Degeneration and Cooler Temps

The Atlantic is quiet once more. On September 26, Tropical Depression Eight decided to take a turn towards the cooler waters of the northwestern coast of Africa. There the tropical depression would degenerated back into a tropical wave. There's still a good two more months until the Atlantic season is over, the final date for the season is November 30th. Let's at least see Grace! The Pacific hurricane season, has been very active producing 16 named stores, in which 6 of those named storms became hurricane and 3 of those hurricanes were major (category 3 or higher). Like the Atlantic season hurricane, the last day for the Pacific season in November 30th and currently no storms are active.

Forecast (September 29 to October 4)
Union, NJ

Don't forget your sweaters, tomorrow because Fall is here! The trees are already starting to turn and with the cold front that came through earlier this evening, the temperatures for this week will be slightly cooler. For Tuesday, expect a high of 70 with partly cloudy skies and a slight chance of showers after 3 pm. For Tuesday night, expect temperatures around 50 degrees and chance for some sprinkles around 9 pm. On Wednesday, we'll be feeling some milder temperatures with a high around 64. A strong storm system will be slowly drifting Northeast from the great lakes into New England Wednesday night as we can expect a slight chance of showers throughout the day. A weak high pressure system will build in the region by Thursday as we can expect sunny skies, and a high near 63. That high will move offshore by the evening as we can expect partly cloudy skies and lows around 43. For Friday we warm up a little as a warm front approaches from our south. Expect a high around 68 with mostly sunny skies. That warm front will move into the tri-state region by Saturday as we can expect a high near 70 and mostly cloudy skies. Expect a slight chance of showers Saturday night as a cold front, following behind the warm front, moves into the region. Expect a high of 50 for Sunday with a chance of showers throughout the day. Stay safe everyone!!!

Foodweather...I like it

Imagine if you woke up one morning and you looked outside the window and instead of it raining or snowing just water droplets and frozen water droplets, it rained orange juice or snowed ice cream. That's the part of the plot behind one of my favorite books that I loved to read as a child, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs. Now I would always read this book before I went to bed when I was younger and when I heard that Hollywood, would be making this book into a movie, I must say that I was worried at first. As a 22-year-old college senior, I have seen my share of childhood favorites which have been turned into more commercialized Hollywood disasters. I feared that the wonderment and innocence of the text would be glamorized by flashing lights. Oh but I had nothing to fear. This movie sent me on whirlwind of emotions as it was amusing, thoughtful and heartfelt. Though some of the underlining themes may be a little too much for children to understand today, the nature of the film was much like that of the book that I read when I was younger.

Though the storyline is a bit different than that of the book, the characters in either are ones to love. From the grandfather who told the kids a story in the paperback, to the police officer who helped save the town in the movie, the individuals always seemed to remind me of someone I could relate to. The main characters in the movie may inspire the kiddies to become scientists, inventors and even a meteorologist as well That's what the whole story is based on and even more amazing is the concept of foodweather! It's a cute movie and I'm sure the whole family will love it. This weather girl approves!

Hurricane Talk, Flooding and a Return

Gosh it's been over a month since I've posted an entry on here, so long that it is technically Fall . I unexpectedly took a break from posting entries and there's been a lot going on with the weather and the environment. The 2009 Atlantic Hurricane season is still active until November 30 and the actual peak for this season has come and passed. Since I last posted an entry there have been two named storms. Erika and Fred. Erika became a tropical storm on September 1 after forming northeast of the Leeward Islands. The storm gained a greater potential as it moved across the Atlantic, strengthening to 60 mph. The next day however, the storm decreased in intensity and and was downgraded to a tropical depression the following day. Six days later, on September 7, a tropical wave of the coast of Cape Verde, formed what would later become Tropical Storm Fred, by the end of the day. The tropical storm quickly gained strength and became a category 1 hurricane in the early morning of September 8. The storm continued to gain intensity throughout the evening, becoming a category 2 hurricane, six hours after first becoming a category 1 hurricane. Fred made history not once but twice. The first is because of its location. The storm is the strongest storm to ever be recorded, to be captured so far south and east in the Atlantic by satellite imagery. Hurricane Fred is also one of only three hurricanes which were east of 35°W where it gained intensity to a category 3 hurricane. Due to vertical wind shear, the storm weakened to a remnant low on September 12. It remained a remnant low until September 20 (Two days before the first day of Fall) when it dissipated near Bermuda. As a remnant low Fred caused some havoc in the southeast, and produced widespread heavy rainfall. As a result, Fred caused historic flooding in Georgia, with a reported 20 inches falling near Atlanta, Georgia and caused over $250 million dollars in damages.

The Atlantic is currently brewing another storm as well. Tropical Depression Eight formed earlier today from a tropical wave off the coast of Cape Verde. The minimum central pressure is 1008 mb and it is moving northwest at 14 mph, with winds at 35 mph. Below is the five day forecast cone for the storm:


If this storm is named, the next name in on the storm names list is Grace. Now I know it's a far stretch but this years list also provides the name Kate, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we get at least five more named storms so I can bug my best friend Kate, by possibly this season's storm with her name :-)

I'm back and I will definitely be posting more entries. Check back and stay safe!