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| Written by Matthew Van Every | |||
| Monday, 28 July 2008 16:01 | |||
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Canada continues to look very active for the rest of this week and possibly through the weekend. Currently a low pressure system is entering Western Canada and will be slowly moving across the Rockies then out into the prairies. Below is an infrared (IR) satellite image of the cyclone as it begins to make landfall.  According to the latest models, the system will bring plenty of bulk shear to support daily supercells. The 850mb winds will turn from the South at 20 to 30 kts as the upper level jet exits the Rockies. This should return sufficient moisture to produce a slight chance at tornadoes on Wednesday and possibly Friday. Below are the 250mb jet on the left and the 850mb jet on the Right.  IN OTHER NEWS… There are currently two active tropical waves, one in the Gulf and one just moved off the coast of Africa into open waters! The Gulf wave seems to be in a weak environment for any further development. The second wave looks to be far enough South to have a good chance of making a U.S. landfall as long as it develops into an organized cyclone. I must also add that this wave reminds me a bit of Hurricane Dean’s parent wave, which formed in about the same location and time last year, before it narrowly missed Reed and Joel on Jamaica instead of turning North to die.  In short, Canada is looking good... we can no longer say "Hello Dolly" but TVN is welcoming this next wave off of Africa and it is looking promising.           
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