off for a day and missed hearing about hope. got it on the bastardi page this morning.. john hope was the guy i grew up watching, before good info became available on computers. his expertise and authority in the tropics was unquestionable, but only mentioning that would seem a cheat. you always got the feeling from listening to him that he was a good person.. something that doesnt always come across with tv personalities. i respected the man. God rest him.
on a less mournful note, convection in the western gulf, southeast atlantic pretty intense. low to mid level twist apparent with both.. both moving ene. ahead of the front approaching from the north, the wind has shifted to out of the west, setting up good sfc convergence down there with the easterlies. maybe with the front approaching and the pressure falls (pretty low here) the complex will get the old baroclinic kick. i give it about 1 in 5 of deepening into something noteworthy.
after this current system goes down there will be a dying front splayed along the upper gulf, and a cutaway system drifting gulfward in texas early next week.. so some possibles down the road as well as the current interest. still low prospects though. june, to soon.