Today is the first day of Autumn, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at the temperature. An upper level ridge in the northeast will bring ten degree above normal temperatures to most of the eastern half of the US through the end of the month. This, combined with high dew points in the upper 60s to low 70s makes the weather in Georgia more like August, rather than late September.

After much anticipation, the tropical disturbance that caused concern for the Gulf Coast last week turned out to be no big deal. Tropical Depression Ten lasted less than a day, and never developed winds greater than 35 MPH. It is, however, bringing rain to some areas in the southeast that need it, however not North Georgia.

In the Atlantic, Subtropical Storm Jerry has developed in the Atlantic, but isn’t going to affect the United States. Forecasters are watching several other developing systems, including this one:

This low pressure area could develop into a tropical system affecting the gulf. Another low pressure system to the east of the Windward Islands could also become better organized in the next few days, and develop into a storm.

The map above, by the way was created by an updated version of the application I’m using to create the images and other information in the Tropical Center. It’s in final testing, and should go live within the next few days.