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Here at WxOrNotBG, we have begun to implement a new post every Sunday evening previewing the week ahead. In light of that, I am going to begin posting a review of the previous week each Saturday night, highlighting the major events that occurred, etc. So, with that being said, here is your *cue awesome music* WxOrNotBG Week in review for October 18th through October 25th.
First of all, it is a semi miracle that the month of October is almost over with. This coming week is the end of the month!
We only have 4 weeks until Thanksgiving, which is fairly exciting if I do say so myself. However, what isn’t exciting is how fast this year has gone by. It’s crazy to me that the wildest two weeks of weather I have ever experienced occurred over 7 months ago. That feels like just yesterday. I digress.
This past week was sort of non-memorable (other than Patricia, which I will get to in a little bit). It was actually really nice all week, and the sun was out with really nice temps most days.
#fallcolors really starting to blossom in the Red River Gorge @NWSJacksonKY @WxOrNotBG @chriswymt pic.twitter.com/FsULrSTtxa
— Dustin Jordan (@seymourweather) October 22, 2015
This was due to a pretty strong ridge centered over our region that kept the region dry (until Saturday), and warm. Temperatures reached up into the mid and upper 70s several times last week, making for an awesome fall week.
However, by Saturday, a plume of moisture began to stream into our region, allowing for heavier rain showers to form across the area. This put a semi-damper on the week, as the weekend was pretty dreary and cool.
Our region has experienced drier conditions recently, and this rainfall definitely helped out.
The tropics were insane last week. I mean insane. There were two or three storms rolling across the pacific last week, including the strongest hurricane ever recorded by the National Hurricane Center. Hurricane Patricia formed on Tuesday afternoon, and essentially strengthened the entirety of its lifespan until it made landfall. And when I say intensified, it rapidly intensified. It dropped 100 millibars in 24 hours.
Zero deaths after strongest hurricane ever measured in Western Hemisphere #HurricanePatricia https://t.co/uzqhmm2wl1 pic.twitter.com/hO609mjbJQ
— David Nelson (@DavidNelsonNews) October 26, 2015
Astronaut Scott Kelly published this photo of Hurricane Patricia as seen from the international space station (ISS) pic.twitter.com/DE50U5mhGA
— Best Storm Pictures (@BestStormPics) October 26, 2015
#Patricia goes from a 190 mph #Hurricane to a 30 mph post-tropical low in 24 hours.. h/t @WxNick #HurricanePatricia pic.twitter.com/YToJ3QmEqk
— Ari Sarsalari (@AriWeather) October 24, 2015
Oh. My. Goodness. Cat 5, with 185 mph winds. Good grief. pic.twitter.com/tznVSwpsDA
— Pierce Larkin (@pierce_larkin) October 23, 2015
It rose from 65 mph to 200 mph in just 24 hours, and its pressure fell to 879 millibars before rising, making this the strongest Pacific or Atlantic hurricane on record. Check out some of the great work our writers put in covering the tropics over the past week.
- Jacob Wilkins discusses Patricia’s damage, and Dine’s compensation.
- Tori Schow discussed Typhoon Champi and the initial stages of Hurricane Patricia.
- I discussed Patricia’s rapid intensification on Friday morning, and talked about Hurricane Olaf earlier in the week.
Well, that’s it for this week. Who knows what this next week will bring…