March 28, 2007

1518 gmt

Tropical Atlantic Satellite

There has been a building phenomena for several months. Spring started March 21, 2007 and it was my estimation the turbulence in the northern hemisphere would occur much earlier in the Atlantic. It is not completely evident from this satellite picture but a noted Arctic air mass can be noted moving from just west of the Great Lakes (which froze over this year, by the way) southeast across the country and out into the Mid- Atlantic. The big orange paint spot in the Mid-Atlantic is actually a diffuse "Tropical Atlantic Vortex." I am not entirely surprised by the building vortex off the east coast of the USA actually.