Hurricane Isaias Nears Major Status Ahead of Gulf Coast Landfall

I think what's going to be the most concerning thing right now is the upcoming three days. And then after that we could say goodbye to Isaias. But the worst of it is going to be along the Gulf Coast for tomorrow into tomorrow night. There will be wind, rain and coastal flooding from the from the tide, from the storm surge. But then for us, as we make our way on up into the Mid-Atlantic and go from about DC on up to New York City, I would say from late Saturday into Saturday night, there will be rain that's already starting around D.C. making its way on I-95. I think there's going to be rain around New York City for Sunday, and then Sunday night into Monday, it'll make its way on up to Boston. And then, you know, as I mentioned, make its way on out to sea. So as we get into the Mid-Atlantic and the northeast and into New England, no more worries about wind. Um, and certainly not storm surge, because the storm will be weakening. It'll be over land. It's going to lose all the Winfield. However, you still have a lot of moisture left over. And so it's almost like a tropical rainstorm for our area. Is, uh, from far from north of D.C.. This is, uh. And correct me if I'm wrong. Correct. But this is an unusually late start, uh, for the year when it comes to hurricanes. So what is the rest of sort of hurricane season, if you will look like? Still very quiet overall. Now, the last time that we went a year without a hurricane goes back to 1914. Uh, obviously. Yeah, I don't remember. Tom Keene has I didn't do stupid memory. Yeah, I knew I was afraid to say at the time I let you think it was gonna tell you. Rob. Carolyn doesn't treat me like this. Continued again. Oh, cracker. Oh, yeah. Uh, but but but basically we were, uh, you know, it's a very late in the season for the first hurricane here. Now, the rest of the hurricane season really shouldn't change that much, because this is all being driven by that exceptionally strong El Nino that's out in the Pacific. And it thwarts the development of all kinds of hurricanes coming across Africa and from, uh, off Africa and across the, uh, the Atlantic over to the United States. It's just not happening this year. However, uh, you get these what we call homegrown type storms, like this one in the lower Gulf of Mexico, and they make their way on up into the United States. That's about all we can expect from this point on. Uh, to answer your question, Alexis, I look at the days ahead and it's about the storms and all that, but so much of it is about drought in America. Has it been an unusual year, Craig, for drought, or have we finally had rain relief in California and across the broader Midwest? Some rain relief, not enough. Um, and with the very active pattern that's expected for the upcoming weekend, not necessarily snow, it could very well be rain, uh, across portions of the southwest as as well as into the California mountains. That would become very, very hopeful, as I see it right now, because the Pacific is very, very active and all these storms are going to be coming across the Pacific and traveling across the United States. So that will be very helpful. But right now, we're still running at a deficit for the majority of the U.S..