Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Keeping an Eye to the East

Plenty of sunshine will continue here through the end of the week. High temperatures will remain near 90, slightly hotter inland. The humidity will stay a little below average.

The main weather focus is low pressure well offshore. Upper level winds have prevented the system from developing into a tropical system today, but the winds should subside enough to allow for development the next couple of days. It is likely to be a named system by Friday. The system will meander on Thursday, then should begin to move west some by Friday as a ridge of high pressure to the north controls it's movement. The consensus of computer models shows this system turning northwest well east of Georgia, and heading close to the North Carolina coast this weekend. This scenario would have very little effect on our weather, except it would be breezy over the weekend and boating conditions offshore would be rough. We will continue to monitor the track of this system in case there are any significant changes.