Saturday/5:15PM

WEATHER CODE: NON SEVERE



Temperatures tonight will only drop into the upper 60's and low 70's. No precipitation tonight so if you want to have a backyard barbeque...the weather looks great!

Chances for precipitation will not return until Monday, but then it should remain fairly consistent throughout the rest of next week. I'll have more on this tomorrow, and if there are any severe weather chances...

The main focus, however, is on the tropics. We now have to tropical storms, one named Ana and the other is Bill.

Ana is the first storm we will have to monitor, but really its not to far in front of Bill. To give you a glimpse of how close they are to each other, (look below)

(Click on any image for a larger view)
(All images are from the National Hurricane Center)



Ana is having some trouble strengthening due to wind shear and dry air around the storm. The projected path from the NHC (image below this text) now has this going into the Gulf of Mexico, which alarms me. Conditions are fairly ripe for strengthening (at least at this time) in the GOM (especially the eastern GOM) If you live from Georgia to Texas, this is a storm that needs to be monitored. As many know, Katrina devastated New Orleans back in 2005, and they could POTENTIALLY be in the path of this storm.



Bill is the second storm we are closely monitoring. Bill is expected to become a cateogory 2 hurricane 120 hours out. The NHC takes this near the Bahamas 5 days out. (Image below)



If we continued that cone north and west, it would seem the southeast has the best shot at getting hit by Bill. However, the 12Z GFS has this running up the coast and not hitting land. Whatever the case, it sure looks to be a powerful hurricane as it nears the East Coast of the United States. So again, the potential is there for 2 hurricanes to hit the U.S. in the next 1 to 2 weeks. If you live near the Gulf of Mexico or on the East Coast, I encourage you to come to my blog daily as I keep you abreast of the situation.

We will also have to monitor these storms to see if they will play a role in our weather as well...

-Weather Forecaster Patrick Sumner