Monday: 10 PM

Sorry for the late update today. Hurricane Dean finally became a Category 5 storm as he approaches the Yucatan. The good news, however, is that he will not affect the United States, at least in terms of terrible winds. The Southwest may eventually get some of the moisture from this, but we'll see. Here is the satellite image. Remember, you can always click it to enlarge it.
Meanwhile, the Southeast continues to suffer from this, in some cases, historic heatwave. Chattanooga for one has hit 100 degrees or more 4 times this month, which is even more amazing considering we normally only hit 100 maybe once every few or more years. Two of those 100+ degree days broke records, both of which were consecutive. And the pattern doesn't look to break any time soon. The high pressure system responsible for this seems to be parked, not wanting to go anywhere. So, with that being said, lets turn to something that's worth talking about. Invest 92L became official today, and lies well north of the Lesser Antilles. This one bears significant watching, as the SHIPS model wants to develop this thing into a Hurricane by Friday, and the track brings it towards Florida by weeks end. So I'll keep an eye on that and bring an update tomorrow on what it's up to. Here is the current satellite image of it. As you can see, it's nothing of great consequence right now. In fact, there really isn't any surface circulation right now, but that's what we'll look for if the convection begins to organize. Again, I'll have another update tomorrow. I'll hopefully post a little earlier also. Meanwhile, here is a bit' of good news if
you, like me, are tired of this rediculous heat: Autumn is only 33 days away!