Welcome Ed.

You guys pretty much covered all the bases already, so I'll try not to reiterate too much.

Wave off Africa. Pretty impressive so far. Looks to be a tad south of some of the others, but not worried about longitude/lattitude for now. Let's see how it fares on it's (hopefully) trek across the pond.

98L. Interesting how it formed from the split of 97L, though fairly rare, not an unique situation. Steve remarked a wave did this a couple of years ago. So far, doesn't look like it will develop, and as Rich said, it's just kind of hanging out right now.

Remnant low from 97L in the GOM. JB thinks this will be a playa in the western gulf this weekend. Probably needs to be watched. Steve, you might get yer gusty t-storms from this.

JB's afternoon update on the tropics...and his whereabouts...unless I missed it, he didn't mention where he is, but this is his last business trip of the summer, so we'll be in full video and post mode for the heart of the season. He didn't promise a post this afternoon, only a "will try," especially if the system north of hispaniola gets going. Knowing him, though, he'll be back.

Cheers all,

LI Phil