I've noticed this too, it is a really large feature! The Weather Channel just said that "it is not organized at this time but the Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on it." If nothing else it could give some storms to Cuba or Florida by the middle of the week. For satellite pictures of this system see http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/g8/latest_g8ir.gif http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/g8/latest_g8vis.gif (daylight only) http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/g8/latest_g8wv.gif For text discussions of the tropics in general see (thanks Member Michael Pitt for the links): Tropical Discussion - http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/pub/forecasts/discussion/MIATWDAT NCEP Tropical Desk - http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/text/severe/tropical/FXCA20.KWBC -Jesse ---------------------------------------------------------------------