Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Breezy Conditions and Tropical Development?

An intensifying high pressure system well off the mid atlantic states and a possible subtropical low forming well east of the Florida Keys has caused a tight pressure gradient to develop across the Keys and surrounding coastal waters. Easterly winds blowing at around 15 to 20 knots across the Keys and coastal waters have led to an issuance of a small craft exercise caution for all Keys surrounding coastal waters until at least Friday.
Then after whatever forms well off of Florida's coast this weekend if it's a hybrid system in which we call in meteorology a subtropical system that sometimes may acquire tropical cyclone characteristics if it festers long enough over ideal water temperatures over the ocean. Therefore if something were to develop either subtropical or tropical it should not impact the Florida Keys as it would track west north westward to north westward towards northeast Florida or possible Georgia and the Carolinas, maybe then winds might slacken to around 10 knots on Keys coastal waters as the pressure gradient would loosen it's grip on the Keys. It's just a reminder that the hurricane season is right around the corner and things can develop even in the month of May.

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