Bermuda Weather Service Forecast Discussion

For Friday, July 30, 2010  23:00 UTC

FORECASTER - Nick Camizzi 

CURRENT
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN BROUGHT SOME MUCH NEEDED COPIOUS RAINFALL 
TO THE AREA. TXKF RECORDED 1.31” AND THE RUNWAY RAIN GAUGE RECORD 
NEARLY 2”.  ALSO, THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 74F IN SHOWERS. 

SHORT TERM
RAIN, SHOWERS, AND THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH 
THE PERIOD AS A STATIONARY FRONT DIES IN THE AREA WHILE A SLOW-MOVING 
COLD FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. 
LONG TERM
SUNDAY AND MONDAY IMPROVE AS HIGH PRESSURE FLEXES AND MOVES THE 
FRONT BACK TO THE NORTHWEST.  

TROPICAL UPDATE
TROPICS ARE HEATING UP, WITH TWO AREAS BEING WATCHED.  A TROPICAL 
WAVE IN THE EAST ATLANTIC HAS A 20% CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT WHILE A 
WAVE NEAR THE LESSER ANTILLES HAS A 10% CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT