The seasons 6th hurricane developed quickly this morning and NHC believes it will become a major Hurricane(Cat. 3) by Wednesday. If this were August or September we would need to monitor this closely. However, 1) very dry air is over most of the Gulf, 2) strong west winds over the Gulf will steer this to FL IF it gets into the southern Gulf and 3) water temps. are 8-10 degrees cooler than 4 weeks ago. Joe Bastardi still believes it could hammer South FL, but I remember Hurricane Mitch in 1998 was around the same location at about this same time. Mitch was a slow mover and a Cat. 5. He turned to the south and clobbered Honduras. Bottom line...Rina cannot be our problem with another front coming, but it still could impact many land areas around the Caribbean and South Florida. Stay tuned as Sean could be right behind Rina later this week.
In the short term, highs have returned to the 80s for the next 3 days. The next cold front arrives after dark on Thursday with a few showers. Friday will be noticeably cooler but the weekend looks sunny and very nice.
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