I couldn’t resist.. but Friedhelm wrote me that the site seems to be back communicating with the world. So we can compare this wonderful Terra image, with the moisture of the day moved to the east and a big black hole left behind, loitering over the western Atlantic… there will be no frigate birds today.

And guess what… away from this very large-scale disturbance our wind rule rules… no wind, no clouds. Attached are different views, from the radar, from the sounding, and from the camera on the site. So if you miss my emails please spend some time browsing in the tropical atlantic by visiting:

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