For the record, Mother Nature doesn't play favorites. Nobody gets a break. Yesterday was our annual Praedictix/AerisWeather company picnic, with grilling and (adult) beverages at a local park. Didn't quite work out that way. A leaky sky meant cold brats in the parking lot. Two weather companies get rained out? Oh, the irony.
Friends have been growling at me since March. "Paul, it's raining outside but there's nothing showing up on Doppler," a buddy texted. Hey, I'm just as irritable as you are.
At least you're not stuck in New Orleans, in the potential path of Barry. The tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico may reach hurricane status before pushing into Louisiana by Saturday. I'm very worried about historic flooding in the Big Easy.
The sun stays out today with no blobs on radar, and then it heats up. Daytime highs nudge 90 degrees from Friday into next Tuesday. Pop-up storms sprout each day, but an extended hot spell is shaping up into late July, maybe the hottest of summer. Not just hot — stinking hot. Sign me up.
