Another Wasted Name...

Due to the improved technology, NHC is able to see things that in the past would have gone un-noticed. Tropical Storm Kyle was named overnight making him the earliest 11th named storm on record, beating Katrina by 9 days.   But like many storms this year, what a waste of a name since it will bother no one except shipping.

Strong westerly winds have already blown all storms away from the center leaving it "exposed".   It will soon follow a frontal boundary out towards Europe.  Note behind Kyle is another cluster of storms moving towards the water.  Could that become our next named storm (Laura)?   

Last night David pointed out one of the strongest waves so far is moving off of Africa.   Could this be Laura?    But there's more as Lee Zurik would say.

Tropical Storm Josephine is holding together, but he won't affect the U.S, mainland. Behind Josephine is a well defined swirl, but it has no storms with it.  Farther to the south is a small wave, but it looks like it runs into South America.   The best news is the Gulf and Caribbean remain quiet and computer models keep it that way for another 7-10 days.  6 weeks until October!

Locally, the main weather news will be a drying trend as an unusual (for August) dip in the jet stream will have a trough over the eastern states that should bring a weak cold front off our coast by early Monday.Look at the dew points behind that front.  They're in the 40s & 50s!    Omaha has a 54 dew point while Kansas City has 71.  That's a big different feel to the air.  Hope it reaches us in some form before the front stalls over the northern Gulf and backs up by later next week.

Finally, I keep seeing on the news the bad fires in California, but hear nothing about the ones in Colorado.  The top picture was Friday PM while the bottom one is from this morning.   Note how smoky it is over the front range around Denver & Boulder.  Stay tuned!