Bright Sunshiny Day…

As I’ve often said before, September is just another summer month this far south.  It doesn’t look like we are going to get a break from the heat soon.  The nights are pleasant, though, if it wasn’t for the humidity.  The humidity makes it feel much warmer than it actually is.  Slight chance of storms Saturday night, but it doesn’t like like a big weather event.  I wouldn’t be surprised if we have some diurnal pop-up thunderstorms today even though it is not in the forecast.  Showers erupted yesterday across north central Alabama causing some excitement on this end of the computer.

Current Conditions…

view Yesterday's Weather La Grange-Callaway Airport Lat: 33.01   Lon: -85.07   Elev: 692 Last Update on Sep 9, 3:55 am EDT Fair 70 °F (21 °C) Humidity: 100 % Wind Speed: Calm Barometer: 29.98" Dewpoint: 70 °F (21 °C) Visibility: 5.00 mi. More Local Wx: 3 Day History:

Will Igor Become a Hurricane?

It looks like Igor is set to become a hurricane sometime during the day on Saturday.  The course is still uncertain this far out.  Some models keep it south heading into the Caribbean.  Other models send it on a northwesterly course to curve into the open Atlantic basin much like that past few storms we have had. 

Another strong wave is set to come off the African coast to skirt the Cape Verde islands.  This is looking much more impressive than the wave that formed Igor.  There is also a tropical wave just north of South America that looks unorganized as of yet. We will have to watch and see if it forms into anything in the next few days.  It’s that time of the year folks – the most active time in the tropics. 

Impacts of Hermine…

As I predicted, Hermine was a much bigger deal than hurricane Earl and The Weather Channel downplayed it.  It caught them by surprise.  There was a lot more flooding and fiscal costs associated with Hermine by far.  Earl was more glamorous and newsworthy to The Weather Channel skirting the east coast headed for such populous regions as Cape Cod, Boston, and New York.  Earl was a flop to be blunt as far as landfall goes much to all our relief.