Wildfires Rage Again in California, Quiet in the Tropics…
Another wildfire rages about thirty miles from my hometown in Southern California. The fire started between Fillmore and Moorpark. Firefighters are calling it the Guiberson fire, after a street close to where it started. National Weather Service forecasters in Southern California have been warning people since late Sunday that hot, dry and windy conditions could spark a fire. Click here for the latest Los Angeles Weather reports regarding the high wind warnings that are still in effect. You know, I was worried once the television stations started warning people that the fire danger was sky high, some crazy would go out and start a fire. Today, it’s being reported that arson is suspected. We’ll see if that’s the official cause.
It is STILL raining in the midsection of the country. Click on the read more link for more on this and the tropics!
Satellite, African Coast (courtersy NOAA) Click to Enlarge
There is a tropical wave (area of low pressure with showers and thunderstorms), located off the coast of Africa that has a low chance of developing, according to the National Hurricane Center. The tropics are quiet! It’s September 24th. We can’t call it a season yet. But, it’s getting pretty close. Read yesterday’s blog to find out why Dr. Gray thinks we will make it until the first week of October with very little development. Tropical Storm Nora is expected to weaken as it moves into an unfavorable environment in the Eastern Pacific.
Upper Level Disturbance (courtesy Unisys Weather)
An upper level disturbance trapped in the Midwest caused snow to fall across the Rockies the past few days. High pressure across much of the Southeast is blocking the low from moving eastward. The low is stuck in its atmospheric place. The states between the low and the high are being subjected to cloudy, rainy weather. No warnings so far today, and no severe weather is expected. Just more rain in the bucket. I know a lot of folks across the Southeast are trying to dry out.
-Dawn Brown