The weather this week will be marred by a super soaker Wednesday. Before then it will be seasonable, and afterwards it will be a bit on the cool side Thursday into Saturday. The weather pattern is showing hints of heat in the last two weeks of August, but there are also signs that the weather will be unsettled from time to time. At this point, we are leaning toward a warmer than normal weather pattern for the end August, although it’s uncertain as to whether the warmth will come primarily at night in an unsettled pattern or during the day and night with some “dog days” weather. Even though it goes against the grain of this summer, I think we could have a few mid to upper 80s or even low 90s late this month.

This time of the year, we have to keep our eye on the tropics. The National Hurricane Center was looking at a disturbance in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, but it is unlikely to develop into a tropical system.