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Talking the Tropics With Mike: Nestor remnants move offshore

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Nestor became post-tropical upon approach to the Florida Panhandle Saturday & is nowoffshore of the Carolina's moving east/northeast before turning more eastward over the W. Atlantic. No significant re-generation is anticipated.

Atlantic dust:

2019 names..... "Olga"isnext on the Atlantic list(names are picked at random... repeat every 6 years... historic storms are retired (Florence & Michael last year) & Dorian is almost certain to be next:

East Atlantic:

Mid & upper level wind shear (enemy of tropical cyclones) analysis (CIMMS). The red lines indicate strong shear of which there is plenty across the Atlantic at the moment:

The Atlantic Basin:

Water vapor imagery (dark blue indicates dry air):

Deep oceanic heat content is extreme over the NW Caribbean:

Sea surface temp. anomalies show a warm Gulf of Mexico, Central & Northwest Atlantic while the "Main Development Region" (MDR) remain cooler than avg. A pocket of cool water temps. has expanded over the SW Atlantic including the Bahamas:

While parts of the Atlanticarecooler than avg., it's important to realize the water is still warm enough to support tropical systems....

SE U.S. surface map:

Surface analysis centered on the tropical Atlantic:

Surface analysis of the Gulf:

Caribbean:

Global tropicalactivity:

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