ClosetExtrovert, agreed. Hurricane Earl is fizzling. Quickly. The people on the mainstream TV networks are still trying to push it. The politicians are still trying to "do all they can" for us. But in the background of it all, the sattellite and radar imagery of Hurricane Earl is looking less and less impressive with time.
Here at the lake, what was forecast to be Earl's storm day has turned into an extra, unplanned beach day. It's in the 80s with dewpoint near 70. Light winds. Great swimming. Water temp 82. Not as hot as yesterday but it sure is humid.
People on Cape Cod are about to get a nor'easter like what we had last winter. The max sustained winds in Earl are now comparable to the nor'easter we had in late February. And it's weakening. And it's moving very quickly.
Today is a beach day. Tonight we'll have some weather going through. If you didn't know it was from a tropical system, you probably wouldn't guess. Tomorrow the transition occurs, as that cold front goes through: Warmer in the morning (get your swimming in, then) and turning cooler and drier with a northwest breeze in the afternoon.
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