Grace Is Gone, Focus Is On Hurricane Henri...

Hurricane Grace rapidly intensified before making landfall in Mexico over night.  Her peak winds at landfall were 120 mph , a Cat. 3.   Henri has slowly increased today and is now a Cat. 1 Hurricane with winds to 75.  He will move over a very warm patch of the Gulf Stream tonight and the latest satellite views are showing better organization.

One thing missing on the IR color view is the bright reds wrapping around the center. That's something to watch during the next 6-10 hours.  After that, henri begins moving into cooler waters.

NHC has shifted their center line track slightly back to the right (east), now going right between NYC & Boston.  As the storm moves inland, it is expected to slow down so there will be serious impacts from storm surge, winds (power outages) and heavy rainfall.  Hopefully folks up north don't take the warnings lightly, especially those living near water.  We'll see as the news will be all about Henri.

Locally, the upper high has kept us mostly dry, but this is not record heat.  You don't see any 100+ temps under the high.

There is a cold front moving across the northern states and notice how much lower the dew points are behind the front.  That good feeling air is not coming here, so we have to dream a little.

This picture has to be from the early 80s when some real cold air was invading the lower 48.   As you can see, the little fella doesn't like the cold.

There is a cluster of storms to our east moving into the northern Gulf.  Later next week, we'll see some moisture work its way back to the west increasing our rain chances and lowering our temps.  Until then, we bake, we fry, and if you're not careful, you can die in this Summer heat.  Stay safe Gang.  Stay tuned!