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Tracking tropical wave train off Africa
We’re rounding out another gloriously quiet week in the tropical Atlantic. A fresh plume of Saharan dust is sprinkled atop the eastern and central Atlantic while blistering wind shear has closed the Caribbean for business.
Weekend tropical roundup: New view of Andrew, supercomputers go online, and pump upgrades coming
In today’s newsletter, we review some tropical stories you may have missed in recent weeks, including a new view of Hurricane Andrew as it made landfall across South Florida 30 years ago next month.
Tropics: Keeping an eye on the African coast
It’s the time of year when our gaze naturally turns to Africa for large thunderstorm clusters rolling into the Atlantic, some of which become our stronger hurricanes in August and September.
Area To Watch In The Western Gulf Of Mexico
A complex weather pattern has developed over Central America and the surrounding waters.
Keeping tabs on the Atlantic disturbance this week
The ubiquitous spaghetti plots from online model promotors made their first big appearance of the year late yesterday afternoon for a fledgling disturbance in the far eastern Atlantic, but reality-based meteorology says buyer beware.
Gulf disturbance will bring needed rains to south Texas
Somewhat surprisingly on August 13th – 18 years to the day since Category 4 Hurricane Charley made landfall near Punta Gorda in southwest Florida on Friday, August 13th – the only disturbance we’re monitoring in the Atlantic is a messy area of low pressure twisting along in the northwestern Gulf.
Watching two areas for possible development early next week
Both traditional and microwave satellite this morning indicate the disturbance we’ve been tracking in the eastern Atlantic – designated Invest 94L by the National Hurricane Center – remains disorganized. Though we find a subtle turning of winds on the southeastern edge of more concentrated thunderstorm activity, 94L is still in its formative stages.
Largest Saharan dust outbreak so far this year heads to Florida, mostly quiet across the tropical Atlantic
The most widespread Saharan dust outbreak of the year across the tropical Atlantic is spreading into the western Caribbean, on its way to the Gulf of Mexico and parts of South Florida this week.
High pressure ushers in break in stormy pattern by Monday, Tropics quiet into early next week
After weeks of heavy rain across South Florida, we may finally see a break in the stormy pattern and there are a few reasons why.
Talking Tropics: Saharan dust settles over a quiet Atlantic
The big outbreaks of dry, dusty air from the sands of the Sahara that can spread thousands of miles through the Atlantic from Africa to the U.S. typically peak in late June and early July each year. Right on cue, another large dust plume is heading through the deep tropical Atlantic this week.
