99L is Still Fighting

A quick update on our friend 99L. While some are starting to count it out, I am not ready to do so yet. It has maintained convection to the south and east of the center for the past 36 hours. It has been conjectured by some that there was no longer a low level circulation. But the loop shown below tells a different story. The system is spinning away on the northern coast of Cuba. This will inhibit it until it moves away from the Cuban mountains, but it is still there. And as far as I am concerned: If there is a circulation and three of four thunderstorms in the same area over 90 degree water, its tropical till it dissipates. I am going to save models for later today or tomorrow as they are all over the place right now. But it appears some form of 99L will spin into the Gulf early next week. What is does there is currently the 64,000 question among tropical meteorologists. We shall see?

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