Retired Hurricane Names

I saw a story today that said three names were added the retired hurricane names list. Over the last 55 years, only 14 of those have not had at least one storm named retired. 2008 had three names retired: Gustav, Ike, and Paloma. With the addition of the three names from last season, it brings the grand total to 73 retired storm names. 2005 had the most retired storm names with five total. Interesting stuff. The names added to the list will be replaced with Gonzalo, Isaias and Paulette. They will come up in 2014.

Behind The Scenes of Vortex 2

From The Weather Channel, featuring a few videos of behind the scenes of VORTEX2.

http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?from=email&bcpid=823503751&bclid=19052817001&bctid=22598664001

http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?from=email&bcpid=823503751&bclid=19052817001&bctid=22791469001


http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?from=email&bcpid=823503751&bclid=19052817001&bctid=24051922001

NOAA NWS GOES-R

NOAA has announced the contract winner to build the next generation weather satellite. The GOES-R program has chosen Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. to build two of the new satellites. The real exciting news about the GOES-R is the increased resolution that they will provide. They will double the charity and will provide 20 times the amount of information. To read the press release and learn more about the GOES-R program, check out their website. GOES-R Program Site

Warm Weather For 2 Days

We've seen some sun and rain lately, but get ready....THE SUN IN BACK ! The temp will jump up a few degrees for Thursday and Friday we might crack 70. The sun stays with us until the weekend. Saturday looks mostly cloudy and some sprinkles. May really starts off wet as we get soaked Sunday through mid week. Enjoy the sun.

Bobby

Welcome To Chase Season

So I went out chasing tonight. I followed a slow moving storm from Portland down to Sherwood. I drove ahead of the cell and just watched it slowly creep to the SW. I didn't see any lightning with it, but the hail and rain were very intense. Lightning detection did pick up some cloud to ground strikes in Washington State. While this was just for fun, it was good to get back out and actually watch the sky. I even found a few new places where I'll be able to watch storms if I'm down in Sherwood again.

Showers Coming To An End

Showers will continue this afternoon and into this evening. We'll see them begin to die down in the early morning hours. It looks like we will start to make the transition back to dry and warm weather. We'll get back into the 70's to start the week and it looks like we'll remain in a little warmer pattern for the time being. We are still in early spring and the cold temperatures in the morning remind us of that when we walk out the door. Don't let the clouds fool you, we'll be dominated by sunshine from here on out.

Going for the records

We officially topped out at 83 degrees yesterday. 84 was the record high for the day. We should easily break the record high of 77 today. The NWS forecast is calling for 80, some of the TV stations are going just a bit higher. Either way, its going to be a warm and wonderful day. Get the sun screen out and enjoy the weather. It comes back to rain later this week !