6/19- Some storms

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE- WE MADE IT!!

Unfortunately, it won't be an ideal Friday as some thunderstorms are possible this afternoon. We did have some scattered showers overnight, but they're moving out and today should be mostly dry, so don't worry too much about the afternoon. The SPC has only placed us under a paltry SEE TEXT risk of severe weather, so that's really no big deal. The weekend is the tail of halves. Saturday looks delightful...but Sunday is a total washout thanks to Tropical Storm Bill's remnants. The storm is still classified as a tropical depression...and it would be rather interesting if it holds itself together to give us a direct hit from a tropical cyclone...though it's rather unlikely. The forecast for next week remains the same as yesterday.

In the Atlantic & Pacific- If you waste your weekend looking for tropical cyclone activity, let me know how long you make it before realizing that it's fruitless (no development is expected anytime soon)

Today in weather history- June 19, 1972- Hurricane Agnes makes landfall in the Florida panhandle, This, however, is just part of the long story of this one, as two days later, Agnes is helped along by a trough of low pressure...and becomes a tropical storm again while already over North Carolina. The storm then moves into the Atlantic, strengthens to a Tropical Storm again, then clobbers Long Island and New York with 70mph winds, flooding Elmira and other cities. In all, Agnes caused $3 billion in damage, and killed 128 people. The name was, predictably, retired the following spring, becoming the first category 1 hurricane to have it's name retired. There have been a few since then (and even a tropical storm) but this storm is still highly notable.