9/3 - 9pm - Rain! It's About Time!

You can thank what's left of Mr. Gustav and an approaching cold front for our isolated downpours today. The downtown area received a good soaking at around 10am this morning and we got hit at home around 4:30pm this afternoon. I really didn't think any rain would happen this early in the week, but Gustav trended north quicker than expected and an interacting cold front only added more of a kick to those spotty downpours. These two features will continue to push through tomorrow, so expect more widespread rains as they get closer. The rain should be out of here by late Friday, so we'll have a dry weekend to look forward to. I think we'll also kick out the 90's after tomorrow as well, making for a cooler week in the 80's.

Tropical Storm Hanna will become a hurricane soon, with a projected landfall near North Carolina's Outer Banks:



This storm is expected to reach a Category 2 with Category 3 status not out of the question. If indeed this storm does get to a 2 or 3, then it would have a pretty major effect on the North Carolina coastline. Hurricane Ike (yeah, that was a quick upgrade) is now a Category 3 already with 115mph winds. We're going to have to really watch this one because it's on a path that could take it between Florida and Cuba and right into the Gulf of Mexico, which is never a good scenario:



I'll post spaghetti charts tomorrow for these storms. Tropical Storm Josephine is still churning in the Atlantic, but it's expected to weaken into a depression and I don't think this will be a threat to land at this point.