GOES Satellite Eyeing 2 Areas of Thunderstorms in Eastern Caribbean (IMAGE)
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Two Geostationary Operational Environmental (GOES) satellites keep a weather eye on the eastern and western U.S. While GOES-11 watches the west, GOES-12 is watching the east, and two areas of thunderstorms in the eastern Caribbean for possible tropical development. Thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave over the eastern Caribbean Sea have increased in activity today, and they're bringing locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds to parts of the Lesser Antilles, Virgin Islands and parts of Puerto Rico today. Upper level winds are keeping a tropical low pressure area from developing. The storms area associated with a tropical wave that continues to move northwesterly near 15-20 mph. The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla. gives this area a 30 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next two days. Meanwhile, closer to the US, showers and thunderstorms have become more concentrated near the Northern Bahamas Islands. That area also has only 30 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours as well, but it's because surface pressure is high in the area and currently, there is no sign of organization. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-12 captured the two areas of low pressure in a visible satellite image on July 21 at 10:31 a.m. EDT. This GOES-11 satellite image shows two areas of thunderstorms that each has a 30% chance of developing into something tropical. One area is in the lower right corner, the other just to the northeast of Cuba. GOES satellites are operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The image was created by NASA's GOES Project, located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
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Image: NASA GOES Project Text: NASA, Rob Gutro
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