typhoon_tip
(Meteorologist)
Wed Jul 10 2013 05:26 AM
Re: Chantal Moves Into the Caribbean Sea

It's the bewitching hour for Chantal. As we suggested earlier, now TPC has reported RECON the same:
"THE SATELLITE PRESENTATION OF CHANTAL BECAME LESS ORGANIZED DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...BUT THERE HAS BEEN A BURST
OF DEEP CONVECTION RECENTLY NEAR THE ESTIMATED CENTER. THE PLANE HAS HAD DIFFICULTY FIXING A CENTER...WITH THE WIND FIELD RESEMBLING AN OPEN WAVE RATHER THAN A CLOSED CIRCULATION.

We did have some internal discussion about the causes for TCs to struggle in the eastern Caribbean. It is not entirely clear if those reason are inflicting the tropical storm, but if this does indeed dissolve it will be interesting to discuss why.



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