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May 17, 2007
1330z
Water Vapor GOES West satellite from UNISYS.
I believe this 'new' phenomena is limited to this latitude. I'll show you why in a minute. But this seems to be a sustaining issue and ocean shipping routes that pass under these vortices have to be evaluated for safety in regard to water spouts and whirlpools.