What a Difference a Day Makes... Cold Front Races Thru Temperature Drops 40 Degrees ..... NHC Debuts the Gray X for the 2026 Hurricane Season!

 

Snow to our North.

Actually snowed in Roxboro NC today.

Temperature dropped like a cold stone....

Yesterday it was hovering near the 90 degree mark! When the front whooshed through this morning it felt like I was in Miami when a cold front races through. One minute it was hot, balmy and yucky the next minute the winds picked up and suddenly things rained down onto the roof. By the time got outside the air was beautifully fresh and cold. There are a lot of small dead branches and pine cones that begin hitting the roof when a gust front sweeps through fast in Raleigh.  We had some rain though nothing wild by Miami standards but a good fast moving rain in Raleigh. Hopefully that will keep the pollen count down for a day or so. We are just beginning our Pollen Season featuring mustard yellow pollen showing up on everything!

But let's talk Hurricane Season. El Nino is on the way and I'd say the big question remains how fast El Nino shows up in force. That will tell the story more than just screaming "El Nino! El Nino Coming!" It's all in the timing.

Second of all the NHC has released some new information regarding graphical changes to the Hurricane Maps. I think it's a fairly good idea. People often get upset or confused when they the old yellow X is put up with a 0% chance of forming. So the NHC will be putting up an gray X to mark those areas that they notice, they see but do not expect any formation. Yellow will stand for more expectations of development. Of course I imagine if things change a gray X could go yellow but let's watch and see how it plays out in real time.

Close up view below

It's 81 Days til June 1st

Getting closer every day.

Will talk on more changes tomorrow from NHC.

This one is easier to explain.

The other is a more technical change.

As for the NC weather today....

...got almost every color on the map.

Yes indeed! 

NC having a day.

I'm having a day...

..I love the cooler weather!

I'm having salad and pizza or dinner.

Husband making the pizza...

...I'm making the salad!

Crazy day.

Lots of news.

And God bless it's cool again for a bit here.

Hold onto those tropical dreams....

BobbiStorm

@bobbistorm on X

Part of me misses Key West.

Kind of an ancestral home.

Love Miami... 

But Carolinas are awesome fine too...

I had a best friend who passed away...

..she loved James Taylor.

She insisted he was from NE

NOT North Carolina lol.

Yes he was born in Boston.

But he spent time in NC

I love Seattle and not born there ;)