11/6- Rain

Good Thursday all-

Today is going to be wet...and I mean really wet, I'm afraid. All areas appear as though they'll pick up lots of rain this evening, and I suspect an inch or so of rain is possible for many areas throughout our region as a coastal storm develops far too close to the shore to give us any frozen precip. Beyond this storm, it appears that we'll warm things up for a bit next week, but enjoy it while it lasts. Although no precipitation is likely for the next several days after today, don't hold your breath on it holding, because the next few weeks look very very cold, with a good possibility of a stormy pattern developing. As always, though, the forecast beyond a week is far too early to call, so don't worry too much about it.

In the Atlantic- No development anytime soon.

In the Pacific- A low has developed several hundred miles off the coast of Mexico, and conditions appear pretty favorable for development (considering it's early November). The next name on the Pacific is Winnie. It is important to note a few things here. In the Pacific basin, unlike the Atlantic, there are names starting with X, Y, and Z. Thus, there are still four names left before they have to resort to using the Greek alphabet, which has only happened in the Atlantic basin (in 2005). Additionally, if there is one more hurricane in the Pacific, we'll break the all time record for the most hurricanes ever recorded in a single season in the East Pacific. Yikes! What a season it has been for them.

Today in weather history- November 6, 2005- A bizarre late season F3 tornado hits north Kentucky and southern Indiana. The storm passes directly over a mobile home park, which is asking for disaster, and this was no exception as 20 are killed in the mobile home park, in addition to 4 elsewhere, and nearly 240 are injured.