10/20/2013 Daily Update: Blustery Today, Raymond Impacting SW Mexico, First Snow for Upper Midwest and Great Lakes

Good afternoon everyone!

With the showers last night out of here, we are left with blustery conditions and definitely can feel a chill in the air as well. Regardless, should be a nice day with sunshine.

TODAY: Sunny with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Winds from the NW at 10 to 20 mph, with gusts over 30 mph possible.

TONIGHT: Clear with lows in the mid 30s. Areas of frost possible. Light winds.

TOMORROW: Sunny with highs in the lower 60s. Winds from the SW at 5 to 10 mph.

Next chance of rain is Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday evening then things start to become more interesting. A shot at snow flurries Wednesday night? Quite possible with much cooler air arriving from Canada Wednesday. Stay tuned for more!

ATLANTIC TROPICS

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NATIONAL WEATHER

• Breezy day across the Northeast with rain showers up in Northern New England
• A few storms crossing Florida otherwise pleasant weather in the Southeast and South
• Parts of the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes are experiencing their first taste of snow this season. First lake effect snows of the season expected. Any accumulations remain light. Cooler winds behind it.
• Dry and mild for the Northwest

Light snow falling north of Minneapolis. Signs of winter!
(Credit: GREarth)

WORLD WEATHER

• Been tracking Francisco for a couple of days and is starting to lose its edge a little bit, down to a Category 4. Further weakening is forecasted before hitting Japan as a much-lesser version of the mighty and great Super Typhoon Francisco. Still cause problems though.
• We got two followers behind Francisco, declared TD 27 and TD 28. TD 28 further away from Francisco could become a typhoon while TD 27 is already encroaching cold waters.
• Tropical Storm Raymond has developed off the SW coast of Mexico with sustained wind speeds of 50 mph. A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect from Lazaro Cardenos to Acapulco, Mexico. Raymond will slowly approach the Mexican coast and could become a hurricane before heading out to sea by mid-week. Heavy rainfall, flooding, landslides are imminent.
• Showers and storms continue for Western Europe with snow across the north.
• Shower and storm threat extending from southern Western Australia to Victoria along a trough.

The storms in the Western Pacific with
their respective labels. (Credit: CIMSS)

Raymond forms off the coast of SW Mexico and is a
heavy flooding threat. Tropical Storm Warnings in yellow
(Credit: CIMSS)

EARTHQUAKES

• There were no earthquakes rated at or above M6 yesterday or so far today.

SPACE WEATHER

• Many sunspots on the visible disk but the problem is none are producing. Sunspots 1875 and 1877 are the most likely to pull the trigger if they finally do. M-class flare chances down to 15% in the next 24 hours.

The sun is loaded up but not firing.
(Credit: SpaceWeather.com)