MichaelA
(Weather Analyst)
Sun May 27 2012 03:36 PM
Re: Beryl Forecast Lounge

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Looks like an eye has formed.Would not be surprised if it is a cat 1 at landfall.

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What you are seeing is the convection beginning to close around the low level center of circulation. Storms don't typically form an eye feature until they are much stronger. Take a look at the RGB sat. loop. The cloud tops are white while the low level clouds are more yellow looking.


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