Nor'easter Pulling Away, Gulf Moisture Returns, Grandparent's Day In KY

While much of New England had a nightmare of a weekend due to a stationary Nor'easter, its rotation brought down drier air/lower humidity to all of the Gulf South, including us.  It made for a terrific weekend up in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where my fiancée, Valerie, and I attended Grandparents' Day at St. Joseph's school & Church.  When we left this morning, the temp. was 56 degrees!!! Here are some photos.

It was a long drive, but well worth spending quality time with family.  Valerie and I have purchased a "tiny house" for my son & daughter-in-law's farm outside Bowling Green so we'll be able to visit more often and have a place to stay.  A future podcast will be on the "tiny house" and how Kentucky will become part of our lives.  But you have to become a subscriber at bobbreck.com to view it.  Weather-wise. NHC keeps naming storms way out in the Atlantic, with the Pacific still very active with 3 hurricanes/typhoons.

 

Tropical Depression Fay & new Tropical Storm Hanna will bother no one.  We will get through all of September without a Hurricane.  That hasn't happened since 1907 & 1914.  As the Nor'easter pulls away, we'll see Gulf moisture return by late this week.

Grace Williams showed that moisture return coming for later this week.

The moisture from Polo should stay to our north and west, but it's the return of the Gulf moisture that arrives Friday & Saturday.

We need the rain since it's been dry all weekend.  

The increased rain chances will lower our highs, but the real cool air doesn't arrive until NEXT week.  I have put in a call to the "Fat Lady" to sing for us by Oct. 10th  No model shows anything developing in the Gulf so it's time to "turn out the lights"!  Stay tuned!

Pacific Going Nuts, Atlantic Active Way Out, Nor'easter In Close

As our hurricane season nears its end, worldwide we have 4 named storms in the Pacific and 2 in the Atlantic.  The Pacific has 3 hurricanes, with two of them being major.  Another might threaten Hawaii again.

NHC abruptly turns Hurricane Nolo away from the Islands, but not by much.

By far the strongest storm is Polo, with winds now up to 180 MPH !!!  His track stays away from Mexico initially, but turns back towards the coast later on.  This could bring some flooding rains to Texas next week.

It's rare to find two major hurricanes so close together.

Polo once again had the 'stadium effect" this morning.  The Atlantic has two named storms, but they are far weaker and will affect very few. Fay & Gonzalo are way out there.

All eyes are focused close to home where an intense Nor'easter is developing.

NHC hasn't hatched in an area for tropical formation, but Joe Bastardi of Weather Bell feels they should since the impacts along the coast will be very much like a hurricane.  Note there are no storms around the center currently.  Both the Euro & GFS are identical on forecast solutions for Saturday & Sunday.

The WPC's rain totals along the coast could reach 4-8", but the real issues will be winds and erosion.  The network news programs will be all over this.  Locally,

Until the East Coast low moves out on Monday, we'll have a dry northerly flow.  Get out and enjoy your weekend and the Saints win (31-21) on Sunday.  Who Dat! Stay tuned!