NOAA TRACKS GULF OF MEXICO RAIN-MAKING SYSTEM

June 14, 2004 — A broad low pressure area over the central Gulf of Mexico remains poorly organized Monday morning with a weak trough of low pressure extending northeastward across extreme southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi. Thunderstorm activity is disorganized, and the reconnaissance aircraft flight scheduled for Monday morning has been cancelled. Although conditions are not favorable for tropical cyclone development, another aircraft is available to investigate the system Monday afternoon, if necessary. Regardless of whether or not a tropical cyclone forms, a large area of rainfall accompanies this system, and this rainfall will continue to affect portions of the U.S. Gulf states, according to the NOAA National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla. (Click NOAA satellite image for larger view of Gulf of Mexico low pressure associated with heavy rainfall taken at 11:15 a.m. EDT on June 14, 2004. Please credit “NOAA.”)

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