Thursday, June 27, 2013

Storms Coming...Some Relief From Heat

This is my 36th summer in New Orleans and I remember  usually by mid June, fronts stop coming this far south.   Oh, a handful of years a weak front pushed off our coast, but typically not very far.  If the computer models are right (aren't they always!), the coming East Coast upper trough will be deep enough to push the front well down off our coast.   Which reminds me of August 1983 when an unusual front pushed off our coast by about 150 miles.  It sat there for several days when an area of low pressure started to develop.  luckily for us this low was steered westward by a building Atlantic Ridge.  It rapidly developed into a Cat. 3 Hurricane (Alicia) battering downtown Houston.    No I'm not saying that will happen with this front, but we should pay attention to the Gulf this weekend.  One thing for sure, our rain coverage will increase with the slight potential for strong/severe storms late Friday into Midday on Saturday.  Slightly drier air will filter in behind this front making for a mostly dry Sunday.   With more clouds and rain around, highs should be less hot for a couple of days.

1 comment:

Bourbon St. Blues said...

It was sure nice getting that rain this morning...seems showers have been hit n miss lately and more miss...

It is cooler today about 85 and with a breeze...feels good for this time of year...really a good day to mow the lawn....

Its good to get these summer fronts...hope the keep coming...of course without the threat of tropical activity afterwards...