Our recent chilly spell will come to an end on Friday as warmer and more humid air moves back in just in time for the start of meteorological winter (December-February). We start Friday in the upper 40s — well above where we have started the past few mornings — and warm to the mid-70s in the afternoon. Unfortunately, showers will also be returning to the forecast, with isolated to scattered showers developing in the afternoon and increasing in coverage overnight heading into Saturday.

Saturday should feature the greatest shower coverage, with on and off rainfall expected. It’ll still be warm, though — lows start in the low 60s, roughly where our high was on Wednesday — with temperatures heading to the low-to-mid-70s despite the rain in the area. Showers will keep on going into Sunday, though coverage may become a little more sparse as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. That being said, most of the models still have showers going well into Sunday night, so keep the rain gear handy. We’ll run about as warm, if not slightly warmer, than Saturday, with highs running solidly in the mid-70s.

The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season ends today

Congratulations, everyone — the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is over. We made it through reasonably okay, though Idalia’s tornadoes certainly caused us some issues. The Atlantic basin generated 20 name-eligible storms, including one unnamed tropical storm in January found after reanalysis. Twenty storms is good for fourth on record since 1950, and downright remarkable for an El Niño year. We used all the names except Vince and Whitney.

There were seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes, which is about the normal amount per climatology. The strongest storm was Lee, which briefly reached Category 5, and Idalia was the only hurricane to impact the United States mainland.

The most important stat for us here at home, though: the Coburg Cow stayed up all season.

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