Can you believe we might squeeze one more tropical storm out of this season?  Yes, it looks like “Pablo”  might just come out before New Years in the Atlantic.  I have to admit my enthusiastic forecasting buddy Boris was the one who emailed me about the tropical activity.   It’s way out in the Atlantic and starting to show signs of tropical characteristics as it meanders in the middle of the Ocean.  Wind shear  (the winds in the upper levels that can tear storms apart) should be low enough to get this storm up to speed, and will likely become Subtropical. (meaning it’s kind of a hybrid between a tropical storm  an extra-tropical system that we typically see) 

Computer models don’t show this thing moving too much over the next few days, but then it will make a push towards Puerto Rico.  It doesn’t look like the storm will affect any land, but certainly for weather geeks like me, this is pretty darn COOL!

If it gets named, I’ll let you know.  In other news, once this cold snap is over, we could be seeing thing warm up signficantly for the month of January – perhaps even record-breaking.  And it also looks like Boston will break the record for the snowiest December with the next storm moving in tonight and tomorrow….

Fun stuff!  I’ll keep you posted on Pablo! 

JD