Today is going to be a fantastic day, with highs in the (gasp!) low 70s! The problem is, it may be the last time we hit the plateau this season, so enjoy it! A cold front moves through with a scattered shower or two tomorrow, but nothing that would ruin your day at all. My main concern with it is that the temperatures on Sunday may not even reach the mid-50s, and it would not surprise me one bit if some of the colder areas of our state saw highs in the 40s on Sunday. It certainly will feel like late fall on those days! When we get to next week, Monday looks fine, but the rest of it looks quite wet as a nor'easter stalls off the coast, giving us rain Tuesday to Thursday.
In the Atlantic- Category 4 Hurricane Gonzalo, the strongest Atlantic hurricane in five years, is taking a worst case scenario path for Bermuda. This is likely to be the worst storm on record for them, even worse than 2003's Hurricane Fabian, which did $300 million in damage and killed 4 (which are some seriously big numbers for a tiny island). Otherwise, no new development is expected.
In the Pacific- The disturbance discussed recently fizzled a bit yesterday and the odds of development have dropped to 50/50. Additionally, it appears Hawaii has dodged the bullet with Ana, as it did not intensify as much as expected, causing it to take a more westerly track and totally miss the islands.
Today in weather history- October 17, 1967- In a truly remarkable event, Xinliao, Taiwan begins to deal with a tropical storm lasting the next two days...which drops 108.31" of rain on the area. Yeesh! That is nearly twice our annual average!
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