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Quiet tropics…will it last?

Posted by Jim Weber under Daily updates

The description of the tropics all season with little exception has been quiet. The el Nino has taken care of any tropical systems trying to develop. The story again today is quiet weather through the entire tropics. There is one weak tropical wave moving west towards the Caribbean. It is expected to bring locally heavy rains across the Lesser Antilles over the next 24 hours.

The ITCZ has shown clusters of thunderstorms through out the day but neither one of these areas shows any signs of organization. Water Vapor imagery shows a large are of dry air extending from southern Florida all the way into the eastern Atlantic. There is also evidence of strong southwesterly shear through this region.