65 Degrees!!! Yes, 65 degrees earlier this morning! We haven’t seen 65 degrees since June 7th, and that was an unusual cold front too! Not a record by any means, but what a nice break from what is normally the part of summer we dread most!
It’s the time of year where the kids go back to school, football is returning, and the body clock starts saying, “Hey, where’s the first blast of Fall?” It’s the time of year where we’ve already suffered through three full months of heat and humidity, and the brain knows we still have a long month of September to go before the chances for “cool” really improve! The kids will be smiling at the bus stop this morning, even though it’s a Monday. Hopefully you were able to enjoy the first shot of this weather while you were off on Sunday!
It appears the dry weather will last at least through Tuesday and maybe into Wednesday. By Thursday and Friday, humidity levels will climb back to normal values, and afternoon rain chances should return by the weekend. Right now I don’t think we’ll be seeing rain chances like last week, just normal afternoon pop up showers and storms with that 20-30% coverage.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Bill was downgraded to a tropical storm earlier this morning. It has lost much of its tropical characteristics. It is now more of a “cold core” subtropical storm. It will continue to weaken as it moves over the colder waters of the north Atlantic. Yesterday it grazed the New England coastline, and drifted over parts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Rough seas battered the East Coast this weekend. So far I’ve heard two deaths are blamed on Bill, both of those in the rough surf.
We have a tropical wave nearing the Leeward Islands. There is a strong upper level keeping it from developing into anything. That should be the inhibiting factor there as it drifts off toward the WNW. Right now there is less than a 30% chance for this to develop over the next two days. Farther out there is a stronger tropical wave that is currently moving off the coast of Africa. It looked more intense on satellite imagery yesterday. This morning the storminess and cloud cover has lessened, but many computer models do develop this wave over the next couple of days. Initial track looks very similar to Hurricane Bill, but we’re still pretty early in the game. The remainder of the tropical Atlantic looks quiet this morning. Enjoy the beautiful day! –Baker
StormTeam3 Meteorolgist Dave Baker
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