Well....globals are coming into better agreement on a low exiting the African Coast in a few days and crossing the atlantic... GFS was first, than the CMC jumped aboard...(now CMC has 4 areas from the Gulf Of Mexico to the east coast Atlantic to the far western Atlantic, kinda over doing it again, which is expected of the Canadian Model) but now most other globals are coming on with the Afican low coming off the coast in a few days... they all vary in how weak/strong and the path they take... I am a little curious to see if something can make the track across the atlantic, right now.

i have been studying some stuff over at <a href="www.eumetsat.int" target="_blank">Eumetsat</a>... reading some things and what from what i can tell there has been somewhat a shift in flow over northwestern Africa... above where the ITCZ would be... which i think there has been some areas that have gotten wet, that are usually very dry. This would help the dust that is pulled down into the Atlantic with the ridge that is just to the SW of Europe... but with the flow around the high... it is pushing cooler waters down towards the area that would be favorable for Tropical Cyclone formation... near the Cape Verde Islands... I think clark talked a little about the Cooler Waters and setup in this region a few weeks ago......

This 24 image shows the low cloud product.... RGB...and you can kinda see where the cooler air is at... EUMETSAT - Met 9 RGB **note this is really only good for night time use... but does show better where low level mositure boundries are... cirrus clouds, etc.

This 24 image shows the dust product... RGB.... and you can see where possible dust in the air is at... **Dust appears pink or magenta in this RGB combination... Dry land looks pale blue (daytime) to pale green (nighttime). Thick, high-level clouds have red-brown tones and thin high-level clouds appear very dark (nearly black). EUMETSAT- Met 9 RGB
(I find it easier to watch the sats if you speed up the player)