Tuesday, June 23, 2009

This is getting ridiculous

Mark

Hi everyone…here’s what’s On My Radar today….so, we’ve had only 1 80° day in June and the average temperature for the month is running nearly 3.5° below average. I’m sure this doesn’t surprise you, the weather has been AWFUL. Vacationers are frustrated, chambers of commerce are angry and restaurant and shop owners in tourist communities…well I won’t tell you what they say to me when they get the chance.

A few weeks back I was given a t-shirt with the saying “Hate the weather” on the front while showing a person holding an umbrella in the rain. On the back it reads “Not the weatherman”. I’ve needed to wear that shirt nearly every day this week and 18 of the first 24 days this month! Yes, it’s getting ridiculous. There is an explanation for this stale weather pattern…it has to do with an unusually strong and active northern branch of the jet stream for late June along with a large area of high pressure sitting over the central Atlantic. This high pressure is normally positioned off to our south, the “Bermuda High” we talk so much about in the summer months. It has yet to settle into that position so the heat and humidity has remained off to our west so far this year.

All signs point to the storm losing it’s punch by Thursday afternoon allowing a little hazy sunshine to develop. Friday should get very warm with inland areas climbing into the middle 80s then we’ll see what the weekend brings. Looks like some late day clouds Saturday and perhaps a passing shower Sunday. Let’s hope July gets it’s act together faster than June and we can salvage the remainder of this Summer! Thanks for reading   Mark