Ice, ice, baby, too cold, too cold...

Waking up to 37 degree temps, Carolina Mike (soon to be Georgia Mike... or Mike, the Meso Magnet) called me this morning to let me hear something... when I heard the noise, I immediately recognized the sound... not that I hear it often, but the man had turned on his windshield wipers over a windshield covered in ICE!!! Central North Carolina... ice... and I was stressing over my 51 degree temps, sitting outside waiting on the bus. One distinction is the wind here; things are still "breezy" as that high spins to the north and the low spins to the south, and we are caught in the middle, in the wind. It is definitely fall! Ice, good golly. Carolina Mike is very close to leaving that very cold place. As I blog, a team of highly specialized movers are packing up all of his possessions to ship them down to my neck of the woods. I am anxious for him to get here, so we can start chasing some of this weather he has been promising. I am so ready to stop talking about the Dewvoid forever. To quote Alabama Mike, the newest member of the Death-of-the-Dewvoid club:

"the Dewvoid WILL be defeated. I am on a mission to see that happen. I want to be a part of the 'Death of the Dewvoid'!"

Bring it guys! I am so ready to let the Dewvoid become a thing of the past!!! Does the Southern Weather Brigade rock, or what?! You guys are the best! I mean that.

Onto the tropics with all the excitement down that way. Still, we have Tropical Storm Noel, churching around Cuba. Currently, the "center" is over the island of Cuba, but it has been hugging the coast and actually climbed up to 60mph winds for the 5:00 advisory. The official forecast calls for Tropical Storm Noel to strengthen to a minimal hurricane as it passes over the Bahamas, before shear tears him apart. Already, 20 deaths can be attributed to this rain producer and many others remain unaccounted for... there is concern that it could take days to realize the full impact that Tropical Storm Noel has had on Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The convection associated with Tropical Storm Noel is concentrated on the northern side of the circulation, but it looks to be trying to balance that some on the satellite presentation. Interests on the east coast of Florida should keep an eye on this one. Currently, the forecasted track takes it to the east, but anything can happen, as we have learned well by now, I hope.

Locally, we are dealing with that high pressure system, which is offering some cool wind. Sitting outside this morning, waiting on the bus, I was chilling. Temps in the forecast have highs in the 70's and lows in the 50's, which is nice fall weather. POPS have been dropped from the forecast as the moisture boundary of the tropical storm remains WELL to our south, and the tight pressure gradient is in control. Great trick or treating weather for tomorrow. Mini-Dew will need to bundle up!

At work, we were asked to decorate our doors in some fall theme... of course, I had to make mine weather related, so here is the theme I came up with.... you see, I will be dressing as a chef for Halloween, so it seemed most appropriate. I will take a picture of my finished door... Cool, huh?

That's all I have for now.

Toodles,
~Dewdrop