MSWx's Tropical and Local Corner

Northwest Caribbean Development June 1-7

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:42:00 GMT

We've all been discussing for a few weeks the Northwest Caribbean and the possibilities of development there. From what I've seen on the models and the predicted pattern, things are still lined up for potential development there during the first week of June. We often forget to not let a few model runs, especially operational runs, change our minds on the possibility of development. In the long range, models are going to waffle on certain ideas, but anywhere you can...
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Tropical Depression 5 Aimed at the Lesser Antilles

Thu, 2 Aug 2012 07:06:00 GMT

Well, I had a lot of thoughts I wanted to share about TD5, so I'm making a blog for the first time in a year or so. I'll probably be a little rusty, but I digress.Thursday, August 2, 2012Current ConditionsTropical Depression 5 is moving swiftly to the WNW at an estimated motion of 16kts and is currently on a beeline for the Central and Southern parts of the island chain. The current depiction of TD5 on satellite is very poor and resembles an open wave more than a tr...
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T.D. 12 forms, Gulf of Mexico development possible mid-week

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:32:00 GMT

SynopsisTropical Depression 12 formed early this morning in the Eastern Atlantic from the African wave that had been tagged 92L the past couple of days. It is the main feature in the Eastern half of the Atlantic. The Western Atlantic is very active convection-wise today. The convection is being aided by a lingering boundary left behind by Irene, a surface trough of low pressure moving across the Western Caribbean, and an upper level low pressure system near Puerto R...
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Irene is gone, focus turns to 92L

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:53:00 GMT

It has been a long time since I have done a blog entry, so I thought I would give it a shot!Atlantic Wide View Infrared:SynopsisWhat's left of Irene is now moving through Southeast Canada and should continue to transition into an extra-tropical cyclone. In the Gulf of Mexico, northwest flow aloft prevails due to the 4-Corners States' ridge (i.e. Texas Death Ridge) and the presence of a large trough over the Eastern United States induced by Irene's circulation. The C...
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Temporary Blog: Escape from the trolls on the main blog!

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:30:00 GMT

Discuss the tropics here until the main blog clears!
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