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John Homenuk

Weekly Planner: We live in the tropics now

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It’s warm, it’s humid, and it’s going to rain a lot. Welcome to the tropics.

A deep southeasterly flow (which, not coincidentally, draws air parcels directly from the tropical Atlantic into the Northeast) has established itself over the past 24 hours. Dew points have increased and so has the moisture content in the atmosphere, and with a frontal boundary draped from the Mid Atlantic into the Northeast states, showers and thunderstorms have been common during the afternoon and early evening hours.

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Miguel Pierre

Cool & Unsettled Saturday, Warming Trend Next Week, Tropics Update

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Good morning! Just a quick update on forecast through this weekend, the warm-up for next week and the tropics. First today will be beautiful with plenty of sunshine and lighter winds. After a cool or chilly start in the 40s and 50s, highs will only reach in the upper 60s to lower 70s over much of the Northeast today. These temperatures are actually closer to normal for this of year. But it will feel much cooler and more like early Autumn, compared to the past few days.

Later tonight and Saturday, as a weak area of low pressure and shortwave trough will move through parts of the Northeast.Clouds will gradually increase ahead of this system during the evening and overnight hours. A few scattered showers are possible late tonight and early tomorrow morning, as a weak cold front from this system moves through. Overnight lows will be in the lower 50s over the Interior areas to upper 50s over more urban and coastal areas.

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John Homenuk

Irma a powerful Category 5 Hurricane moving toward Caribbean

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Hurricane Irma maintained immense strength and power per this evenings 8:00pm National Hurricane Center Advisory, with maximum sustained winds of 185mph. The Hurricane is in the upper echelon of Atlantic-based storms, packing the second highest sustained winds on record since the satellite era of hurricane observations began. Irma will continue on a west/northwest heading this evening, on course for potentially catastrophic impacts in parts of the Caribbean.

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Miguel Pierre

The latest on Invest 99L and a look toward its future

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Good evening! During a quiet Tuesday afternoon weather-wise throughout a large majority of the Central and Eastern United States, attention has turned to the tropics. Tropical Storm Franklin continues to move towards the Yucatan and Invest 99L, a tropical wave well out in the Central Atlantic Ocean, continues a slow movement northwest. But how much of a threat do either of these systems pose to the U.S Mainland, specifically 99L?  Lets clear the air, discuss the synoptics, and shed any misconceptions about tropical threats over the next week or so.

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