It's the tale of two seasons in the coming days. First things first, today, tomorrow, and Friday will be thoroughly summer-like. We can expect highs in the mid-80s and partly sunny conditions on each day, at least until Friday evening. That is the first season of the week. The second is firmly autumn. After a powerful cold front moves into our region Friday night (along with a line of thunderstorms- the only rain chance in the next week), the temperatures will be far below average. In fact, it's unlikely that we get to 70 for the foreseeable future after that. On Sunday though...we may even have a tough time getting to 60...especially in the cooler parts of CT, which may be the first day we see the 58-59 degree high temperatures in the NW hills. Sunday night into Monday could also be very close to a freeze- I will be watching that closely for your gardening needs.
Tropical Storm Karl is now a Tropical Depression, and TD 13 has become Tropical Storm Lisa, but neither pose any direct threat to land. Pacific Hurricane Paine has dissipated just west of the Baja, but Tropical Storm Roslyn is likely to form this week and drift in generally the same direction.
Today in weather history- September 21, 1938- A day that will long live in New England lore- after predictions of a light rain in breeze, the strongest known hurricane in our region's history roars ashore on Long Island and Connecticut as a high end category 3 storm. Winds gust to category 5 intensity, the surge goes up to 30 feet, and the waves are pounded ashore to the extent that California's earthquake meters could register them. In all, 682 people are killed, and damage amounts to the equivalent today of $4.7 billion. Should such a storm occur today...it would be exponentially worse than Hurricane Sandy...and would almost undoubtedly come very close to Hurricane Katrina in damage total. We are actually overdue for this kind of a storm...let's hope we stay that way for a long time to come.
Please enjoy the last day of summer and see you in the fall!
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