Hey Alex K

I have a link that i think has some neat satellite imagery, and it says it real time.

You have to scroll down the page a until you find Africam which is at the bottom and there is a white box that says IR Floater, click that inside the white box and you will get up to date satellite pictures of the waves coming off africa. It looks like the wave that just moved off the coast might be losing convection also.

here is the link

http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/rmsdsol/TROPICAL.html

Also, i agree with Rich B on the curvature, it seems there is a little circulation there.