Our local forecast the next couple of days will focus around a low pressure area now off the coast of the Carolinas & dry air trying to push south along the Eastern Seaboard. Low pressure is developing southeast of Wilmington & just about due east of Myrtle Beach. There is quite a cluster of thunderstorms & one of the questions will be can these thunderstorms persist. Close proximity to the Gulf Stream makes this low pressure a possible candidate for slow tropical development though it'll also be battling dry air to its immediate north & northwest. The track of the low should be just about due south or a little south/southeast -- & only slowly -- putting it several hundred miles northeast of Jax by Wed. night into early Fri. This low should drive dry air southward into the First Coast Wed.
afternoon-evening & where the leading edge of this drier mid & upper level air meets the peak heating of the day, we could see some pretty vigorous thunderstorms Wed. afternoon. Seems the best coverage will be west of I-95 (near & west of the sea breeze) & near & south of the Fl./Ga. border. The dry air should then get pushed at least into Central Florida which would limit thunderstorm activity Thu. & possibly Fri. before moisture returns by the weekend to produce more numerous showers & storms again. One possible exception to less rain might be at & near the coast thanks to the northeast onshore winds.
Our main news anchor, John O'Connor, asked me at the news desk about
what this month's full moon was called (it'll be beautiful again tonight, by the way). He was wondering about the "harvest moon" but that's not 'til next month. The August full moon is called the "Sturgeon" apparently because this fish is frequently caught this month. A list of all the year's full moons & their "meaning" can be found in the
Farmer's Almanac. And did you see this morning's lunar eclipse? Here are some great photos from Melanie Burney of Baxley, GA (Edgar's Studio):
Cancer seems to be so common in our lives these days...a couple of websites were recently brought to my attention. Check them out
here &
here.
