Who needs hurricanes and tropical storms when we are having a daily dosage of foul weather, with plenty of rain, lightning and thunderstorms, in South Florida? But do not get used to this daily routine and forget this is still the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season.
Color enhanced infrared satellite image showing Tropical depression TWO riding ‘Hurricane Alley’ toward the Winward Islands on 21 July 2014
Speaking of which, there in the midst of ‘hurricane alley’ there is Tropical Depression TWO moving toward the Windward Islands, while a train of disturbed weather and a couple of tropical waves over Equatorial Africa trail right behind it. So, there is some potential cyclonic activity in our basin. All interests from Barbados to the Virgin Islands should monitor this system closely over the next couple of days as it continues to track generally westward.
Color-enhanced infrared satellite image on 21 July 2014 showing Typhoon MATMO moving north of the Philippines toward Taiwan and China
On the opposite side of the world, over the far northwestern Pacific, in a region that has already seen several tropical cyclones, including a recent Super-typhoon, there is Typhoon MATMO a large. but not too strong of a system now menacing the northern Philippines, Taiwan and even China and the Korean Peninsula.
visible light satellite image of Typhoon MATMO on 21 July 2014
Projected track for Typhoon MATMO on 21 July 2014
Still over the Pacific but farther to the east, all the way to the coast of Mexico and Central America, there is a rather long aggregation of tropical waves and disturbed weather cells reaching all the way to the Philippines Sea and the western Pacific where there two large systems showing some potential for further, even cyclonic development over the next day or so.
Color enhanced infrared satellite image of 21 July 2014 showing a long train of disturbed, stormy cells reaching from the Gulf of Panama to the Philippines Sea
Over in the Indian Ocean, it is the northern and northeastern regions of the basin that are displaying rather large areas of stormy weather. This display of stormy weather is seen clearly in satellite images taken with an infrared filter.
Color-enhanced infrared satellite image showing the Indian Ocean on 21 July 2014
In summary, there is enough cyclonic, potentially cyclonic, and just plain stormy and foul weather in the northern tropics around the world, to remind everyone that this is the time of the year when we must remain alert, be prepared and continue to mitigate!
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