As they say, the only good pun is a bad
pun. Sorry. However, José has a LOT to do
with our weather in the next weeks.
It looks like hurricanes are the big
(non-political) disasters of the year. Harvey
slammed Texas. Irma, the most powerful
hurricane in history, destroyed several Caribbean islands before hitting
Florida.
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And…. Here comes José. José started off strong, then wandered
off into the Atlantic, looped back towards the US, and was blown by the
prevailing westerly winds back out to sea.
This week it will slide off to our southeast. We might get some rain and gusty winds. Or not.
And then it might loop back at us and slide right through the Mideast states. Or not.
Either way, José will impact our weather.
Since hurricanes are bundles
of very low pressure air, any strong wind can change their course. That makes them extremely difficult to
predict. We can only watch.
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Next up, Maria. She is currently following Irma’s track, and
might hit the continental US just north of Florida. Or, here comes José
again! If José
does loop around again in the upper Atlantic, its low pressure may pull Maria
towards it and away from the US entirely.
That means we won’t be impacted again.
Until Tropical Depression Lee,
currently forming off the coast of Africa.
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