Mid July Review...

Working now a solid month and a half into this tropical season and thus far, it has been nice and quiet. Admittedly for the first time in many weeks, I actually have some interest in current tropical weather ongoing far out in the Atlantic. It's not even on the NHC radar so to speak but the ITCZ is flaring up off of Africa, much more than weeks gone by and this is a zone that will need to be watched for low pressure development. Model data is very wish-washy but is attempting to latch on to a weak surface low in the days ahead. We'll see... other data shows little to no activity. So... we'll monitor and see if this area flares up a tropical system.

I recently (7/10 to 7 /12) took a trip to Spartanburg, SC for a wedding. I was a groomsmen in this wedding for a former production assistant I worked with in Charlotte at WBTV. It was a beautiful wedding with a round of golf squeezed in. Interestingly enough, I found dew points in the 60s now qualify as "dry, crisp" conditions after nearly a year in Florida and wow, you forget just how beautiful our skies are here!!! I told my wife Kara how disappointed she'd be with her camera to see the partly sunny, murky with haze skies in South Carolina unlike the clear, tropical skies we get!!

Finally, I blogged about dance lessons. In short, they're going very well after 2 lessons and I think I'm actually learning to "slow, quick step, quick step" without watching my feet-hah! Our instructor is out of state for much of the month but we'll resume with her in a little more than a week. There is hope yet!!!