While watching Tropical Storm Edouard track toward Austin, I caught this gem in the NOAA forecast discussion:
IT’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THERE IS VERY LITTLE PRACTICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VERY STRONG TROPICAL STORM AND A LOW-END HURRICANE.
Translation: “Just ’cause we don’t call it a hurricane, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be worrin’ about it!”
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You’re such a nerd… reading NOAA hurricane discussion posts.
Take a look at the current imagery for T.S. Josephine. Look at the visible image to see where the center is, then look at the water vapor or some of the other images to see where the power is.
(You may need to note the actual coordinates of the center when you look at some of the images)
The center spiral of the T.S. Josephine is completely separated from all the high winds and water vapor and stuff.
Yeah, Josephine has been experiencing a significant amount of vertical shear lately, which isn’t very conducive to storm development, and can even be very damaging to smaller storms. It would surprise me if the thing didn’t make it across the Atlantic.