I had to chuckle reading the NWS discussion where the forecaster says "we're in a very benign & uninteresting weather pattern". It reminds me of one of my Drill instructors in Marine Boot Camp who said, "we have a small war right now (Vietnam), but it's better than no war at all". At the time, I thought what a stupid statement. But I missed his point. We were trained to kill people & break things. If we have no war, we are training for nothing. The NWS forecaster was trained to predict the weather. But when there are no weather changes... Just like the drill instructor who wanted war, the forecaster wants action/storms. Right now, we just have some winds causing high times and minor flooding.
There is a large surface high up over New England and we're on the outer circulation where the winds are strongest. That should persist 2 more days before we see less wind for this weekend. But with the storm track staying over the northern states, we'll see little change on our weather except for a gradual warming. The upper flow is looking more summer-like as the jet stream retreats to the north.
No cold fronts are expected for the next 7-10 days.
All of the country is above freezing with a warm bubble forming over much of the eastern 2/3rd of our nation.
There is quite a dust plume moving into the Atlantic. I'd love to see that last into August & September. Finally...
While I was in Kentucky last weekend for Ethan's 7th birthday, we took him to fish. He really learned to cast very well, but alas, no fish as it was very windy. Today my son (Justin) took him back to the same lake and buda boom, Ethan's first fish! If he's like his Pops, he's hooked for a lifetime! Stay tuned!
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