Oh the Games We Play... Counting Down the Days.... April Turns to May and Then..........Hurricane Season. El Nino? No Nino? IYKYK....

 

This is going to be a short blog post.

I was on Instagram.....

...after a very long day.

My iPhone actually died!

I never let that happen.... 

Note it says "Late 2026"

Details matter....

Cantore reposting.

Good graphic.

Catches the eye.

Catches the imagination.

Could we have a Super El Nino?

Or.........

...just a "meh" barely there El Nino?

I don't know. I've seen data supporting both and I could guess the truth will lie somewhere in the middle. I have an odd relationship with El Nino, especially super ones. Take 1997 for example! It was the best of times and the worst of times. LOL the better sticks with me as I laugh thinking on it. If you ever wondered how tropical meteorology people handle a "Mother of All El Ninos" delivering a very quiet hurricane season? My answer will be 1997, but I'm not telling so let's let secrets lie down deep in the dark blue Neptunian Sea of Secrets. Oh what a time it was ....  

You can't blame chasers, meteorologists and weather people deprived of their favorite oxygen or perhaps we can call it their favorite addiction. We don't need a hurricane to make landfall, we just need one to track, watch, stare at satellite imagery and follow the models. True chasers need to chase. Won't lie but somehow, somewhere there are always opportunities. We obsess a lot. Sometimes we write funny stories and other times people go moody remembering the years we do not talk about ever tho the image is below.

And, in truth some El Ninos are illogically busier than anyone ever expected and break all the rules. Can't say, it's too soon. But when Jim puts up a JAWS like graphic the discussion online has hit my tipping point and now here I am blogging about it. It was a year most people pray for, but not chasers or trackers or well you know who we are if you are reading this....

Mike is ready to chase!

He has been playing with artistic posts on AI all off-season and I suppose there will be some funny AI posts IF this season is quiet as most El Ninos are ... well until they are not. 1992 brought us Andrew at the end of August, after a very hot, dry summer from hell in Miami.  The Mango trees were so confused they actually bloomed three times. Locals who know old Cuban Wives Tales in Little Havana told everyone "they knew we'd have a bad hurricane" because of the triple Mango Bloom. Hey, it's Miami... it's how we roll there.

This is also the 100th anniversary of the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane. 1926 was NOT an El Nino it was one of the busiest hurricane seasons few can imagine........ hitting Cuba, the Bahamas and Florida every which way that was possible and sometimes more than once!

And if you are still reading this I will be very honest. I am tired of trying to think of what to write on and no I am not watching "SEVERE WEATHER" episodes highly touted as if it was a movie with it's own trailer about to released...........and it rains for 3 minutes in Raleigh and it stops suddenly as if someone turned the hose uff and the sun comes out again. We have a hard core drought, yet there are few AI designed MEMES on the drought that deprived us of 9 inches of snow in Raleigh due to the infamous "snow hole from hell" and zaps the rain away every time rain is forecast to fall. Pollen got MEMES but the drought just goes on and on and well you know what they say about drought busters? Okay, maybe you don't want to know.

I don't want to write about Severe Weather that's really not so severe.

I don't want to talk about hurricanes "Down Under"

I don't want to scroll through a parade of El Nino is COMING posts on X.
Yes I love the Northern Lights, but unless they are lighting up my nighttime sky I'm  not interested.

I don't want to talk about anything but hurricanes. 

It's April. Every day we get deeper into April. And, then it's May!

April 9th, 2026 the CSU Hurricane Forecast will come out. That's the last day of Passover by me, so as soon as I come out of my Sabbath like shadow I am in .... I'll be reading that first before anything else. Lots of reports are out, some good, some I'm not sure about and I traditionally measure them against the CSU report and a few from some of my most trusted friends. 

I had a small tooth problem last Wednesday and every Dentist I knew was closed for Passover or took the week off for Easter. An annoying molar. I'm not kidding. Maybe it was about Easter. I like to believe people are at Church praying but maybe it was March Madness.  If you know North Carolina you know. So I was put on strong antibiotics which bothered my stomach even though I took everyone I was supposed to ...  

