Cold Air Slowly Slipping In...

As the surface cold front has now cleared the mouth of the River, we definitely have cooled down from earlier highs in the 70s.   However, with the upper low still back over New Mexico creating a SW upper flow over us, the front has lost much of its eastward push and will likely wait for the upper trough to finally march eastward late in the day on Wednesday.  That will mean several more rounds of light to moderate rainfall on top of the 1”+ most of us have received so far.  The approaching upper trough will trigger a developing surface low to our east that will head up the east coast as a Nor’Easter with cold rain for the big cities along the coast and heavy snows (12”+) inland.  Our rains should be over by early on Wednesday, but clouds may not clear until late in the day.  Daylight highs Tuesday & Wednesday should stay in the 40s with wind chills making it feel colder.  Heavy coats will be required if you plan on spending any time outdoors.   Friday and Sunday should slowly warm back into the 60s with no real rain chances coming until next Monday.   NHC has backed off their bullish chances for development of a system NE of Puerto Rico and it has zero chance of threatening the U.S. now that these strong fronts are coming.

 

Last night’s event for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Covington was a huge success, although I fell short of my $3,000 goal.   108 of you helped Team Bob Breck/Christwood raise $2,425 with another $1,000+ in table sponsorships.  Thank you to everyone who supported me and to those who read this blog that followed my progress.

 

Finally, I’m sure most are sickened by the videos coming out of the California fires.  Total destruction  with nothing left, much like Mexico Beach after Hurricane Michael.  The difference between the 2 tragedies are several;  1) Folks in Michael’s path had days of warning & could safely flee if they chose to.  Many in the California fires had minutes at best to flee to safety.  I had a nephew living in Paradise, CA. and he no longer has his home.  He’s one of the fortunate to still have his life.   2) With the Hurricane, some folks decided to ride it out and they survived.  With the fires, if you stayed there was no survival.  Fires, like tornadoes & earthquakes, often have limited lead times to flee or react.   3) Recovery from any major disaster takes weeks, months, sometimes years as we learned after Katrina.   There really is no comparing hurricanes to the others.  At least hurricanes give us time.  Stay tuned!