Jamiewx
(Storm Tracker)
Fri Sep 03 2004 03:55 PM
Strengthening

NWS Melbourne mentions this in their discussion this morning,
you can see the cloud tops are cooling on the IR. Has anyone looked at the shear tendency chart yet, it shows it as decreasing, so perhaps slight intensification is possible.

CLOUD TOPS INVOF THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES HAVE SHOWN SOME COOLING IN RECENT SAT IMAGERY...INDICATIVE OF A CONVECTIVE BURST AND LIKELY STRENGTHENING.



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