08.04.10
Summertime in Oklahoma; Colin Weakens
It’s hot.
We do have the possibility for a few passing showers and thunderstorms with the passage of a “cold” front tonight into tomorrow…but this is what the NWS Norman has to say about the temperatures behind the front:
“Although the temperatures will be a little cooler behind the front, moisture will increase and keep heat indices elevated. Therefore, we are not expecting significant relief from the heat.”
In other news, Tropical Storm Colin only lasted a few hours yesterday before degenerating into an open trough. As the system will be passing under an upper-level low with plenty of wind shear, regeneration is not likely. However, the National Hurricane Center seems to think it’s not entirely out of the question, given a few days for the shear to decrease.
The next name on the storms name list is Danielle. However, if a new tropical storm forms from the same trough that Colin was a part of, the cyclone will likely retain the same name. This happened in 2004, when Hurricane Ivan hit the Gulf Coast, curved clockwise back to sea as a low, and made it back into the Gulf, where the original low restrengthened and regained tropical characteristics, becoming Ivan once again.