It was impressive watching satellite loops of Hurricane Lane. He once was an incredibly symmetrical storm looking as menacing as Katrina, but collapsed in less than 48 hours from a Cat. 5 to a Tropical Storm. Why? As he made his turn to the north, he encountered very strong wind shear which quickly blew off the tops of the T-Storms away from the low level center of circulation. Sure there was heavy flooding rainfall, but not the massive power outages (like in Puerto Rico last year) since the strongest winds remained well offshore. Computer models are keeping the eastern Pacific active the next 7-10 days and Hawaii may not be done with tropical threats this season. The Atlantic is currently dead, but models are hinting for more active waves coming across the Atlantic so that during the first 1-2 weeks into September we could be tracking activity in our part of the World. Right now, the Gulf, Caribbean & Atlantic are dominated by wind shear, upper lows and African Dust. Don’t be surprised that will change once into September.
Locally, the lower humidity of last week is gone with deeper low level moisture returning. We should see greater shower coverage the next few days which will only mean it’s basic late August weather across the Gulf South. I have been allergy free all summer, but beginning last Friday, something triggered them and I have been dealing with congestion & tiredness ever since. Might be something in the air from those western fires? Whatever, I’ll be off to my ENT Doc next week for stronger meds. Stay tuned!
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