Chantal Becomes a Subtropical BUT.. Worried on the Gulf and Atlantic

Okay, the name Chantal was sort of wasted in my opinon and is a officially a Subtropical Storm with a name..they can up the numbers to 3 but are they really, really SURE it's worthy of a name?

I think it's a good debate but there are bigger things to worry on..

There is a system forming in the Gulf Of Mexico that some models have played with and predicted would develop. The shear there is minimal and there is high pressure aloft and often times storms form at the bottom of frontal systems and that might be what is happening as we speak.

Worth watching because of it's proximity to the coasts that might have to tangle with a rapidly forming Tropical Storm.

Next... wave in the Atlantic is still there. It pulsed up all night and in all the right places. This wave has always had a low pressure center and the center has been.. in the center and when it pulses you can see it could develop into something big. One model develops it big.. most ignore it while they dream of some cute weather girl doing the news in Miami... ahhh the fickle models.

Either way, anyway.. this wave is one to watch.

Posting some links below to link to and loop. Keep watching.

There is one model shown below that seems to have been taking speed late last night, personally think the Miami Dade Police should bust it for using some sort of illegal substance but well.. it's a model... and it does develop a few storms so we will be watching for the next run and to see if the GFS or the GFDL can bother with the wave or the gulf in their next run.

Stay tuned.
Short post.. back later. Okay...short for me...

Is something developing in the GOM?
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/gmex/loop-avn.html

Model shows something to think on but not to bet money on:

http://moe.met.fsu.edu/cgi-bin/cmctc2.cgi?time=2007073100&field=850mb+Vorticity&hour=Animation

My beautiful rainbow roll.. loop... beautiful view of the tropics!

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/loop-rb.html