Hot Summer maybe????

[LaPlaceFF]

It's 91 degrees here and it's 5/12/05!!!

[PTrackerLA]

Hit 91 here too today and dry as a bone! Hope we get a pattern change soon.

[BayouVenteux]

In Louisiana? NAAAAAAAAH!
Actually, our bigger problem is the precip deficits. Dry soils can make for hotter summer temps if we don't get some beneficial rains soon.

So far for the year...

City / to date for May '05 / since Mar 1 '05 / normal value / deficit

Lake Charles: .57" / 4.72" / 9.31" / -5.02
Lafayette: .13" / 3.06" / 11.21" / -4.59"
New Iberia: .02" / 3.61" / 9.76" / -6.15"
Baton Rouge: .30" / 4.42" / 12.74" / -8.32
New Orleans: .10" / 8.10" / 11.93" / -3.83

[Rainband]

yeah it is going to be a hot one for the south I have a feeling. My sister is in Philly this week on business and she said it's 80 up there So my guess is it's going to get really hot here in the south. Humid too. Thats why we have air I guess. I couldn't suvive without my AC.

[PTrackerLA]

.Ugh, the dry conditions have no end in sight. Saw a few drops today but that was it and probably about the most we'll get all weekend. Only a 20% chance tomorrow, 30% sunday and then bone dry throughout next week . Still only 3" of rain since March 1 here in Lafayette which is ridiculous. Safe to say we're in a moderate drought around here now

[LAwxrgal]

No end in sight to the dry pattern. Only sprinkles on Saturday, none today or yesterday. High of 92 here yesterday.

We're going to scorch this summer, just like we did last, I'm afraid.

[JBG]

Any thoughts on outlook for northeastern summer? Last decent one was the summer of 2002, with a sunspot driven zonal flow. Last really decent "La Nina" scorcher was 1999 and to a much lesser extent 2001 (with revived La Nina conditions after ENSO-neutral winter).

This El Nino garbage has been just enough to give us 3 winters in a row with more than 40" of snow, yet not strong enough to provide any winter or spring warmth. Any thoughts on pattern change?

[LaPlaceFF]

No end in sight to the dry pattern. Only sprinkles on Saturday, none today or yesterday. High of 92 here yesterday.

We're going to scorch this summer, just like we did last, I'm afraid.

It's 83 here in LaPlace.

[LAwxrgal]

No end in sight to the dry pattern. Only sprinkles on Saturday, none today or yesterday. High of 92 here yesterday.

We're going to scorch this summer, just like we did last, I'm afraid.

It's 83 here in LaPlace.

The only difference today as opposed to the last couple is that cloud cover is keeping the temps down. There actually was a little bit of a cool front that came thru.

[BayouVenteux]

No end in sight to the dry pattern. Only sprinkles on Saturday, none today or yesterday. High of 92 here yesterday.

We're going to scorch this summer, just like we did last, I'm afraid.

Couple of models (GFS, Euro) are trying to drop an upper level low southward to the Gulf Coast by the weekend and introducing the r-word into the forecast, but at this point, I'll just enjoy the unseasonably cool and dry air we're experiencing and keep those sprinklers going.

[Sean in New Orleans]

I'm thinking we'll have a particularly hot summer this year. We've gotten off to a nice start with some decent May hot weather down South, IMO.

[BayouVenteux]

1.10 deficit-reducing inches of rain off the blow-up t'storms yesterday afternoon!

Thank You, Lord! Kudos to the upper trough interaction!

[PTrackerLA]

You lucky dog bayou. We received maybe .05" from a shower yesterday along with zilch today. Our rain chances have also been slashed for this weekend. Originally it looked like we could get some very beneficial rains but now it could be yet another bust. We need some rain badly my yard is shriveling up along with everyone elses around here .