Just when we think the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season is finished a new tropical storm forms - In DECEMBER - Tropical Storm "Olga"! December storms are rare, but do happen occasionally. This one is interesting as it affected the Caribbean as it headed to the west, an unusual direction for this time of year, due to abnormally strong high-pressure to its north.
The storm headed west and continued weakening as it headed into a region of higher vertical shear / dry air in the western Caribbean - Typical in the tropics in December. The storm eventually weakened into a remnant low and reached the Yucatan Penninsula as no more than a swirl of low clouds before dissipation.
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