Tropical Storm Karen met an untimely demise on Saturday as very strong southwesterly winds sheared the thunderstorms from around the center. The remnant low will continue northwestward and could regenerate as it encounters more favorable upper level wind conditions, but that is looking more and more unlikely.
Tropical Storm Melissa is struggling to survive over the far eastern Atlantic, but has actually intensified a little tonight. Top winds are 45 mph. Melissa is also encountering strong westerly wind shear. It is a little over 400 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands in the far eastern Atlantic. Movement is WNW at 9 mph. The storm is expected to weaken over the next two days, eventually dissipating.
Look for something to develop out of the disturbed weather east of the Bahamas and Florida early in the week ahead. One of the global models is predicting that a potential system will develop into a hurricane moving up the East Coast. The GFS has not latched on to this idea. It will be interesting to watch.