I like Passover. Sometimes though Passover does not like me :( 

But I went to the Dentist today and I'm good! Medication was changed!! I feel great! Awesome. Normal.

And, I am blogging!!

You can read all the wild headlines and watch the flowing  feed of discussion on El Nino, but we won't know til we know for sure. That's the truth. El Ninos can be tricky, sneaky and unpredictable.

Been there... just ride it out and we will see for sure soon enough!

I'm thirsty for action. Hungry for the GFS to put out silly forecasts that we all make fun of...

I am really thinking on being in Miami for the May Monsoons, because I want to sit on my daughter's balcony high up in the sky in Midtown that faces West while playing with her Golden Doodle as I watch tall thunderheads climb high into the Miami sky! I want to go to the Keys with my brother and chase a line of thunderstorms with possible waterspouts down somewhere past Key Largo. 

So know I'm officially close to obsessing on the start of the 2026 Hurricane Season. 

Time will tell.

I don't want fake meat or fake fish. Winter is in the rear view mirror. Spring has sprung! Spring Training even started! People be talking on the NFL draft! 

Time to get real and think on what comes next. The real season. The mean season. 

Never stop researching. Never stop tracking. Never stop chasing.

Sweet Tropical Dreams,

BobbiStorm

@bobbistorm on X and where ever you can find me.

Late March, April This Week! Trends to Watch Re: 2026 Hurricane Season. "Rainy Season" aka "Monsoon Season in FL" and Fronts.

 

I know it's been about 20 hot minutes, but we did a fast road trip down to Miami to greet a new member of the family. Touch base. Wander around with daughter in "Midtown" which is near Wynwood and just across the street from the Design District. Miami has become like Manhattan, every few blocks is a different area with it's own unique name. That said, it's 34 degrees in Raleigh this morning, sipping coffee trying to wake up with the fake little fireplace in my bedroom! Fell in love with her Golden Doodle which is way nicer than my mother's "chocolate poodle" that was known as the Devil Dog by some...

Roughly late May/June.

June 1st Hurricane Season...

See the pattern here???

There are 3 posts on X I want to highlight as they have ramifications down the tropical road in the not so distant future. First let's start with "the Rainy Season" which is another word for "Miami Monsoons" but we say "rainy season" so we don't scare the tourists or potential new home buyers a way. But to be fair, the change in the seasons has more to do with the addition of moisture into the South Florida enviroment. Rainy Season comes before Hurricane Season for a reason. And, often we can tell much about where we are going this particular hurricane season from the "Rainy Season" so pay attention. Yes, it normally starts in late May, though it can start earlier or later. There's a drought going on so this has short term implications. There are things to watch for and I'm hoping to be "home in Miami" in May to see family and enjoy the May Monsoons. As always I show this picture from Wikipedia that is hidden in the "Climate" Section.

Photo from Marc Averette...

....yes looks exactly like this.

Or as the kids say:

"End of the World looking storms!"

Anyway what to watch for ......

Fronts? Are they still on the move?
High Pressure? Has it anchored itself in too close to S FL or is it missing in action?
Patterns of where the rain falls and how much falls?

Cold fronts still on the move can forewarn of an early Hurricane Season with generally weak tropical storms forming at the tail base of a stalled out frontal boundary. How far down the fronts are moving, can show where these tropical threats can form and traverse the state. Are we talking the Big Bend or are we talking down by Tampa and SW Florida?

High Pressure? If it's anchored in place and it's a "Dry May" there's a theory the high will steer storms towards South Florida. That's an old theory from Jim Lushine via NWS Miami and it's worth noting it's really in relative only for big hurricanes than come from the ESE moving WNW towards the edge of the High Pressure Zone. It does not cover weak but annoying tropical storms that form in the Gulf and criss cross the state.

Patterns are everything in short term weather forecasting and when I say short term, in this case, I mean the first half of the Hurricane Season.  You can see Dabuh is already watching the patterns.

He's not expecting a named storm...

..but he's in Pre Season training :)

A small reminder 

Down Under it's Hurricane Season.

Spring here is Fall there.

That will change eventually.

Old song.

Turn, turn, turn.

Had a friend who loved this song.

Tho here in NC the weather turns every day.

89 degrees

34 degrees

90 degrees

39 degrees

Anyway going shopping.

Big holiday this week.

Generally I am in "quiet mode" this time of year. After the holidays (Passover for me) I come out of hiatus and jump on trends, discussion and things you may want to do before Hurricane Season. Also, most of the forecasts will be out by then and we can compare and contrast thoughts on how busy this hurricane season will be.

As for the EL NINO question  ????   

How fast and how strong it is or isn't....

...will say much about the Hurricane Season.

Again if fronts linger as well....

...as that favors development in the Gulf.
or off the S FL coast.

Stay tuned.

BobbiStorm

@bobbistorm on X

Analog Years. Going into El Nino. 2026 Hurricane Season Forecasts Due Out Soon. What Years are Similar to 2026?

I love weather and more specifically hurricane history. How one year can show us clues as to the type of Hurricane Season we may be having this June that is coming too soon in 73 days. So far 2026 has been an interesting year. Winter was stronger in the Carolinas than it was in Colorado. My son in Colorado felt a bit like he was back home in Florida or maybe California. It rarely snowed out West though that made for great hiking weather, in shorts on a sunny day. I have a friend in Montana and there were no snowy scenes this Winter from Montana. A few scenes but not that build up of snow I am so used to... 

An imbalance of weather across wide areas sets up vastly different parameters and makes forecasting what will be difficult. And, yet many will make predictions soon... forecasts.... and a forecast is a prediction based on scientific data.  Often they are highly promoted in the news in April and then come June and July the conditions that were forecast are not always there. 

Maybe it's kind of like the Market in a way. So much volatility and every time some report comes across the wire and is blasted across the world on websites, social media, WhatsApp people begin to panic as the market is down. Then it drops, it dives and then everyone breathes a sigh of relief as over the  next few days the market makes up the loss and then some. Everyone is happy, birds are singing, butterflies dancing and suddenly something else happens and the ticker begins to drop. 

It's been a lot like this March in Raleigh. We had a heat spell back in Feburary then fronts began to dip again and some people cried like they were losing money in the market because it was obviously to soon to plant their tomatoes and their dream day at the beach turned into a cold, windy, frozen experience.  It was 79 degrees early in March and the next day the weather dove down to 31 degrees. Snow fell in Roxborro NC near the border with Virginia after the day before when it was close to 80 degrees and sunny. Clearly the snow melted fast.

El Nino has been predicted by many to come on strong with many comparing it to every wild nasty animal or creature they can think of as it's competitive out there on YouTube and X for attention.

As for me I have the windows wide open and I'm doing my Spring Cleaning and there's lots going on. Sat down with lunch and read through some discussion online.

Larry Cosgrove is one of my favorite meteorologists with a great sense of music and knowledge of global weather and weather history. I follow him online. Phil Klotzbach is coming out with his first forecast on April 9th I believe. Some are releasing there's late March or the 1st week in April. We will have much to talk about.

But this has been a record breaking year for "warmest temperatures" in normally cold places and coldest temperatures in places that are often warm. 

Stay tuned.... 

lots of drama may be on the way!

BobbiStorm

@bobbistorm on X

Updated 4 PM ....Today is a Weather Day! Tornado Watch! High Winds! Severe Weather!! Hail??!! Snow Up by the Great Lakes. Hurricane Season 77 Days Away....

 4 PM

What a signature.

Southern part in the Gulf is WOW!

Another view below shows the intense cells.

Not over until it's over....

...but so far so good in Raleigh.

Love the color presentation from Zoom Earth above.

Check out that IR loop in motion.

We have had some rain.

We had thunderstorms last night.

It's obvious above FL really under the gun.

I mean it's a nonstop flow of severe storms.

Tornado Watch has been dropped here.

But we are told it's not over yet.

Stay alert.

Fast moving system.

Lots of power there.

You'll feel it when you turn the heat back on...

That area in the Gulf is dangerous.

So basically the Raleigh Snow Hole that recently stole our snow totals, now seems to be a hero for keeping tornadoes from touching down.  And, I'll add the very welcome rain has been soaking and should be a big help as we have been in quite the drought. There were some tornado warnings earlier down by the coast and in random places. 

I know there were many storm chasers in the NC area so that must have stimulated the economy especially at the Mini Marts. Mark Sudduth was online Live most of the day in the Raleigh area. He's currently moved a bit and is now getting ready to do a drone test. 

It's not over til it's over.

And once the storm is gone.... 

...the cold temperatures will funnel back in :)

I'm a funny person in that I have no probablem standing outside in a hurricane or at the beach with storm chaser friends, and yet I'd prefer to watch tornadoes from afar or in the movies. I have chased many lines of weather with water spouts in the Florida Keys and in Miami and there was that time in a cornfield in Iowa... but I'm a Hurricane girl ya know... 

Always best to prepare. The sheer size of this system made it hard for meteorologists to pin point exactly which town would get a tornado or severe winds. As it all plays out in real time and when one area graabs the energy another area just gets rain and some wind. It's been dark all day, a heavy cloud cover made taking any pictures not worth the time so I just watched the clouds move (not easy as the cloud cover was so thick) and the rain fall heavy at an angle and we definitely need the rain. Won't call "all clear" until later tonight. Stay tuned, keep reading if you did not and remember 77 Days til Hurricane Season!

10 AM

I'd call this a Red Alert Day!

Dangerous weather across a wide area.

And it's a Weather Buffet

Though you don't get to choose.

Whatever is on the menu in your state...

..is the Storm of the Day.

IF

I could pick a model.

I'd go with the GFS

It's the weather addict's

drug of choice.

Always knows what you want.

What you really really want

SNOW in Raleigh!!

Yeah...no I don't think that's happening.

Rolling eyes........

We currently have a Tornado Watch in NC.

Florida is all wild weather...

..and a late season cold front.

Late season for Florida.

I like Matt's graphics.

He makes it easy to find the info.

Just the right amount.

The real story tho is.....

...Winter isn't gone yet.

He still has a few tricks up his sleeve.

The reality here is that once all the storms slide by and the dust settles and hoping and praying no one is killed in dangerous high winds and tornadoes the reality that we will sink in is that Winter is not done with us yet. The Spring Fling we've had that came a little bit early will remain even though there will be some cooler weather intrusions. Spring Solstice is 4 days away and old timers in the colonies would prepare for storms around the time of the Solstice. Nothing new under the sun it seems...

Weather is like love and our favorite food fetishes. Some people love pizza with anchovies on it and others want to literally puke when they watch someone eat a slice of pizza with anchovies. I have a daughter who after a trip to France or Spain or maybe Italy came back with a real hatred of anything that looks like anchovies and she's not thrilled with capers either. To some capers are like the cherry on the top of a sundae except sprinkled over their salad. Try explaining that to my daughter.

Some love sushi, some love snow.

Some love conch fritters, some love tropical heat.

Some just want steak and potatoes with lots of gravy. Generally those types, but not always, love any kind of weather. I prefer hurricanes to tornadoes because you can prepare and that's my way of saying I am enough of a control freak to know there's a way to protect my property of get out of dodge if a hurricane is coming. Not such a control freak as much as I carry that gene that has kept my family alive as they wandered near and far to avoid war or persecution or a mean stepmother. 

Life is filled with good times, bad times, love and loss and you have to learn to roll with the punches. You have to know where to go when weather threatens. Where to hunker down and hide and hope the storm blows by without too much drama but just enough shake, rattle and roll to liven up your life just enough and yet not endanger it.

Remember it's 77 Days til Hurricane Season. When the switch is flipped to Severe Weather Season in the South it usually means that Hurricane Season is the next season on the way. So it's a good time to think on what you might need to get for the 2026 Hurricane Season that you don't already have and make a Wish List. For some that's a generator, for others it's repairing Hurricane Shutters or even getting some Hurricne Shutters.

For those of us in the Carolinas and Virginia we have a Weaather kit that is set up for all seasons. The Winter Storm supplies just become Hurricane Supplies. 

For those in Florida.... Georgia, the Gulf Coast and Texas know next season up is Hurricane Season. 

March Madness doesn't go on forever. 

Severe Weather Season/Tornadoes. 

Hurricane Season and that also brings the threat of tornadoes.

Stay safe. Stay aware. Stay Prepared.

RDU has already cancelled 50 flights as of 10 AM and that number will rise. So if you have loved ones traveling today, there may be delays unless they get very lucky.

Again........while they can tell us we have a Tornado Watch and they have already cancelled school just in case.... no one knows who, where or what could be hit by a tornado. A hurricane is really one of the only natural disasters where you can track a storm, get advisories, have time to make a list and have time to put your to do list into action to prepare for a landfalling hurricane. Hurricane Season unlike tornadoes and earthquakes is the only natural disaster you have enough heads up and the NHC gets better and better in pinpointing where the dangers will be the worst for you to decide whether to ride out the storm or to get out of town and evacuate.  Knowledge is power and you have some control, even if it feels like an illusion it is enough of a heads up to save your life and the lives of your loved ones.

That's it. Will update later as things evolve and hopefully I'll keep power and will only have some winds vs tornadoes touching down. We are at an elevated risk of 4 on a scale of 1-5 so have to take it seriously.

May all the talk on social media today be a reminder............Hurricane Season is 77 days away!

Besos BobbiStorm

@bobbistorm on X

Ps There are already 3,000 power outages in Allamance County. There are concerns that some cells could carry winds and the hail forecast has been adjusted to larger hail possible and EF2 tornadoes or stronger so will update later as time allows.

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 ;)

Heat Records Broken From 1925 in NC for High Heat. 1925 the Year of the TriState Tornado One of the Worst. 1925 & 2026 Similarities!

 

The track of the tornado that recently raged.

The track and time of year bugged me.

Trying to fall asleep last night .....

...it hit me I was thinking on the Tri State Tornado.

1925 

The track below...

The disaster this week made me think on the 1925 TriState Tornado. Why? I know it was a year with some extremes and weather oddities including one of the worst tornado tragedies in American History and I'd add the world. I knew it was in March and I knew it impacted parts of Indiana. I wondered what sort of weather that year would create such a disastrous set up and obviously there was high heat meeting up with cold diving air. Very classic set up and yet the size and scope of it was off the charts. We are having very high heat this week, before a cool front breezes through Thursday evening.

Google AI

(not always perfect but it's well done)

A look at the actual weather maps.

I've wondered how similar the weather was in 1925 to what we have been experiencing this week. I put it on my to do list to check into today. But time moves fast in 2026 and it gets away from us fast and before I could research it the news came in just now that the high temperature in Raleigh today beat the all time record high for March 11th and the year that held that record was indeed 1925. It didn't surprise me. It's called the Tri State Tornado as it was a long track and covered a three states as you can see above moving from Missouri through Illinois into Indiana. Today people chase tornadoes, people watch chasers chase on YouTube and run in real time to seek shelter while watching the tornado on satellite imagery in real time as it approaches their town.

The biggest difference between the year 1925 and 2026 is that today we have a heads up, we have warnings, we have live real time evaluation of a developing system and we can do our best to warn people. We have alarms on our phones that are loud and wake us in the dead of night. In 1925 the ability to forecast weather was as good as it could be and many were taken by surprise. I've read family stories and discussion on the Tri State Tornado and I know how surprised many were and the size and scope of the tragedy from a geographic perspective so this happened across a wide area. 

Oddly or not so oddly the 1925 Hurricane Season was a quiet one. A very quiet one. While the Roaring 20s roared on celebrating the boom and prosperity, it took a long time to clean up from the tornado from hell. It left such a scary in our national history that F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a short story about the tornado. Note the very slow season began rather late and ended on December 1st, 1925.

I couldn't sleep thinking on this.......

....knowing it's supposed to be hot today.

Very hot as in high 80s in NC.

How similar were the two years?

The TV happened to be on in the background.

I muted it, kind of like a screensaver...

I watch General Hostpital ...don't judge me.

I looked up and froze the screen to get a pic.

Whoah. 

We broke the record from 1925.

Seems my thoughts were on point.

I still want to do some research.

No end to videos on YouTube

Ironically the children that heard about the Tri State Tornadoes on the radio and read news articles grew up fearing tornadoes in a new way. Later as teens and young adults they went to the movies and watched The Wizard of Oz ...the epic movie from a time when kids had nightmares about a tornado like the one that made a bee line for Dorothy's home and scooped her up to a far away land called Oz. 

I know it's funny looking at it now....

...but at the time it was scary.

When I was a little girl they'd put the Wizard of Oz on every year. I had this friend named Joey, a little boy who loved dinosaurs. He probably grew up to love weather and geology. Our mothers were friends. They talked while we watched in his bedroom. I used to stare at his room while watching  as it had a lot of little model dinosaurs. I think I heard years later he taught science or history. Joey is not so important, but he was an important part of the story as it was the first time I saw The Wizard of Oz as we sat there being afraid of the mean scenes and listening to the awesome music scenes. I studied dance since I was 7 years old, do not judge me!

You have to think on how the generation that was little when the Tri State Tornadoe happened... the age of Dorothy went on to the theater and make The Wizard of Oz one of the all time biggest movie hits of all time. 

What is in a collective history indeed?? Are people more afraid of Hurricanes or Tornadoes? How much do movies like Twister make a collective difference in our lives?

So gotta go make dinner. Chicken and Yellow Rice, because you know it's a go to meal round here.

Will the 2026 Hurricane Season be quiet or will it be wild like 1926. Ironically the year after a very quiet hurricane season was filled with numerous historic hurricanes including the one that dealt a heavy blow to the boom of the Roaring 20s when the Great Miami Hurricane made landfall in South Florida as a direct hit by a strong Category 4 Hurricane!

Something to think on...

Sweet Tropical Dreams,

BobbiStorm

5 Days into Meteorological Spring! Flowers Blooming. Temperatures Soaring. Tornado & Severe Weather Season Closer.... Stay Aware - What Season Are We In Today??

 

Soon that patch of blue will be gone.

The red buds turn to green leaves.

Spring is putting on a display today!

Won't lie, it's pretty.

Inspiring.

Sunlight on the leaves ...

...looks like flowers.

Geraniums maybe.

Without that smell...

But it also brings pollen.

Leading us to our next season.

Pollen Season.

Pic from Mike below.

@tropicalupdate on X

aka Mike's Weather Page 

Spring brings Severe Weather Season.

Already there's concern on Twisters soon.

I know I have been missing in action because it's not hurricane season and it's that season when NFL football is over and it's not hurricane season and I try hard to stay busy. Currently there's been a lot to pay attention to..

But I am back with a reminder that March isn't just about March Madness but...

Spring Allergy Pollen Season

Tornado Season

Severe Weather Season

And, winter is not totally over officially until the Spring Solstice on March 20th even though we do pay attention to Meteorological March. Why? Well here's a forecast for my upcoming week in Raleigh.

IF long term models are correct....

a week from now it'll be in 30s at night again.

I'll believe that when I see it.

I do love cooler air.

I do love seeing the sky & clouds in Raleigh...

I like bare branches with the sky peeking thru.

I find them artistically beautiful.

But the sky will be hidden again soon.

But the Spring flowers are so beautiful.

So so beautiful!!

So so beautiful!

I'm sorry I really can't repost a gazillion images of Melissa in every possible filter reminding everyone the NHC retired the name as that is not exactly news. And everyone is talking on it and I find it hard to believe a hermit living on a small island in the Pacific somewhere has not seen or heard about Melissa being upgraded with stronger official winds and the name being retired. 

Note the M name has been retired often of late.

Michael, Maria, Melissa to name a few. 

Curious on what M name they will replace it with.........

Have a wonderful day. Stay safe, Stay happy and I will try to post more as real weather stories exist in what I call Hurricane Country. Everywhere there's something. Out West there's Fire Danger Weather.  And in South Florida there will be rain today. My daughter who loves to sit in the sun, walk in the sun, feel the sun on her body is going to send me images with angry emojis that the sky is dark and it's going to rain!

That's life in South Florida even in February the height of the dry season and a Festival every weekend... it could maybe rain.

I think everyone will survive....

...even the tourists!

Sweet Tropical Dreams,

BobbiStorm

Ps yes I know the font changed.

I actually like it better.

Not Hurricane Season so I don't care..