Hugh
(Senior Storm Chaser)
Sun Aug 03 2008 08:02 PM
Re: Tropical Storm Edouard

What's the shear like near the storm? It looks on the satellite like there's some moderate to storm shear, which would prevent strengthening - yet the vortex messages indicate storm winds.

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