Friday, August 15, 2008

Friday, August 15, 2008: 3pm

Dry weather pattern continues...

The chances of rain over the next week have diminished, and until at least Sunday we will be dry with temps in the mid to upper 80's. Humidity values will still be comfortable as well.

Monday night through Wednesday morning will be the only periods where we could have a chance of rain. The chances of rain will be slim, in fact, at the most a 30% chance of rain. I would not be surprised to see no rain over this period as humidities remain fairly low for this time of year. Temperatures Monday-Wednesday will remain in the mid 80s.

Thursday and Friday will be the beginning of another hot streak in our area. It will be very dry, and temperatures will most likely reach the upper 80s to lower 90s over this period. Into the following weekend, temperatures could also easily top 90 degrees...

The 15 day forecast from Accuweather has only one rain chance over the next 15 days (Wednesday), with temperatures getting to 90 on Sunday and staying there for over a week...

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The tropical disturbance that I mentioned yesterday is about to become a tropical depression. A lot of forecast predict it will strengthen into a major hurricane because of the extremely warm waters. Where will the storm go if it develops? Here are some models of where the storm will go, with each different colored line representing a different model...



The thing to remember is that this storm has NOT developed yet, so it is way too soon to make any outlandish predictions.

Day 7 of 16 of the Olympics is in the books in Beijing...

The USA had lots to celebrate after a day of no gold on Thursday. Lots of gold medals were earned by US athletes. Here's a recap of Friday's action...

  • Nastia Liukin of the USA won the Women's Gymnastics Individual All Around gold medal, with Shawn Johnson of the USA winning silver.
  • Michael Phelps won his 6th gold medal of these Olympics in the 200m IM. He is only 1 gold away from tying the all time record for most gold medals earned in one Olympics.
  • Rebecca Soni of the USA won gold in the 200m breaststroke.
  • USA's Ryan Lochte and Aaron Piersol went gold-silver (respectively) in the 200m backstroke.
  • The US women's soccer team beat Canada 2-1 in their quarterfinal, and they will advance to the semifinals to play
  • The US women's basketball team moves to 4-0 by beating Spain 93-55.
  • The US women's water polo team moves to 2-0 with 1 ties by beating Russia 12-7.
  • The US baseball team lost to Cuba 5-4 in 11 innings, moving their Olympics record to 1-2.
  • Correction from yesterday: The US soccer team did NOT make it to the quarterfinals.

Tonight, Michael Phelps will swim for his 7th gold medal in the 100m butterfly, LIVE at 10pm on NBC. Three other swimming finals will take place as well...

Alex C.

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