Today is going to be fine, in fact, it will be very nice. Temperatures will be in the mid 70s today! This is just incredible for mid October, but it is going to happen. Unfortunately, it comes with a very bad price...the fact remains that tomorrow is going to be a total washout and, in fact, one of the wettest days in recent memory. I expect 2-5" of rain tomorrow, and it will pour all day. Grr! Thankfully, we don't have any rain in sight beyond that, but temps won't get to 60 this weekend, further showing us that fall is here!
In the Atlantic- Dangerous major Hurricane Gonzalo has 125 mph winds this morning, which is just 10 mph short of becoming a category 4. If it does so, it would be the first category 4 since 2011's Hurricane Ophelia. It is unlikely to become a cat. 5, and we will likely still be looking for our first category 5 in the Atlantic since 2007's Hurricane Felix another season. Unfortunately, though, this has the potential to be an absolute catastrophe for Bermuda, as it is likely to approach the island very closely as a major hurricane...yikes!
In the Pacific- Tropical Storm Trudy is likely to form south of Guatemala in the next few days, but it appears to pose a significant threat to Mexico...it's worth watching. Also, in the Central Pacific (which uses different names than the East Pacific, which is defined as east of 140 degrees west longitude), Tropical Storm Ana is strengthening, holding 70mph winds...and heading directly for Hawaii, and it could be a very big deal for them, so keep your fingers crossed for them.
Today in weather history- October 15, 1954- One of the most significant tropical anniversaries of the year, as Hurricane Hazel crushes Cape Fear, NC- but maintains it's intensity all the way to Canada, causing top wind gusts all the way up the east coast to New York, which sees a record-smashing 125 mph wind gust, a record which still stands today, despite much closer approaches from a direct hurricane (Sandy didn't even come remotely close to that record).
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