Glenn_Richards's Blog

I heard at a recent hurricane conference that most of the "long term" computer models push the jetstream location a few hundred miles farther north for this hurricane season compared to last year.  If that holds true...then the extra wind shear that helped us out locally last season will be gone...and the steering currents which also kept turning the canes north last season....also will be gone.  The jetstream never locks itself down in a permanent location...but it does meander in set pattern for months.  Right now the jet is located farther north....and has shown signs these past 3-5 weeks of hanging in the midwest.  Hopefully the long range models are off a bit....and we keep steering those bad boys away from Florida.  However, it would be nice to get a few weak tropical depressions to pass over the state and give us some well needed soaking rains this year!