I left NOLA this AM on a road trip to see the Biltmore Resort in Asheville, North Carolina. We have stopped in Birmingham to meet up with my old college roommate, Tom Clark & his wife, Gail. It breaks up the 11-hour drive into 2 days. Birmingham is a beautiful city where you begin to see some topography. The place we're staying even has a Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, so I feel right at home.
The drive over was no problem, with only a few brief showers on the way. Our weather back home has finally taken a turn for the better as our daily shower chances have decreased. That also means the heat becomes somewhat of an issue, but get used to it as the next three months will have daily heat indexes between 105-115 degrees.
Of course, all TV stations will be warning us about the heat as if it doesn't happen each summer. The tropical plume of moisture coming in off the Gulf is gone, giving us several days to dry out.
Fronts stop coming, and you can see the extreme heat beginning to build over the Southwest. Just use common sense if working or playing outdoors until October. This is a hurricane blog, but the Tropics have gone dead.
The Saharan dust layer will keep the MDR quiet well into July, which is typical for the first part of the season. The Water Vapor view shows why nothing can form as dry air and upper lows create a hostile environment.
I don't expect us to track anything in the Atlantic Basin well into July. Even the rest of the World is fairly quiet with the exception of the western Pacific.
There is a powerful Cat. 4 Typhoon (Mekkhala) that should just miss the Philippines along with a new Depression. But that's it. So, since we have nothing to track, this week's podcast will be from the Biltmore Resort, showing the beauty of North Carolina. To watch it, you have to become a subscriber, as nearly 150 of you did last week with T.S.Arthur.
Go to bobbreck.com to sign up before the next tropical threat comes. Stay tuned!
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