A cold front is getting ready to move through Southern New England this afternoon, and with it will come a few scattered showers and thunderstorms. There is a SEE TEXT risk of severe weather, but a MARGINAL risk exists just barely to our north, so it wouldn't surprise me to see a few of those stronger storms work their way into northern Connecticut but, since is the summer of 2016 where we get no rain, consider it highly doubtful. Regardless of what happens with the storms, the rest of today will be very nice indeed- we're going to the mid-80s- but we come crashing back to earth tomorrow. In fact, temperatures will be slightly below average tomorrow as we struggle to reach the mid-70s, very much an early fall-like day, with crisp overnight lows in the upper 40s likely tomorrow night...and some people in the far northwest hills could experience their first night in the 30s as well at that time. Moving ahead, high 70s and low 80s will be the norm for the week, with the only precip threat coming on Sunday afternoon with a weak warm front.
Tropical Storm Julia has made history in the Atlantic, having unexpectedly formed literally over land in Florida. This is the first tropical cyclone recorded in world history to form over land. As a result, parts of Georgia and Florida are under tropical storm warnings today...yikes...and Ian poses no threat to land. Karl and Lisa appear to be on the horizon as well from Cape Verde waves, but any impact they will have is way too far out to determine at this time. Hurricane Orlene continues spinning harmlessly in the Pacific, but another storm forming closer to Mexico could pose a threat to the Baja in about a week's time.
^Julia formed west of Jacksonville, the first tropical cyclone to ever form over land
Today in weather history- September 14, 1988- Hurricane Gilbert achieves an extreme rarity in the Atlantic as it makes landfall at category 5 intensity on the Yucatan Peninsula. It would eventually cross it, re-emerge into the Gulf and make a final landfall near the Texas-Mexico border. By the time all is said and done, Gilbert does $7.1 billion (1988USD) in damage, kills over 400 people, and becomes the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic (though this would fall some 17 years later to 2005's Hurricane Wilma). In the near future, though, Julia may well fall into this section for September 13!.
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