WxWatcher007

Let's talk Invest 96L, which I highlighted as the Atlantic Lemon a week ago. While the guidance has waffled the last week over development odds for this one, in the last 18 hours 96L has made a sizable move toward development in advance of reaching the Lesser Antilles. This invest has been buoyed by a large moisture envelope that to date has kept dry air from significantly disrupting convective activity. While convection did collapse yesterday, this wave has not had the look of virtually every other wave crossing the tropical Atlantic this season. That said, there remains reason to be skeptical. Even in the visible image above you see issues. On the NW side you can see arc clouds shooting outward, a clear sign of dry air. To the SW, you see wind shear as the cloud tops ahead get blown away. The shear analysis from this morning shows 96L threading the needle. I don't think this one is going to fizzle out at this point, but the above does tell me that this still has the potential to sputter as it tries to find its footing organizationally. That has implications downstream as land interaction will be key to both track and intensity. The image below is busy but important. This is an overlay of 00z EPS and GEFS ensemble tracks with water vapor. Once again, despite a large moisture envelope, the ever present dry air is...well...present. It wouldn't take much IMO to hold this one back, and that's basically what the guidance shows. There's a clear consensus, at least in this model cycle, that it remains relatively weak and heads toward the northern part of the Antilles. Places like Puerto Rico should watch this closely in case this becomes the first system of the year in the tropical Atlantic to overperform a little, which it has done so far. So while it has certainly made progress that may allow it to become a player in the medium to longer range, the environment is still marginal to hostile, and it has some work to do organizationally. We need to see if this organizational trend continues. If it does, that significantly increases the odds that it develops before the Antilles. I don't think it's really worth talking long range track right now, but this early I think all options are on the table.

It’s pretty close. Let’s see if it can persist through the day. Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Wed Sep 14 2022 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Central Tropical Atlantic: Showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad and elongated area of low pressure located about 800 miles east of the Lesser Antilles have persisted overnight and are showing signs of organization. Although upper-level winds are not particularly conducive for additional development, only a slight increase in organization would result in the formation of a tropical depression. The system is forecast to move generally westward over the tropical Atlantic during the next day or so, and move near or over portions of the Leeward Islands Friday and Friday night. Regardless of development, the system is likely to bring gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall to portions of the Leeward Islands Friday through Saturday. Interests in the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico should monitor the progress of this system. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. $$ Forecaster Brown

The steering pattern does look pretty ripe as long as there are no unmodeled shortwaves that erode the coming ridge.

Don’t really have much to add other than it looks pretty solid based on prior microwave imagery, a partial ASCAT pass, and current IR. Agree with Windspeed and some others that we need to see this survive long enough to reach a *potentially* favorable environment. I remain skeptical but if this can persist, and that’s been a challenge all season in the tropical Atlantic, it has a shot. I think this needs to be a coherent enough disturbance to survive potential interaction with the Greater Antilles. The size may help in that regard. Good to see deep convection and hints of curved banding.

I’m still skeptical about 96L too. Let’s see how those aggressive euro forecasts verify in three days. The guidance has been awful even at short range.

San Diego had tropical this month.

We now have Invest 96L. All you for the thread @GaWx. Also I hate to admit it, but I’m not on board yet with this one.

I still need to see it make progress the next few days. There’s a nice moisture envelope but there’s a lot of dry air ahead and potential land interaction if it can’t get poleward a little.

18z was the most aggressive yet fwiw

I’m lukewarm on that wave, but it has been more convectively active today.

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=eps&region=atl&pkg=lowlocs&runtime=2022091212&fh=12

The thing with Wentz IMO are the leadership issues (which we haven't necessarily seen yet in Washington) and the fact that he does not take care of the football. He's talented, sure. He'll make plays, absolutely. But turnovers are killer and if you do that kind of thing against better teams you lose by 20. Go all in on a high end QB. There are good skill players on that offense.

I’m so happy football is back

Still baffled that Washington signed him. Actually, no I’m not.

Definitely possible.

Blunt trauma is a good way to put it. lol

Earl let me down in not becoming a major, and it looks like the ones above will go 0/3. Just a struggle to get anything really going this year.

Earl flopping hurts but I still think my forecast will be fine at the end of the day. Homebrew region needs to produce.

Haha I just posted this in the Kay thread.

Another underperformer

Basin sucks. That is all.

It’s a chilly start here. Low of 51.5.