Hurricane Florence, Jr.

This is the current vortex over about three-quarters of the USA. The "eye" is not well-formed, but, it is over Kentucky. There was a system formation the National Hurricane Service called "Arthur." It was offshore of North Carolina's Outer Banks. It wasn't going to come inshore because of this enormous vortex over the eastern section of the country.

I will remind everyone this is becoming a standard structure at the beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. The results of this very slow-moving vortex will be similar to Hurricane Florence. 

Currently this vortex is rotating over the entire eastern USA. It is fueled by water vapor from the Atlantic and a system coming in from Canada. The cloud mass over lower Michigan is pulling water vapor directly in from the Atlantic Ocean. It is rotating and exiting in the southern states.

I will remind that the air movement of Earth is moving slowly because of the Climate Crisis. It is more or less moving with Coriolis. So, this vortex will "sit and spin" and bring in water vapor from the Atlantic until there is movement behind it to push it offshore. I don't see that happening right now, but, I haven't examined the satellites other than this.

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21 May 2020
2326 z
NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Geocolor (click here for loop - thank you)














There is nothing right now pushing that vortex. As a matter of fact, there is a small vortex in the central Eastern Pacific that has the potential to be a hurricane. That means the Pacific is building storms to dissipate heat into the ocean. The high pressure offshore of California is what causes the drought. Well, we at least have Coriolis. The flooding will be signiicant.

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22 May 2020
00:46z
NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES West GEOCOLOR (click here)