Spoken
(Weather Hobbyist)
Sat Aug 06 2005 06:20 PM
Re: big picture

As of yesterday, TD9 was reportedly "fighting for survival" ('somewhere in the South Atlantic'). Meanwhile....

RELATIVELY DRY ELY FLOW IS S OF THE RIDGE AXIS E OF THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS ROUND THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE COLD LOW IN THE CARIBBEAN.
Ref: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATWDAT+shtml/061043.shtml?

I can't seem to find "ELY FLOW" explained within NWS glossaries on-line. Anyway, the 'cyclonic circulation' mentioned above now appears to be developing something of a semi-circle of convection north of its center – currently near 70W, 20N (just north of Hispaniola). However, the feature still seems more easily seen by viewing 'color enhanced' images of water vapor for that area.
Ref: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/watl-wv-loop.html


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