Many saw late afternoon T-Storms spring up dropping temps from the mid 90s back into the 70s & 80s. With a weak front sagging closer to us tomorrow and on Friday, hopefully we'll see greater coverage and an earlier start. None of the models are developing any kind of spin along the front and chances for that happening appear very slim. What we are not seeing this summer are tropical waves rotating around the Bermuda high increasing our clouds and showers every 3-4 days. Instead, we are seeing disturbances rotate around an upper high to our west dropping these systems in from the NNE. If the high builds closer to us, we see less rain and hotter temps. If it backs away to the west, we'll get these cluster of storms (ring of fire) that provide temporary relief from the heat. We still have another 3-4 weeks (at least) of this brutal heat before cold fronts show up for the second half of September. The Summer of 1980 still had 90+ degree heat into early October, but by then the lower sun angle starts to allow fronts to pack a greater punch.
The Tropics remain dead both in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf. The eastern Pacific has become active and I do expect activity to increase in our part of the World towards the end of this month.
In case you didn't notice in today's Advocate, another story about climate change. (Showers on steroids). This one makes perfect sense...the frequency of intense rainstorms has increased. In a warming CYCLE one would expect greater evaporating of water vapor into the air providing more fuel for heavier rainfall. But the daily assault continues. Stay tuned!
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