Posted by JAC on 4/17/2009, 9:28 am, in reply to "Bangladesh Coast now on alert for Cyclone Bijli"

I am suprised how this thing fell apart. Water temp was over 30C and shear wasn't too bad. The anti-cyclone was over it in the beginning when it first fired up as 94B. It then shifted off the COC. It had a good Theta-E infeed and surrounding air was marginally stable. Td's along the Indian coast were in the 60F to 70F range. Mike attributes the lack of development to electrics. I think it may be in part caused by dry-hot air blowing into the cyclone from the Indian sub-continent.