TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK MAY 18, 2020

 

GULF OF MEXICO, CARIBBEAN SEA, EAST COAST OF FLORIDA AND THE BAHAMAS

THE GULF OF MEXICO HAS SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS BUT NO SIGNS OF LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZATION.  

THE NORTHWEST, CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN REMAINS QUIET AT THIS TIME.  AS FOR THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN THERE IS STRONG SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE AREA OF THE NORTHWEST COAST OF COLUMBIA AND EXTENDS SOUTHWEST OVER THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN.  THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A MONSOONAL TROUGH IN THIS AREA. 

FLORIDA EAST COAST ON SHORE FLOW BRISK WINDS FROM HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC PUSHING FAST MOVING SHOWERS.  NEAR THE SOUTHERN CENTRAL BAHAMAS SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS.

CENTRAL ATLANTIC, AFRICAN COAST

 THERE AREA SCATTER SHOWERS A STORMS OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC BUT NOTHING SIGNIFICANT.  

SOUTHWEST OF THE AFRICAN COAST OVER THE ATLANTIC THERE STILL SOME STRONG SHOWERS AND STORMS.  THESE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MONSOON TROUGH IN THIS AREA.

NORTH ATLANTIC

THE IS A WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.   BUT NO SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION AT THIS TIME.

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IN NOT EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

RTW