Watching the Gulf of Mexico
Best way to visualize what’s going on in the Atlantic is to look at the animation of 10-day winds at about 1-km above the surface. Tropical weather heading into June can be quite complicated with the effects of the middle-latitude still…
May 2020 was the 50th-warmest May in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 60.9°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 61.0°F (-0.1°F).
May 2020 was the 49th-wettest May in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 3.1in against a 1991–2020 normal of 3.1in (+-0.0in).
NOAA/NCEI Climate at a Glance, contiguous United States. This is the observed record for the month, not a score of anything said in this piece — the forecast ledger begins 2026-08-17 and cannot reach earlier posts.
Best way to visualize what’s going on in the Atlantic is to look at the animation of 10-day winds at about 1-km above the surface. Tropical weather heading into June can be quite complicated with the effects of the middle-latitude still impinging upon the Subtropics leading to hybrid type systems.
ECMWF 850-hPa Wind Speed (from https://weathermodels.com Subscription $)
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