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 wind 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!

 

Nor'easter Coming, Tropics Show Some Life, Quiet Here.

With a week left in September, models are indicating that we will have no hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin.  That doesn't mean there will not be an impact-type storm.  NWS is hyping a winter-like Nor'easter that will form on Friday and slowly move up the East Coast, resulting in widespread coastal erosion, high surf, hurricane-like wind gusts, and heavy rainfall.  It is in the formative stage today, but should come together overnight into Friday.

By Saturday morning, NWS has a deep low south of Cape Cod.  The impacts locally will be to drive the deep tropical moisture away from us.

If this system brings up the tropical moisture into it, even though NHC won't classify it as a hurricane, it could be the strongest system so far this season.  Let's see if NHC doesn't start talking about this disturbance on their TWO s (Tropical Weather Outlook) tonight or tomorrow.

All they are talking about today is the regeneration of Fay back to a Tropical Storm and the possible formation of Gonzalo off of Africa. Could we have another Super Storm Sandy type storm develop this weekend off the East Coast?  Could happen. Locally, the Gulf is quiet.

FOX Weather had this graphic yesterday that I thought was interesting.  It applies only to Super El Nino years like we are having this year.  I'm getting more encouraged that any tropical threats to the northern Gulf are over for this year. Our focus now turns to fronts and cooler air coming.

 

The summer heat dome has been crushed and 60s & 70s have taken over the country.  We won't see any real cooling until next week.

Finally, most of the tropical action is in the Pacific.

Hawaii could be threatened by another hurricane while Polo remains a major Cat.4.

Fortunately, Polo is predicted to turn away from the Mexican coast.  Enjoy the next few days of drier weather.  Stay tuned!