Ophelia Remains a Threat as Chamber of Commerce Weather Continues
It has been a very quiet week for most of the Southeast, weather-wise, which is a good thing, given the recovery efforts going on in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Ever since the remnants of Katrina passed through Atlanta on August 30th, we have had nothing but dry weather, light breezes and low humidity — just what I would call Chamber of Commerce weather.
The only real threat to our weather in the next week or so is Hurricane Ophelia. This has been a difficult storm to track, with the Weather Service alternating between calling it a tropical storm and a hurricane, and her insistence in staying in about the same position, east of Daytona Beach Florida.
Oddly enough, the high pressure system that is giving us such pleasant weather is preventing Ophelia from moving further west. The latest positions have the storm moving onshore sometime on Tuesday or Wednesday just north of the South Carolina-Georgia border, and then moving right up the coastline before diminishing. However, NHC forecasters are admitting that the forecast remains uncertain, including the intensity the storm will have when it finally does move over land.
Long-range forecasts for the next two weeks keep Georgia warmer than normal, and drier than normal. Look for afternoon highs in Gwinnett County to reach the upper 80s to near 90 degrees through September 24th. If there is any saving grace to these warmer than normal temperatures, which should show a high of around 85 today, and 80 by the end of next week, it’s the nighttime temperatures in the 60s. That’s the result of low dewpoints allowing heat to radiate back into the sky once the sun goes down.
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