Katrina Week Videos, Bob On FOX Weather, Gulf Still Unsettled

If you've been watching TWC, Network Newscasts, FOX News/Weather, you know this is the 20th anniversary week of Hurricane Katrina.   Katrina was the beginning of an extremely active period of SE LA/MS Landfalling storms.  Many of those storms were major (Cat. 3,4 & 5). I grabbed these images off The Weather Channel.

Whew!  We had way more landfalling storms than during the past 50 years.  Not since Betsy (1965) and Camille (1969) had we experienced a major Hurricane.  So far so good this year, but we are approaching the most active period for storm formation.  It's why I have been plugging you to subscribe to my new Podcast that will help guide your decision-making when the next hurricane threatens. Just go to bobbreck.com to sign up.

My first guest this Friday is former FOX 8 Chief Meteorologist David Bernard who will explain why he left broadcasting and is into a new career helping young people cope with severe weather.   But you can't hear or see David unless you subscribe to my Podcast for $2/month (7 cents/day).  I will have many other guests down the road when the weather isn't the focus.  Here is a small sample of what that interview will be like.

Today, the Tropics remain dead with only Fernand moving into the open Atlantic.

The waves coming off of Africa are being squashed by the lingering Saharan Air Layer.  No models see anything during the next 7-10 days. The center of the Atlantic ridge remains far east, leaving an avenue for any storms to turn to the north well before reaching the U.S. 

In addition, the East Coast upper trough seems to be hanging around for the next week.  That will protect us from any tropical threats well into September. The Gulf still has clusters of storms, but none show rotation.

The current NW upper flow may bring down several disturbances during the next 5-7 days.

So many of the eastern states are enjoying cooler temps and less humid air.  Memphis has a dew point of 47!

The next two days will have higher rain chances under that NW upper flow, but another weaker front could get near us for the holiday weekend.  All in all, not a bad way to end August.  Seems every past Labor Day weekend we were watching Hurricanes.  Not this year! FYI, I will be on the FOX Weather Channel's (Cox 37) Hurricane Katrina special tonight at 7:30 PM.  Stay tuned!