development is divergent westerly shear; looks great if you don't look at a CIMISS shear map.

#14 Postby **msbee** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 2:41 pm

the amount of convection is impressive but I agree with you Derecho.
I think it looks impressive because there is so much shear.

HUGE storms edges towards Caribbean

HUGE storms edges towards Caribbean

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