HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE-
Today is going to be rather dank and moist, I'm afraid, with temps in the low 70s but showers in the morning followed by afternoon thunderstorms, and there is a SEE TEXT risk of severe weather today, and again tomorrow as another cold front moves through. The combination of consecutive cold fronts will knock us down so far we probably won't hit 60 on Sunday, and that could be problematic because Sunday night showers move into the region from the west, but temperatures will still fall to near freezing. In fact, in the extreme northern sections of Litchfield County, I cannot rule out a switch to snow showers, which would be the latest snowfall ever recorded in Connecticut(!!) Until Monday then, have a great weekend!!
Sunday...May 15, 2016...marks the beginning of the Pacific Hurricane Season, which will run until November 30. This year's list of names is Agatha, Blas, Celia, Darby, Estelle, Frank, Georgette, Howard, Ivette, Javier, Kay, Lester, Madeline, Newton, Orlene, Paine, Roslyn, Seymour, Tina, Virgil, Winifred, Xavier, Yolanda, and Zeke. I expect this season to be below average for the basin due to the emergence of La Nina conditions. This pattern...the opposite of El Nino...is an unseasonable cooling of the Pacific, which increases wind shear across the region and tends to inhibit development.
There are 19 days until the Atlantic Hurricane Season.
Today in weather history- May 13, 1930- A man caught in an open field in Lubbock, TX during a hailstorm is killed, perhaps the only known death by hail in US history. Although such an event is extremely rare, it's entirely possible even today, but with improved warning systems it's a lot harder to get caught unaware in an empty field.
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