Hurricane season opens

Hot and humid air continues to dominate much of the east coast with heat advisories stretching from the middle Atlantic north. It was over 90F here on Hatteras Island yesterday and we have not had one drop of rain since I arrived two weeks ago, best weather ever in my 20 years here. The warm air held on in Montreal overnight after a high of 28C yesterday, the low was only 21C (70F). Montreal is already at 25C (77F) while we are at 28C (83F) here. The sunshine and gusty winds will continue in Montreal today with the air slowly drying out as humidity levels drop.



HURRICANE SEASON 2011
June 1 is the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters are predicting an active season with possibly 12-18 named systems and up to 10 hurricanes, 5 major, category 3 or higher. The season runs until November. Today an area of interest (NOAA image above) lies off the east coast of Florida. It is a part of energy from that thunderstorm complex that moved across the northeast and Great Lakes on the weekend. It moved off the coast and wrapped around the Bermuda high and into Florida this morning. The small area of thunderstorms only has a 30% chance of development. It will move into the Gulf of Mexico today and needs to be watched closely.