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It seems that there is a strong tropical wave far out in the Atlantic close to Africa. It is that part of the season when waves come off Africa and develop into Tropical Storms and/or Hurricanes and MAYBE affect the U.S.. A lot of the times, as is the assumption with this wave, that these systems curve into "no man's land" and just become a treat to the fishing lanes way up north. It is way too early to tell if this will happen with the tropical wave, but time will tell.

Yesterday, according to some of the meteorological numbers it could have been classified as a Depression, but it lacked a closed circulation. It looked nicely symmetrical, but his morning it is not. With that said, the storm is still in its early stages of development and about 10-12 days away from the U.S. if it makes it that far. I will give you guys another update tomorrow OR today if the wave is classified as a Tropical Depression.

On a side note, Typhoon Morakat hit China yesterday morning as a tropical storm bringing very heavy rain. In Taiwan, according to news reports, more than 80 inches of rain fell over a 2 day period. The world record for rainfall in that span is 98.4 inches. WOW !! The highest one day total in Taiwan occurred on Saturday - 55 inches of rain. Nine of the ten highest one day rain totals in Taiwanese history occurred on Saturday according to the weather bureau. There was 8.78 inches of rainfall in the month of July in Miami-Dade county. Just to give you an idea of how much rain that is.

Have a nice day !!

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