Hurricane Harbor: Gulf of Mexico Shows Possibilities Tonight

Getting interesting in the Gulf of Mexico... the purple dot has grown in size as the day has progressed into a big purple splotch.

Further more there is a semblance of a circulation at some mid level perhaps.

Check this link out:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/gmex/flash-rgb.html

What's making me look twice is something about the current set up reminds me of Andrea the A storm that started this season off... just off the coast of FL.. crossed Florida and traveled north up I95. The same set up seems to exist currently.

Nothing much has changed it seems.

A new graphic on Spaghetti Models shows the NHC graphics for the discussion... it's being called the remnants of a stationary boundary... I think this is worth watching, we will have to see if we go from purple splotch to purple invest tomorrow. Again as Mike has pointed out, this was talked about last week for this coming week and we are seeing something definitely going on where a model forecast this possibility previously. Hmmmm....

A look back at Andrea's path earlier this season.

Current flow:

I'm not saying this WILL develop.. I am saying two things..

1) This area needs to be watched which is why the graphic keeps changing with bigger purple possibilities.

2) Note how much moisture there is in what was the strong Atlantic Bermuda High... well it's high and dry in Bermuda still, but the moisture has worked it's way in over the last few days.

That old model had something forming practically off shore and again the purple dot in the Atlantic has grown too... the High seems to be losing it's grip over our side of the tropics.