Waiting For Wanda This Weekend...

It's pretty much a given NHC will go to the new supplemental list of names once they name Wanda, the last name on the 2021 list of names.  Since Ida clobbered us back in August, the hurricane season really shut down in our part of the world.  The Gulf and Caribbean remain quiet, but our next named storm is likely sometime over the weekend.

Right now, strong westerly wind shear has blown all the T-Storms away from the center (arrow), however, as the upper low causing the current shear pulls way, less shear over Invest 92 L should mean slow development.  Soon to be Wanda will batter the beaches of the Carolinas perhaps drifting farther to the north by early next week.  Fortunately, this will not be our problem.

Satellite views have the upper low (arrow) centered near St. Louis with showers wrapping around it.

Areas east of Mobile are still in the soupy, summer like air while we're warm with lower dew points (drier air) from MSY west.  It is getting colder out west and up in Canada & Alaska, but I don't see another cold front moving through us for the next 7-10 days or longer.  We may need to wait until the last week in October to see our next real front.

For us to get that cold air, we need an east coast dip in the Jet Stream.  In the short term, that is not happening.

I know it's still too warm for many of you, but at least it's not the August (95-98) heat & humidity.  Frankly I'm liking these warm, almost hot days since the nights generally cool into the 60s.  The cold is coming as the days shorten and the sun angle gets lower.  It's all a matter of time.  Stay tuned!