re: Hurricane Season - August - Potential Tropical Cyclone #9

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I thought cold fronts would be a good thing. Don't we want to keep the gulf temps down as much as possible?

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The Gulf is plenty warm right now and the fronts aren't clearing the Gulf. They are more just kind of sagging into the Gulf and leaving a potential focus for development. However, systems that form that way are often weak and sheared.