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“Erika” on the horizon??

Posted by Paul Dellegatto under Daily updates

Daytime satellite pictures on Monday initially showed an impressive looking system, but as the day progressed, vertical shear started to take its toll and by this evening invest 94L was looking ragged. Thunderstorms often flare up at night over warm water as instability increases. Judging by the latest infrared satellite pictures it appears as though we are looking at a flare up of thunderstorms along with some decent outflow. What we need to see before Invest 94L is upgraded to a tropical depression are signs of a closed circulation. So far, buoy and satellite data have not indicated that the winds are blowing in a circle around the center of the storm. Conditions still favor development and there is a decent chance that we will be looking at a depression or storm during the next 24 hours.

Impressive satellite picture