Will be tracking over the warmest water in the Atlantic east of Cancun.
This is where Cat 5 hurricanes spin up.
Stay tuned.
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/atcf_web/image_archives/…gif
Just entering the Caribbean now.
Don’t expect to see much development until he gets near Jamaica.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at5%20shtml/084441.shtml?5-daynl#contents
Extremely hot water.
Synthia virus has been incubating for 2 years in it and maybe now is when it will be released.
See page 18
http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/uploads/files/bba493f7-cc97-4da3-add6-3deb007cc719.pdf
Invest 90L coming off Africa – looking pretty good.
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc-bin/tc_home2.cgi
Tropical Storm Ernesto lashed the Windward Islands with strong winds and heavy rain early this morning, as it passed over St. Lucia near 7 am AST. Ernesto brought sustained winds of 43 mph to Barbados at 7 am AST, and sustained winds of 41 mph, gusting to 63 mph to St. Lucia at 6:15 am AST. Ernesto looks moderately well-organized on Martinique radar, with spiral bands to the north and south feeding into an echo-free center. Ernesto is beginning to show more organization on visible satellite loops, with the very limited heavy thunderstorm activity near its center now expanding, spiral banding increasing, and an upper-level outflow channel developing to the north. Ernesto is fighting moderate wind shear of 10 – 20 knots, and water vapor satellite loops show a large area of dry air to the west. Strong upper level winds from the west are driving this dry air into the core of the storm, disrupting it. It appears, though, that Ernesto has fended off the most serious challenges to its survival, as the pressure has fallen to 1002 mb, and the storm’s appearance on radar and satellite is gradually improving. The latest 7:30 am center report from the Hurricane Hunters also indicated that Ernesto was beginning to build an eyewall.
Ernesto’s survival into today means that the storm now potentially poses a formidable threat to the Western Caribbean. Wind shear is expected to drop to the low range, 5 – 10 knots, later today, and remain low for the next five days, according to the 8 am EDT run of the SHIPS model. By Monday, a trough of low pressure passing to the storm’s north may be capable of turning Ernesto more to the northwest, resulting in the storm entering the Gulf of Mexico by the middle of next week.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html
- DB
