Still Waiting

It's now August 9th, but we're still waiting for our first named storm of the season.  The last four years have seen storms develop in May or June.  Not even close to that this year.  As a matter of fact, the last time we went this deep into the year without a named storm was 1992 and Hurricane Andrew.  Andrew first became a tropical storm at 8am August 17.  However, an interesting nugget about that.  That year we had a subtropical storm in April.  That didn't count in the year of 1992 as a storm that could be named.  However, the rules changed earlier this decade to include subtropical storms when naming storms.  So, if those rules were in place in 92, that would mean Hurricane Andrew would have been Hurricane Bonnie, and we'd have to go back even farther to find a year that started out so quiet.  As it stands right now there is a weak wave that's come off the African coast the Hurricane Center is monitoring.  I'm not even going to elaborate on it yet.  We'll see how it all plays out.

Hoping The Computers Are Right

The computers are hinting that an upper level low is going to cut off from the main flow and stall to our northwest.  This would put us in the preferable slot for showers and t-showers heading into the middle part of the week.  Let's hope it plays out as we're heading into the dry season and with a tropical season that could end up being tamer than average.  That could mean a very dry Septemeber and October across the region.  So, let's hope for every drop of rain we can get between now and then.  I'll update on twitter through the week on our rain chances.  Have a good one.

Steve Milone / FOX 5 Weather Authority

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