RALPH'S TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK JUNE 4, 2021...1012 AM EDT

 

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK BY RTW

JUNE 4, 2021...1012 AM EDT

GULF OF MEXICO, FLORIDA EAST COAST AND THE BAHAMAS

• THE WESTERN GULF HAS A SUB-TROPICAL JET STREAM DRAWING IN SHOWERS AND STORMS FROM THE EAST PACIFIC.  SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE STRONG TO MODERATE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST GULF EAST OF THE MEXICAN AND SOUTHERN TEXAS COAST.  THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION AT THIS TIME.

• AS FOR THE FLORIDA EAST COAST AND THE BAHAMAS IT REMAINS QUIET FOR NOW.

CARIBBEAN SEA

• THE CARIBBEAN REMAINS QUIET WITH 2 TROPICAL WAVE.  THE FIRST TROPICAL WAVE IS IN THE SOUTH CARIBBEAN NEAR 80° WEST AND IS PRODUCING SHOWERS AND STORMS AS IT INTERACTS WITH A MONSOON TROUGH IS IN THAT REGION.

• THE SECOND TROPICAL WAVE  IS OVER VENEZUELA SOUTHWEST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS NEAR 64°-63° WEST.  THIS WAVE IS INTERACTING WITH THE INTER-TROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ) AND IS PRODUCING MODERATE SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS.  

NORTH ATLANTIC, CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND AFRICAN COAST

• THIRD WAVE IS IN THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC NEAR 37° WEST.  THE SOUTHERN AXIS OF THIS WAVE IS LYING ALONG THE ITCZ, SO THERE ARE SOME SHOWERS ALONG THIS AREA BUT NOTHING SIGNIFICANT.  

• ALONG THE SOUTHWEST AFRICAN COAST THERE ARE STRONG TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS AND THIS IS WITHIN THE MONSOON TROUGH IN THAT REGION.  THIS COULD BE ANOTHER WAVE THAT IS MOVING OF THE COAST OF AFRICA.

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY.

RTW