Strong southwesterly winds in the upper troposphere are generating vertical wind shear over the top of Tropical Cyclone Nilofar.  The wind shear is blowing the upper part of Nilofar’s circulation northeast of the low level center of circulation and causing the tropical cyclone to weaken rapidly.  At 8:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday the center of … Continue reading Tropical Cyclone Nilofar Weakening Rapidly Over the Arabian Sea