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A is for Ana, heading for the DR. B is for Bill, staying out to sea. C is for Claudette, making the south wet. After a slow start the Atlantic hurricane season hopped to life over the weekend with three named storms. The strongest, Hurricane Bill, looks like it will stay out to sea. The lady storms would have the potential to drop some rain our way were it not for the appearance of another stranger this summer.
An upper level ridge has finally asserted itself over the Northeast. Time for a heat wave! The mercury rose above 90 yesterday and is expected to repeat that today and tomorrow. The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for both days—the city just announced one for today— and an Air Quality Alert for today. Slow down and be prepared for highs in the mid 90s and plenty o' humidity.
A cold front will try to slink south under the ridge Tuesday night. That's cause for much forecast uncertainty. Best best: good chance of showers and thunderstorms from tomorrow night through Friday with temperatures in the mid 80s to near 90. Ahh, the dog days of August, how we hate you so.
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FYI:
The Old Farmer's Almanac lists the traditional timing of the Dog Days as the 40 days beginning July 3 and ENDING AUGUST 11. These are days of the year when rainfall is said to be at its lowest.
Good point! Dog Days doesn't have a precise meteorological definition. The Old Farmer's Almanac definition is most common in western Europe and refers to an astronomical period based on the position of Sirius, the Dog Star.
Answers.com defines dog days as "the hot, sultry period of summer between early July and early September". I'll stick with the Glossary of Meteorology, which defines them as "the period of greatest heat in summer".
Very early, but Bill's current 5 day track forecast puts him between Bermuda and the east coast on Saturday, with a continuing northwesterly movement. Could make the beginning of next week very interesting.
Even if Bill makes it to our shores, at worst it would probably be a weak CAT 1 hurricane.
Couldn't "chance of thunderstorms tomorrow through Friday" be used to describe every week of every August in New York?
TeddyNYC, are you sure about that?
Even though the water is much cooler up near NYC, Bill is still projected to be a solid Cat 3 as it steams past Bermuda on Saturday afternoon. We could see some lively rain bands, unless it wobbles further out to sea.
if he hooks west of bermuda, and most models now show that-- east coast game on!
It's gonna be interesting to see how this turns out.