Possible, probable Tropical Depression Forming In Atlantic...

Surprise Surprise Surprise as Gomer Pyle used to say..

A lot of surprised people waking up today going to look at Invest 98 and poof.. it's gone and 99 is up.

Hearing a lot of bah humbug from the big weather guys who still want to track the bahama mama and don't want to believe yet in the Atlantic Wave that may become Chantal by tomorrow.. *MAYBE*

Down in the Atlantic eyeing Barbados north..

Models did not pick up on this and IF this develops let this be a good lesson to Colonel Lauterbach that models are iffy on predicting development AND intensity. They work best when there is something to work with.. QuikScat however picks up what is there vs what we want to believe is or isn't there.

IF this develops... chalk one up for QuikScat vs the Models.

Beautiful girl, really beautiful little wave with rudimentary band like features, a center of circulation and cruising along south of the SAL and without too much shear.

Ships model came in high with a strong hurricane dancing around Hispanola somewhere between 108 hours and 130.. Stay tuned.

Though models were flirting with the blob in the Bahamas this little wave started cranking. Been watching her most of the day during work and was too amazed to type.. that for me is a lot!

So.. go figure..

Just when you thought it was safe to take a cruise to the tropics.. something wicked this way comes... forms... pops up.

WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAAM as if it had always been there..

Remind me to check the BAMN..

over and out but will be back with more info to see if this is a one day wonder or the real thing..

beautiful, simply beautiful to watch a tropical system come together

watch her spin... with a name...without a name... watch her spin

http://hadar.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/trop_ge_vis_float1_0.html