Thursday, June 17, 2010

Brian: High wind shear over tropical wave... but thunderstorms continue to fire...

One last image for tonight; the above is wind shear over the Atlantic. The brighter red the color, the higher the wind shear. 30+ knots of wind shear are located over the tropical wave near the Leeward Islands, yet thunderstorms continue to develop near the center of circulation. Really, this is quite remarkable. Shear is still prohibitive for storm development, but this is at least very interesting to follow!
 
Brian

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