Quick Tropical Update

Heavy rain continued to fall over portions of the Yucatan Peninsula, extreme southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. As the satellite image below shows, the cloud mass that looked more organized just yesterday has degenerated a good deal as it interacts with the land.

Satellite view of TD 2

Sometimes as these systems move northwesterly, they can regenerate as they move out over the warm water of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. But as you can see from the projected tracks of numerous models in the graphic below, it appears that what is left of the center of circulation will just barely move over the Gulf waters, so it seems unlikely that TD 2 will develop into anything more.

TD 2 Projected Track

So for 2013, we’ve had one tropical storm and a depression. But the tropical season is young extending all the way to November 30th.

-Brian-

Category: Tropical