Well now, the situation on our door step is actually getting interesting...the radar suggests broad cyclonic rotation centered somewhere off shore of Pinellas/ Pasco...the visible might indicate a reflection of that but closer to southern Pinellas...hard to tell
The mid GOM is being influenced by an upper level weakness that seems to be rotating east then NE in the next 24 hours.. will this be a spark to surface development? Without a surface low the upper feature would generate some potential for severe TStorms in any event. If there is a developing surface feature (and BP has beeen relatively low for several days) then it is very close to the land mass at present.
interesting.