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(T. F. “Storm” Walsh)

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The following is my outlook forecast for the upcoming 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season:
STORM W SEASONAL FORECAST
TOTAL NAMED STORMS: 11– 14
TOTAL HURRICANES :        5 – 6
MAJOR HURRICANES:        2 – 3

AVERAGE HURRICANE SEASON:
TOTAL NAMED STORMS: 14
TOTAL HURRICANES:         7
MAJOR HURRICANES:        3

SEASON TOTALS
NAMED STORMS:           0
HURRICANES:                 0
MAJOR HURRICANES:  0

The following are the storm names for the 2023 hurricane season.  As each storm is named, they will be colored in red in order to keep track of the used names in the list:

Arlene Bret Cindy Don Emily Franklin Gert Harold Idalia Jose Katia
Lee Margot Nigel Ophelia Philippe Rina Sean Tammy Vince Whitney

The following synopsis will be a “quickcast” this evening.

The NHC has taken an interest in the area of “disturbed” weather in the GOMEX.  The NHC has designated a 20% probability for development over the next 7 days.
NHC 7 DAY GTWO

Satellite imagery indicates a rather disorganized area this evening.  This area of disturbed weather is associated mainly with a trof of low pressure, and mainly a mid level feature based on the current vorticity map from CIMSS.  Analysis of the latest ASCAT imagery did not indcate a surface circulation.
WEATHERNERDS SATELLITE LOOP IMAGERY


CIMSS 500 MB VORTICITY

While water vapor imagery did not indicate entrainment of very dry air, moisture was limited.

The area is currently under 25 – 30 knots of shear, and the forecast calls for wind shear to remain high over the projected path of this system.  The ECMWF MSLP anomalies forecast tends to indicate this remains a large trof of lower pressure over the next few days, and the area should eventually move toward the ENE, eventually (supposedly) becoming an area of weak low pressure after crossing the Florida Peninsula.  Analysis of the 200 mb streamline map indicates upper level winds are forecast to remain zonal.  Based on this analysis, I do not believe this will develop into anything tropical.  Although the phase evolution diagram indicates this may transition to shallow warm core near its end, I have doubts about that at the moment.
ECMWF WIND SHEAR FORECAST AND MSLP ANOMALIES FORECAST


I will continue to monitor this situation over the next 72 – 96 hours for any significant changes, and will update if necessary.  Elsewhere, Tropical Storm formation is not expected during the next 7 days.

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Have a blessed evening!

T. F. “STORM” WALSH III
GMCS, USCG (ret)
METEOROLOGIST / HURRICANE SPECIALIST /SEVERE WEATHER SPECIALIST