Storm Hunter
(Veteran Storm Chaser)
Sat May 31 2008 06:29 PM
Re: alma starts a fight

I think NHC got it right again.. although i think it may have been a TS a few hrs earlier...

"THIS SYSTEM IS NOT DESIGNATED TROPICAL STORM ALMA BECAUSE THE
SURFACE CENTER OF ALMA DISSIPATED OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN OF CENTRAL
AMERICA YESTERDAY. "

agree there too.. the spin we all saw on cross to the north was a mid-upper lever low... the surface from what i could tell got torn apart as it crossed the mountains.... and the mid-upper low moved to the north under the anti-cyclone flow aloft... i think the ship report and buoy report are what made NHC make the call. Welcome to the season of 2008... which officially starts in 12 hrs.... (time to tweak my seasonal forecast now!)


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