It's the Acceleration Lane Stupid !!!

Since the weather is so boring, I just have to vent about another thing that drives me nuts (and there are many).  Getting on the interstate in Metairie at Bonnabel heading west and as I go up the ramp, I notice the car ahead of me is not speeding up.  In fact, I catch up and he/she is only going 40 mph.  OK, surely they will pick it up as we head down the ramp onto the interstate where traffic is flying at 65-70.   But noooooo.    The Jackwagon continues going 40 with now a line of 5 cars behind me.   How can you merge at that speed?  Simple answer is you can't and that one person could easily have caused a pileup that would have made Morris Bart smile!   Geez people, it's called the ACCELERATION Lane for a reason.   Bet many of you have similar vents?

NHC LOWERED their probability for development on the wave approaching the Leeward Islands down to 20% (slight risk).  The wave behind it doesn't even show up on Satellite loops so the only game is what's left of Invest 96L.  Several models hints it could develop into a weak depression as it skirts east of the Bahamas, but the bottom line for us, it's no threat.  It appears the first 10-14 days of August will not have any tropical activity threatening the U.S., but it's still a long way before those October cold fronts start coming.  The daily changes for the next week will be one of location regarding our showers.  Yesterday it was the North Shore that had more storms while today (so far) the South Shore has seen more activity.   One thing I am noticing is the lack of any widespread prolonged heat wave this summer.   I remember back in 1980 Dallas had 42 straight days of 100+ heat.  This summer I think they have had 2.   What I see happening is not the daytime highs getting hotter, but rather the night time lows getting warmer due to the UHI (Urban Heat Island) effect.  That raises the average temperature making the planet warmer.  A solution?   Colonize Mars!