T.D. #15 Develops Far Out in the Atlantic

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Updated: 10/03/2012 1:34 pm
"Nadine" Turning NE.... T.D. #15 Develops in Atlantic.... 

Take note of the ragged cut-off & bad data over the far E. Atlantic.  The problem is that the GOES-13 satellite is malfunctioning.  Work is ongoing but for the time being the satellite -- GOES-15 -- that usually covers the Western U.S. & parts of the Pacific has been moved east to cover more of the Atlantic Basin.  Click here for info. from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Studies (CIMSS) & to view other satellite sectors.

"Nadine" will move northeast & affect the Azores for a second time then turn more sharply northward & become absorbed by a large ocean storm later this week.

The large disturbance in the Eastern Atlantic well west/northwest of the Cape Verde Islands has become t.d. #15.  All indications are this is a sharp recurvature over the open Atlantic (typical for this time of year) with a small window for intensification before shear increases & the tropical cyclone become involved with the large ocean storm to the north.  No impact on the U.S., Caribbean or any land areas.

Meanwhile...a large plume of tropical moisture -- as seen in the water vapor image below -- is streaming northward from the Caribbean & Gulf of Mexico across Fl.  Numerous heavy showers & t'storms are imbedded within this moisture but no surface low development is evident or expected.  Heavy rain will occur across much of Fl. through the week.

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