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“Talking the Tropics With Mike”: T’storm cluster northeast of Jacksonville.... “Matthew” satellite imagery

There are no areas of immediate concern over the Atlantic Basin.  A t'storm cluster has been relatively persistent east & northeast of Jacksonville but little surface development (low pressure) is expected.

Low pressure will develop by the weekend near New York City or east of there, but it looks like this surface low will not be tropical in nature.

A weak tropical wave is over the E. Atlantic moving rather slowly W/NW along the southern edge of a large shield of Saharan dust.  Any development will be slow to occur.

There are some hints of a tropical wave trying to develop later next week over the Central Atlantic (2nd chart below).

Imagery below courtesy CIMMS continues shows the African Saharan dust (orange & red) over the Central & Eastern Atlantic .... a new "blob" of African dust is taking up residence over much of the E. Atlantic & should help to limit deep tropical development this week through the weekend...

Water vapor imagery:

Surface analysis centered on the tropical Atlantic shows the strong Bermuda high remains anchored over the Central Atlantic...

Surface analysis of the Gulf:

Caribbean:

Wind shear analysis (red is stronger shear - very evident over the Central Atlantic & still over the Caribbean):

Eastern Atlantic.... once again the "popcorn" texture to the clouds off the coast of Africa is indicative of a stable atmosphere while a tropical wave "festers" on the southern edge of the drier, more stable air:

In the E. Pacific.... "Greg" has dissipated while twins "Irwin" & "Hilary" continue.  There will be some interaction between the two with a possible binary process through the weekend as "Irwin" gets pushed southwest then north & northwest around the circualtion of "Hilary".  It's also possible that "Irwin" will be absorbed by the larger circulation of "Hilary".

"Irwin":

"Hilary":

Interesting article from Jacksonville.com/Florida Times Union by one of the best local columnists - Mark Woods: "A tern for the better after hurricane Matthew" - here.  Photo below:

.... & while on the topic of "Matthew".... spectacular photos / videos out of NASA showing satellite imagery of hurricane "Matthew" last Sept. & Oct..  NASA:

"Earth observing satellites provide insights into Matthew's rapid intensification and fast decline. This show was designed for the NASA Hyperwall to be shown at the 2017 American Meteorlogical Society (AMS) Conference. The show highlight's NASA's GPM Core System that works hand-in-hand with numerous other datasets, including model runs."

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