Author: Rob Lightbown

Tropical Development From A Central Tropical Atlantic Tropical Wave Is Expected By Early Next Week, However, It Is Expected To Remain Out In The Open Atlantic & Not Be A Threat; Other Than That Things Remain Quiet Across The Atlantic Through Next Week

Rob Lightbown
Posted by Rob Lightbown Posted on Friday, July 28, 2023 12:54 pm
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Tropical Wave Located Halfway Between The Lesser Antilles & The West Coast Of Africa: A tropical wave that’s located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is producing an increasing amount of shower and thunderstorm activity today. That said, this tropical more »

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Area Of Disturbed Weather Over The Bahamas Is Not Expected To Develop; Tropical Wave Over The Far Eastern Tropical Atlantic Expected To Gradually Develop By This Weekend

Rob Lightbown
Posted by Rob Lightbown Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 4:05 pm
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Area Of Disturbed Weather Located Over The Bahamas: An area of disturbed weather is producing shower and thunderstorm activity across the Bahamas today. The flareup in convection is being caused by a pair of upper level low pressure systems – more »

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Invest 95-L Will Continue To Bring Squally Weather To The Windward Islands The Rest Of Today; Area Of Disturbed Weather Over The Southwestern North Atlantic May Try To Develop As It Heads Towards The US Southeast Coast; Tropical Wave Over The Far Eastern Tropical Atlantic Expected To Slowly Develop As It Heads Westward

Rob Lightbown
Posted by Rob Lightbown Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 11:14 am
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Invest 95-L Located Over The Windward Islands: The only reason why I’m mentioning Invest 95-L is because of the squally weather it’ll continue to bring to the Windward Islands the rest of today. Other than that, Invest 95-L is not more »

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Invest 95-L Not Expected To Develop But Will Bring Squally Weather To The Windward Islands Over The Next Couple Of Days; Tropical Development Possible Off Of The US Southeast Coast Late This Week & This Weekend; Tropical Wave Over The Far Eastern Tropical Atlantic Expected To Slowly Develop As It Heads Westward

Rob Lightbown
Posted by Rob Lightbown Posted on Monday, July 24, 2023 2:38 pm
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Invest 95-L Located To The East Of The Windward Islands: It no longer looks like Invest 95-L will develop into a tropical depression. The reason why is because this system was unable to fire thunderstorms long enough to push away more »

Continue Reading Invest 95-L Not Expected To Develop But Will Bring Squally Weather To The Windward Islands Over The Next Couple Of Days; Tropical Development Possible Off Of The US Southeast Coast Late This Week & This Weekend; Tropical Wave Over The Far Eastern Tropical Atlantic Expected To Slowly Develop As It Heads Westward

Invest 95-L Is Struggling Today, But May Still Develop Before Reaching The Windward Islands Late Tuesday; Two Other Tropical Waves From The Eastern Tropical Atlantic To Western Africa May Also Try To Develop Next Week

Rob Lightbown
Posted by Rob Lightbown Posted on Saturday, July 22, 2023 3:22 pm
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Invest 95-L Located Halfway Between The Lesser Antilles & The West Coast Of Africa: It seems like Invest 95-L is struggling today due to a combination of dry air and some easterly wind shear. The concentrated convection that was occurring more »

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Chances Are Increasing That Invest 95-L Will Develop As It Heads Westward Across The Central Tropical Atlantic; Interests In The Lesser Antilles Should Closely Monitor The Progress Of Invest 95-L This Weekend

Rob Lightbown
Posted by Rob Lightbown Posted on Friday, July 21, 2023 2:03 pm
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Invest 95-L Located Over The Central Tropical Atlantic: A small low pressure system, designated Invest 95-L by the National Hurricane Center, is now located over the central Tropical Atlantic near about 12 North Latitude, 40 West Longitude. This system is more »

Continue Reading Chances Are Increasing That Invest 95-L Will Develop As It Heads Westward Across The Central Tropical Atlantic; Interests In The Lesser Antilles Should Closely Monitor The Progress Of Invest 95-L This Weekend

Tropical Wave Over The Eastern Tropical Atlantic Has A Very Low Chance Of Developing Over The Next Several Days As It Heads Westward Across The Eastern & Central Tropical Atlantic

Rob Lightbown
Posted by Rob Lightbown Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 3:10 pm
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A tropical wave that’s located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is producing very disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Analysis of environmental conditions reveals that this wave is located in an area of low wind shear, but there is an more »

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Tropical Wave Now Moving Off Of The Coast Of Africa Should Be Watched Over The Next Week As It Heads Westward Across The Eastern & Central Tropical Atlantic

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Posted by Rob Lightbown Posted on Monday, July 17, 2023 12:36 pm
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A tropical wave that’s now pushing off of the coast of Africa today is a system that’s going to be watched as it heads westward over the next week or so. At this point though, the chances for development are more »

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Sub-Tropical Storm Don Will Remain Well Out In The North Atlantic & Not Be A Problem; No Tropical Development Is Expected Elsewhere Across The Atlantic, Caribbean & Gulf Of Mexico This Weekend Into Next Week

Rob Lightbown
Posted by Rob Lightbown Posted on Friday, July 14, 2023 4:16 pm
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Sub-Tropical Storm Don: 11 am EDT/10 am CDT Statistics: Location: 33.7 North Latitude, 47.3 West Longitude or about 1170 miles to the west of the Azores. Maximum Winds: 45 mph. Minimum Central Pressure: 1004 Millibars or 29.65 Inches. Forward Movement: more »

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A Few Items To Note Over The Atlantic, Caribbean & Gulf Of Mexico

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Posted by Rob Lightbown Posted on Monday, July 10, 2023 3:38 pm
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There are a few areas of interest across the Atlantic Basin that I wanted to mention: The first is the expected development of a low pressure system way out in the North Atlantic well east-northeast of Bermuda. Some development into more »

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