October 23, 2007
2330z
UNISYS Water Vapor GOES West
There is a continental vortex forming. Better seen in the loop to the hemispheric water vapor.
The tropical storm is dissipated for the most part, except there is a migrating air mass traveling to the west from the tropical storm. It doesn't seem like much right now, but, it could become a larger storm if it can establish a water vapor source to support it.
What good will that do?
It could establish a heat transfer storm. It won't have direct effect in the way of delivering rain, but, a heat transfer would slow the winds to the coastal area of Southern California.
Under these intense Human Induced Global Warming dynamics I have never known a continental vortex to dissipate. Once it forms it continues to build as they are ionic upper tropospheric storms. There is hope for rain if that vortex enlarges it's dynamics and possibly delivers some relief to the area now in flames in Southern California.
Other than those two dynamics, I don't see anything I would call relief for the area on fire.
