Colder Weekend, No Polar Vortex, Good Fishing Trip, Thank You For Support

The number of wonderful comments regarding my wife to be, Valerie, warmed my heart as I feel truly blessed to have such support 10 years after my retirement. You still really like me! Thanks you.  My fishing trip with Captain Hylton was successful even though we didn't reach our daily limits.  The number of undersized trout & redfish was encouraging as they will be keepers in another month.  

2 things that make fishing so neat are 1) sunrise and/or sunset and 2) stopping at Rocky & Carlos on the way home.  Thanks to Mr. Tommy for always maintaining quality of product no matter how many times we stop.  Hylton & I split the huge shrimp po-boy and I brought some shrimp, mac & cheese home for Valerie.  This will be the last trip for a while as the weather will make conditions difficult for many days.  We begin with the change in the upper air pattern.  The southern stream remains active as an East Coast upper trough tries to develop.

This is NOT the Polar Vortex coming as 1) the air is not cold enough and 2) the pattern is very progressive.  Check out these forecast maps.  The top is valid today followed by Friday and then for next Sunday.

Two things to note. 1) the upper low doesn't dive into the deep south and 2) It quickly lifts out to the NE by Sunday.  That tells me the cold will not be as severe as earlier predicted and the core of the cold will stay well to our north.  Still, if you live north of Lake Pontchartrain, you may want to protect any TROPICAL plants as temps might drop into the upper 30s for Sunday morning.

The cold will come in several waves, but if you're dressed for it, it will feed good.

The quick moving morning rains have raced into Georgia and we are not expecting any more showers with the coming fronts.

The extended keeps us below normal after tomorrow's mid 70s.  Our next real rain chances arrive late Sunday into Monday as the southern storm track shows signs of being very active during this Super El Nino winter.  Get used to it.   Finally, this weeks podcast will focus on the building cold over northern Canada & Alaska and the super cold (20-30 below) already showing up in Siberia.  Go to bobbreck.com to sign up as a subscriber.  Coming podcasts will include my upcoming wedding cruise (including the actual exchange of vows) and what goes on while cruising.  For $2/month, you can become a subscriber and follow the fun.  Plus you'll be ready for the 2027 hurricane season.  Stay tuned!