Good Wednesday everyone-
Today is going to be significantly wetter than yesterday, I'm afraid, as a steady rain develops this morning and it is, quite honestly, going to last all day today, tomorrow, and the morning hours of Friday. On the positive note, a very nice weekend appears to be in store for us here, with temps in the mid-60s and bright sunshine, with a similar forecast early next week.
Sorry for the brief discussion today, but the computer model website is down this morning, so I have to go with what they say on the news only :(. Hopefully it comes back tomorrow.
In the Atlantic- The low in the Bay of Campeche has indeed strengthened into Tropical Depression 9 as it moves east towards the Yucatan. This is a highly bizarre track, since most weather patterns in the Atlantic basin move east to west- in fact, the last time a hurricane hit the west coast of the Yucatan was 1995's Hurricane Roxanne, and you have to go back further than that to find the last time one actually made landfall there (In fact, I am not sure it ever has).
In the Pacific- No development anytime soon.
Today in weather history- October 22, 2005- Hurricane Wilma, the only W named storm in the history of the Atlantic basin, clobbers the Yucatan as a 130 mph category 4 hurricane. Two days prior, the hurricane hit record peak intensity, which is certainly interesting because it isn't exactly the most remembered storm in the Atlantic. The previous record holder, however, was very much a household name (1988's Hurricane Gilbert). Either way, Wilma proves very strong in its' own right, and does enough damage to be retired.
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