The first tropical wave of the year pulled off the West African coast over the weekend and is making its trans-Atlantic march toward the Caribbean/western Atlantic rim.
While it’s waaaaay too underdeveloped and far off to get excited about a hurricane swell, the formation of a Cape Verde tropical low this early in the season is definitely a sign of an active hurricane season to come.
Hopefully this storm will wrap around itself, catch a bunch of fetch and intensify for an awesome early-summer groundswell. This is what NOAA has forecast for this low over the next 48 hours:
“SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
LOCATED ABOUT 1375 MILES EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS HAVE BECOME
LESS ORGANIZED TODAY. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE MARGINALLY
CONDUCIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME LESS
FAVORABLE IN A DAY OR TWO. THERE IS A MEDIUM CHANCE...40
PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE 48
HOURS AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TO NORTHWESTWARD AT ABOUT 15
MPH.
ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.”
Sorry about the obnoxious caps...
This doesn’t sound like a very promising forecast for this pulse, but perhaps it will clear this rough atmospheric patch and blow up a little bit by late week. Either way, if the low keeps on its current track, it’ll be in our swell window by the weekend/early next week. Even if it produces a small groundswell, hey, it’s better than nothing.
Stay glued to the blog for future tropical swell updates. Also coming soon is the much-anticipated review of the new Meyerhoffer shapes by Modern Longboards, which has got all of us intrigued and excited!
Oh yeah, and check the Facebook as Cody continues to hammer out filming with the Go Pro. If there is swell, we will be posting web clips and photos of our team riders and crewmen tearing it up.
Hope you got that mysto swell on Sunday and stay AMPED!
-- John Streit.
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