9/5- Great today!

Good Friday everyone!

Today is going to be rather horrible as it will be sunny but very hot as temps soar to very near or exceeding 90 degrees today...yikes! Certainly not what we expect in September. To make matters worse, tomorrow we not only get to the same temperature, but a cold front comes in the late afternoon, which means it's severe weather time! In fact, there could be large hail, damaging winds, and I can't even rule out a tornado or two as the atmosphere will be very volatile. Rain and flooding will also be a concern, as the humidity should allow for torrential downpours in most of the storms. On the positive note, we are going to drop the temps to below 80 for the foreseeable future because of this cold front. We then appear dry until Wednesday, but then we are washed out for a day or so at the end of next week.

In the Atlantic- There is no change with the tropical wave near the Cape Verde Islands, and there is still a 40% chance of development.

In the Pacific- Hurricane Norbert has 90mph wind and, because it is located just 100 miles WSW of Cabo San Lucas, has prompted hurricane warnings from Santa Fe to Cabo San Lazaro. It is going to generally weaken as it moves north and eventually east, and probably will hit California. We don't hear that every day, do we?

Today in weather history- September 5, 1950- Hurricane Easy loops two times off the west coast of Florida, dumping a copious amount of rain on Florida. In fact, 39 inches of rain fell on Yankeetown, FL, setting the state record and the #2 all time 24-hour rainfall in North America. As to the name, hurricanes began getting named in this year, but were named using the military phonetic alphabet, which at the time was Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, etc..