This will be the week of halves in every sense of the word- half will be hot, half will be cool, half will be dry, half will be wet. Today lies in the hot and dry category- we're going to get into the high 80s today as the sun should be out for much of the day today (though clouds likely will be increasing through the afternoon hours). By the early morning hours tonight, though, rain is likely to move in (along with thunderstorms) and they could be rather strong- so get ready to be woken up by rumbles of thunder. Tomorrow itself is the hottest day of the next 7 though- we should be near 90, although I think most of us come up a degree or two shy of that mark. Wednesday looks like the pick of the week with temps right around 80 and sunny skies. Thursday looks rather wet, but Friday looks very nice as well.
In the Atlantic- That low in the Bay of Campeche we were watching with a slim chance of development has, in fact, done just that and become Tropical Depression #4, and it is expected to become Tropical Storm Danielle later today, but I am not convinced this will happen as it is nearly inland over east Mexico. It really only has about another 8 hours or so to complete this achievement.
Models have also been consistently developing a tropical system near Florida on or near the fourth of July.
*8 AM UPDATE- The hurricane hunters have discovered TD#4 is now indeed Tropical Storm Danielle, but it's right on the coastline and will be gone by tomorrow. Don't blink and you'll miss it. That said, it sneaks into the history books as the earliest 4th named storm ever recorded, surpassing 2012's Tropical Storm Debby by three days. For those who are interested, the earliest 5th named storm formed on July 11, 2005 when Tropical Storm Emily developed (it would later become a category 5 hurricane!)
In the Pacific- No development is expected anytime soon
Today is the summer solstice- it's finally here!!
Today in weather history- June 20, 1682- A strong tornado strikes our area, crossing Stratford, Milford, and New Haven before dissipating in Long Island Sound. How strong, however, will remain a mystery as we obviously have no reliable meteorology data from almost 400 years ago!
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