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Posted by JAC on 8/8/2009, 7:15 pm



TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
205 PM EDT SAT AUG 08 2009


...TROPICAL WAVES...

A TROPICAL WAVE HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE SURFACE ANALYSIS AT
08/1200 UTC OVER THE FAR E ATLC. THIS TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG
15W/16W S OF 16N MOVING W 10-15 KT. RECENT VISIBLE SATELLITE
IMAGERY INDICATES A WELL-DEFINED LOW/MID-LEVEL CYCLONIC
CIRCULATION CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAVE NEAR 11N16W.
TIME-HEIGHT ANALYSES FROM BAMAKO IN MALI INDICATE THAT THE
DIRECTION OF THE FLOW BELOW 550 MB SHIFTED FROM NORTHEASTERLY TO
SOUTHEASTERLY BETWEEN 07/1200 UTC AND 07/1800 UTC...SUGGESTING
WAVE PASSAGE AT BAMAKO DURING THIS TIME. SUNY ALBANY GFS
ANALYSES DEPICT THE LOW-LEVEL VORTICITY MAXIMUM ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS WAVE TRACKING WESTWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AFRICA DURING
THE LAST FEW DAYS. THE 5-DAY HOVMOLLER DIAGRAM FOR SATELLITE
IMAGERY ALSO INDICATES AN AREA OF ENHANCED CLOUDINESS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE WAVE TRACKING WESTWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AFRICA
DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS. A BAND OF NUMEROUS MODERATE/ISOLATED
STRONG CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAVE IS WITHIN 90 NM
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11N15W TO 10N17W TO 10N21W.
















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