LRandyB's Tropical Weather Discussion

Tropical Weather Discussion - August 27, 2012

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:18:00 GMT

Good afternoon folks! Tropical Storm Isaac is churning across the Gulf this afternoon headed for an eventual landfall somewhere on the LA coast. Despite what appeared to be conditions favorable for intensification, Isaac has stubbornly remained a tropical storm. We won't complain. I think the single biggest reason Isaac hasn't been able to reach hurricane status has been its shear size. A storm that covers as much ocean as Isaac takes time to consolidate all that...
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Tropical Weather Discussion - Sunday, August 26, 2012

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:07:00 GMT

All eyes are on Isaac this afternoon as it makes its way through the Florida Keys as a tropical storm. Current Key West radar shows the storm circulation very well though it still appears a bit ragged in terms of deep convection and eyewall development. But Isaac is now entering the Gulf which is quite warm. A ridge is building in over the SE US. Water vapor and visible loops show the ridge is beginning to effectively stall out the trough over the southern plains th...
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Tropical Weather Discussion - August 21, 2012

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:01:00 GMT

The tropics are getting busier as we approach the statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season around Sept. 10th. NHC recently started advisories on TD #9 and they expect to upgrade that system to what would be Tropical Storm Isaac later today. Another system follows TD#9 in the Atlantic and it appears likely this system will become TD#10 and perhaps Joyce. A third area of disturbed weather is off the Gulf coast of Mexico but appears unlikely to develop before ...
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Tropical Weather Discussion - August 7, 2012

Thu, 2 Aug 2012 15:28:00 GMT

Things are heating up a bit! We have recently upgraded Hurricane Ernesto about to make landfall near Belize and a new invest in the eastern Atlantic. Let's take a look.....In the Gulf of Mexico ......The weather is generally good across most of the Gulf as upper level ridging extends from the outflow of Hurricane Ernesto. Showers and thunderstorms along the FL peninsula were popping up with daytime heating aided by an upper trough over the eastern US. Hurricane Erne...
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Tropical Weather Discussion for Friday, June 22, 2012

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:26:00 GMT

Things have been pretty quiet so far in the Atlantic after the early start. Hurricane Chris developed out over the open North Atlantic and stayed there without impacting land areas. Now we have Invest 96 in the Gulf to look at. Let's take a look.....In the Gulf of Mexico ......Invest 96L is the news in the Gulf this weekend. 96L is actually a fairly large, broad area of low level circulation that is impacting most of the Gulf and the western Caribbean. Showers and ...
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