I mentioned in a tweet from earlier this morning that Tropical Storm #Debby's vortex tilt ~90° left of shear was favorable for intensification, as also shown by Zhang & Tao (2013) (linked below), but why is this the case?
Here in this slow animating GIF, I try to explain how… pic.twitter.com/czo59FSvPx
— Eric Webb (@webberweather) August 4, 2024
