By Todd Nelson, filling in for Douglas:
If anyone is missing their 12-foot skeleton lawn ornament, I saw it blow by during today’s windstorm. You may want to contact Bucky Badger; I think it ended up in Madison.
October and November are tied for fourth-windiest month of the year. The windiest? April. Spring and fall tend to be windier due to the battle of seasons. Right now, summer is on the way out and winter is knocking on the door. When air masses collide, winds increase and the biggest temperature extremes tend to occur during these times of the year.
Thankfully, winds ease a bit as we head toward the end of the week with gradually warming temps into the weekend. However, if you’re still tending to a few items in the garden, note that the next couple of nights will be cold enough to produce frost on your pumpkins.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Melissa has formed in the Caribbean. This becomes the 13th named storm and is likely to become the fifth hurricane of the season. Melissa will could drop a foot of rain in Jamaica and damaging winds in the Bahamas.
