Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Bastardi Calling For More...

Mr. Joe is indicating tonight that the shift of the MJO to favorable during the next 3-4 weeks could mean as many as 2-3 October named storms coming with 1 or 2 striking the U.S. Tonight's models are all trying to develop something south of Cuba late Friday into early on Saturday. Several models(CMC, Euro) bring it into the Gulf while the GFS and VIPIR take it farther east over south Florida and then up the east coast. Bottom line for us, whatever forms will stay well to our east keeping us on the dry side. We will see winds increase dramatically staying in the 15-25 mph range over land and 20-35+ offshore. Fortunately the wind direction should retain some northerly component keeping the higher tides and surf away from us. Next name up is Rina (Ree na). Stay tuned!

In the short term, Wednesday should be another beautiful day with bright sunshine, low humidity and warm temps. It'll start to feel more summer-like again by Thursday. Rain chances should stay low through the weekend.

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