You've heard the phrase "What a difference a day makes"? It often is very true with the weather as Friday was in the Dumper (Dumpster for you purists!) with a welcomed soaking all day rainfall that put a real dent into our many months mini-drought. The NWS graphic shows both sides of the Lake received 2-3" rain amounts, but it's the view out my window that really shows what a difference a day makes. The top is yesterday from high atop Copeland Tower.
With the return of sunshine, everyone, even our dogs, seemed to have more energy. Here are the rain amounts.
With all of the heavy rainfall upstream, the Mississippi River has a huge surge coming during the next 2 weeks that has brough us up from below 5 feet at the Carrollton gage to over 7 feet today. We'll peak at 8+ feet(or higher) later this month, well below the heights of our levee protection.
The cold front has pushed well off our coast, bringing us relief from the heat & muggies.
Most of our nation is feeling pretty good as the 80s and 90s are gone, along with the 60-70+ dew points. Plus, we're not done with fronts as another system off of California will bring another front late Wednesday into Thursday. Moving at a lower latitude, it could bring us a threat for severe storms, but it's way too soon to tell.
The current eastern trough will keep us in the good feel air for 2-3 days.
The drier air will allow our nighttime temps to dip into the 40s on the North Shore, with 50s south. We'll see a brief warm-up mid-week with another delightful cool down for next weekend. Finally, as we approach another hurricane season, I'm working on some graphics for my next podcast that will be available to subscribers next Tuesday or Wednesday. If you want to hear and see my views/opinions, go to bobreck.com and sign up for $2/mo. During hurricane season, my podcast will help you make the decision to stay or leave. Ch. 8 has once again kept me on as their hurricane consultant. You can trust Your Hurricane Authority. Stay tuned!
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