Friday: 11 AM

Not much more news on Hurricane Dean other than the fact he continues heading towards the Lesser Antilles, and at this point, still the Yucutan. HOWEVER, a 5 day forecast track is still obviously highly suceptible to rather significant changes, so a northward jog or southward jog in the storms path is not only possible, but even likely. So if you live along the Gulf of Mexico, anyone should be on the lookout. The scary things about Hurricanes is that they are really the only type of weather phenomenon that behave "as they want." What makes these storms unpredictable for the most part is that they kinda like to go wherever they want. Obviously a steering wind can lead it towards a general direction, but they are powerful enough to make movements north, south, east, or west. An updated visible satellite picture is on the bottom of the post.

Now, Chattanooga hit 104 degrees yesterday!! Even hotter than Wednesdays temperature, which also means that we broke records consecutive days. If there is any good news on the horizon, it would be that 100 degree temperatures seem to be over with at least for the next week, but 90's are still expected to be around. And with added humidity, it will start feeling even worse outside. But not much rain has fallen anyone across the area, and not much is expected in the meantime. Some of you may see some scattered shs/ts today, but other than that, only isolated at best is expected over the next week. Now, if Hurricane Dean does move towards the Gulf of Mexico, then we need to be on the lookout for perhaps some much needed rain that often times comes with Hurricanes around our area. But that's still a ways off, so anything can happen. And just for the record, Autumn is officially only 36 days away!

~Jordan

Photo of Dean:

Track expected of Dean: