Arthur Exits Stage Right.............. Finally. Lost Power This Morning ... from Arthur's Remnants Go Figure. Power Fixed. Bermuda High Reigns Over the Atlantic.

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State of the tropics today....

Friday, June 19th, 2026

A big ball of convection over Texas

And a new wave off Africa with lots of color

In between is one huge High Pressure.

Wave train staying low... 

...riding Southern rim of the High.

Fronts exit stage right off of America....

...sail high above the High in the N ATL

I know we have El Nino

But this is the HIGH playing defense.

It would not allow a goal to get thru...

...if it was playing Hockey.

NHC marked the spot with a X

Zero% Chance

X Arthur

For posterities sake I guess.

Earthnull shows a disturbance in the force...

...but nothing more.

Don't know what to tell you except have a great weekend! Enjoy the calm quiet period. At some point something will try and spin up and similar to other El Nino years the shear will blow the tops off of the tropical waves and it will be next to impossible to form. Some will get through, as that's the way things work in the Tropics even in Super El Nino years.

There's a huge clean up in the Gulf states that dealt with TS Arthur. Flooding was pervasive and costly across a huge area. Wind damage in some places will be costly to clean up and takes time. The Tornado that touched down near New Orleans will have a price tag. There were a few deaths attributed to the storm from flooding; driving into flooded areas especially at night are one of the most common causes of deaths during a storm be it a weak tropical storm such as Arthur or a Major Hurricane. Louisiana and Mississippi had over 20 inches of rain in some spots in a few days time. Some estimates in the most severe areas were closer to 30 inches. I have not spent much time looking through statistics, but they were from people I trust. In Raleigh most areas got a good two inches which is awesome, but it's only a start in trying to erase the drought. I'm happy.

On a personal level in Raleigh I was without electric today from 7 AM until close to Noon. Yes, from weather related to the remnants of Arthur. We had high winds last night and heavy rain, this morning we had strong thunderstorms. Supposedly something got hit by lightning and equipment was thrown offline and had to be replaced and restored. I don't know. I went to Target. I trusted we would get power back. A minor problem and nothing compared to what is going on in parts of the South. I was offline for a long time as it knocked the cable company off and for some reason TMobile barely had one bar for much of the day here. Life goes on... not a huge concern.  The parade for the Carolina Hurricanes is tomorrow in downtown Raleigh that is literally the biggest news in town.

So that's it. 

Here in Raleigh the bucket trucks...

..are for the signs for the parade tomorrow.

Along the Gulf they are working hard.

 Downtown Raleigh Alliance posted the pic!

There's talk the MJO may show up soon.

Well in the eventual near future.

Til then nothing on the horizone.

Sweet Trpoical Dreams,

BobbiStorm

@bobbistorm on X

X mostly weather

elsewhere whatever

Ps Irony.

I knew there was a movie Arthur.

So I looked for the theme song.

Had no idea this was the song.

Who knew?

I guess not me......

...don't think I saw the movie ever.

But it plays on Oldie Goldie channels

Christopher Cross

figures.