The Tropics Are Awake + Plains Severe Weather?

The weather is not taking time off to enjoy some pumpkin spice, that's for sure.

Sometimes when you try to write an intro, you sit down at the keyboard and try to think of a witty way to say something similar to what you’ve said before.

Something like, “Tropics double trouble!”

Or maybe, “Fujiwhara! Fujiwhara effect! Except not.”

But we’re going to skip all of that hard work, because you are here for the weather.

Because this tropics double trouble hurricane threat will pose risks to the Southeast U.S. this weekend into next week.

Tropics Double Trouble

As of this writing (by the time you read this it might have changed) we have Tropical Depression 9 and Hurricane Humberto in the Atlantic. Both storms will mirror the other and move to the north and west over the next few days before making striking east turns.

Major Hurricane Humberto features winds of 145mph as it moves to the WNW at around 8 mph this morning. A look at vis sat shows an impressive storm: