Question about Caribbean wave

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Question about Caribbean wave

#1 Postby LAwxrgal » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:26 pm

Is this the same one that came off Africa last week or are we talking about something else?
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#2 Postby Anonymous » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:27 pm

This disturbance did originate from Africa.
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#3 Postby FWBHurricane » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:30 pm

Now what would this be classified as if it develops...a Cape Verde storm or caribbean storm...because in originated from Africa but wont develop until its in the caribbean ( maybe ).
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#4 Postby rbaker » Wed Jul 21, 2004 2:34 pm

where ever it originates as a wave is what its called, in this case a cape verde.
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#5 Postby Opal storm » Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:35 pm

Yes,if this develops it would be our first Cape Verde storm of the season. :D
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#6 Postby Hyperstorm » Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:40 pm

Due to its origin as a tropical wave near the Cape Verde islands in Africa you could call it a Cape Verde system and might not be totally wrong, but in meteorological terms it is not a Cape Verde cyclone. In tropical meteorology, the disturbance's point of origin as a TROPICAL CYCLONE determines how it's called. If this system develops in the Caribbean it will be called a Caribbean system regardless if it orginated in the N. Atlantic as a cold-core system or in Africa as a tropical wave. Actual Cape Verde storms are the ones that develop into tropical cyclones near the Cape Verde islands of the E. Atlantic. So, it doesn't matter if it started as a tropical wave in Africa (actually, most of the tropical waves originate in Africa), it is not and will never be called a Cape Verde tropical cyclone.
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#7 Postby HURAKAN » Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:46 pm

Usually we classify tropical systems as "Cape Verde Systems" when they develop far into the Eastern Atlantic from tropical waves, because sometime system can develop in the far Eastern Atlantic Ocean but they are from subtropical or extratropical origens. Now, if a tropical system develops from a tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea it's not considered a "Cape Verde Storm".
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