most everybody disagrees with me on how to tag andrea. i'm not an expert on the subject, but don't think i'm totally clueless either... but i guess if most everybody with a highly informed opinion has chimed in on one side, and i'm about the only guy yapping on the other... i might be out of my league. in any case, the later part of andrea's life cycle seemed to include regeneration before it fully merged with the frontal boundary late today, so i'm interested in seeing how the authorities will deem to post-analyze the storm. it may have been over cooler waters and all, but from late friday on the persistent convective bursts and the small but well-defined core seemed more than your average remnant low. as the thing picked up speed late saturday and was blowing persistent convection, maintaining a tight core and not part of the frontal zone (and quickscat was showing good evidence of gale force winds), was it then still just a remnant low?
not a definite yes, but not a definite no either, i think. that's for another day, i guess.
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