We will continue to see hot temperatures through much of the week. Today will be mostly sunny with a few clouds in the afternoon and a high near 98. Tonight will be mostly clear with a low near 74. The hot weather will stick around on Wednesday. For Wednesday, mostly sunny and remaining hot, the high will be near 98. There will be a little cool down for the weekend. The highs by Saturday will be in the mid 90’s.
Tropics:
Hurricane Dean:
Dean made landfall early this morning on the Yucatan Peninsula near the cruise ship port of Costa Maya at 4:30 a.m. Dean was a powerful category five hurricane at landfall with winds of 165 mph. Dean will go down in the record books. Dean was the ninth lowest pressure on record for the Atlantic basin, with pressure of 906 mb. Dean was the third lowest pressure at landfall. Also, the last land falling category 5 hurricane was Andrew in 1992. Dean will move across the Yucatan Peninsula today and weaken into a category one or two storm. Then move into the Bay of Campeche. Dean will have the chance to intensify into a category three before the second landfall in Mexico on Wednesday. Tropical Wave: The tropical wave north of Leeward Islands is not looking as good as yesterday. Most of the thunderstorms have weakened. The wave will continue to move west over the next few days.
