Invest 96L continues to show robust convection near a quasi-localized area of lower pressure. The NH gives this area an 80-percent chance of development by early next week. From the NHC The NHC says there is a reasonable amount of confidence that this forms into a tropical system. Shower activity continues to become better organized in association with a tropical… Read more →
It is a busy day for the meteorologists of the National Hurricane Center. There are still six areas of interest in the tropical Atlantic. Two close to the United States, two out over the open waters, and two coming off the coast of Africa. Tropical Storm Paulette and Tropical Storm Rene continue to swirl around in the open waters, but… Read more →
PTC 16 / Invest 96L continues to drift to the NW across the Bay of Campeche. Cold cloud tops and some lightning has been noted on GOES 16 data. Some tropical meteorologists and researchers have noted that PTC 16 / Invest 96L looks pretty well put together this morning – and even more-so than Tropical Depression 15. If PTC 16… Read more →
Invest 96L continues to hold on to dear life. A lot like the guy who didn’t want to “go on the cart” in Monty Python, this thing is not quite dead yet. In fact, the National Hurricane Center is still highlighting what is left of Invest 95L, too. So, I suppose, there are two areas of “not-quite-dead-yet’d’ness” out there. You’ll… Read more →
Newly-minted Invest 96L out in the Atlantic is still a few days away from having an opportunity to get better organized, but there is some info within the models that may shed light on the potential forecast down the road. Right now, the System Formerly Known As Invest 95L is barely clinging-on to existence and Invest 96L is starting to… Read more →
