If you've been out tonight, there is a brisk northerly wind blowing in cooler & drier air that I call that "good feel" air. Gulf Satellite views show that dry air has pushed way down into the Gulf keeping the muggies far away from us. As a slow moving storm along the Carolina coast heads westward, we'll continue to stay under this northerly flow into and thru most of the weekend. If you have any outdoor plans, weather will not be a problem. Our next chance for rain is no where in sight.
The tropics have perked up with T.S. Kyle named this afternoon. He will stay well east of the U.S. until nearing Cape Cod during the day on Sunday. As I mentioned yesterday, I'm feeling better each day that our hurricane season is over for our part of the Northen Gulf. There could be 4-6 more named storms, but the westerlies have arrived over us and that should steer any storms away from us.
The "Fujiwhara effect" was presented in a paper published back in the mid 70s. The author/ researcher discovered that tropical systems will rotate around each other if/when they come within approx. 900 miles of each other. Two hurricanes will NEVER collide but will rotate around each other with one usually becoming/staying strong while the other weakens.
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When Gustav was first out there and I think Fay was dying out, Margaret Orr said that if Fay slowed down and Gustav sped up, they could combine and become a "super storm". Dan Milham came on right after her and shot that idea down, basically explaining things the way you just did. I just found it funny that she made such a stupid comment on air. Thanks for the good news, Bob. The fall weather is nice. I love autumn!
Many "TV" weather people are NOT meteorologist, now Bob actually does have a degree so kudos for him, but others simply have broadcast meteorologist degrees (if even that) which just means you know how to read.
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