Pacific Hurricane Could Bring River Rain Relief...

It was another productive fishing trip with Captain Hylton & his brother Steve.  We caught 37 keeper trout and one nice redfish.  I even "caught/snarled" a sea gull!  That is the third time I've done that so no big deal.  The hard part is getting the bird to settle down so we can untangle the line from his wing.  After several minutes, success & the Gull was back fishing.

The new drought monitor came out today & it's the same as last week.  However, there is hope for later next week as the energy from a Pacific hurricane (Norma) will combine with moisture coming our of the Gulf resulting in a large area of heavy rainfall to our west & north.  Some of that runoff will flow into the Red river & lower Mississippi north of Memphis.

The orange & red colors are 3-5" across Texas, Oklahoma into Kansas and also in eastern Iowa.  As you can see, the 7 day rain outlook here is zero, but perhaps this is a sign of things to come?

Under the upper low over the Northeast, it's sweaters & jackets (30s,40s & 50s) while under the ridge it's summer-like heat.

So without clouds, we have no chance for rain and temperatures will close out October on a warm note.

Besides Norma in the Pacific, we have Tammy in the Atlantic that will just brush by the Islands well east of Puerto Rico.  Tammy is a weak Cat. one while Norma is near Cat. 3.  Can you tell the difference?

Did someone say the Saints played last night?   Enjoy a great Fall weekend & stay tuned!