Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Some Welcomed Relief !!!

Our typical summer day would have morning sunshine bubble up scattered showers and storms by 11-12 noon.  That helps keep afternoon temps in check.  This July has seen an absence of daily showers resulting in highs soaring to near 100 degrees.  Today was such a day as we set new records at MSY (99) & Audubon Park (1001).   Fortunately several clusters of late afternoon storms arrived to really cool us off.  1-3”+ totals drenched both sides of the Lake.   Algiers almost had 5” (4.74”).   Hopefully we’ll see a repeat again on Thursday and Friday as the upper high that has been keeping us dry retreats farther to the west.  

 

A swirl of clouds has moved off of Africa and NHC is giving it a chance of developing into something before it encounters cooler waters & stronger shear later this week.  I don’t track activity that far out in the Atlantic.  More likely our next named storm will be along the Georgia/ Carolinas coast.  Stay tuned!

2 comments:

Robear said...

The last week or so have been WEIRD... When we HAVE managed to get the regular Summer heating of the day thunderstorms, they arent popping up untill 5 or 6pm.... at least over here in Slidell.... Whats causing them to NOT pop up untill so LATE in the day, Bob...?? I wanna hear your words of wisdom on this!

NOLA Cleophatra said...

1001 degrees would be some kind of record. I know it wasn't that hot, just a typo, but it sure did feel like it.