23ABC Evening weather update for August 6, 2020

23ABC Evening weather update for August 6, 2020

LOOK AND UPDATE ON HURRICANESEASON IN ATLANTIC... PLUSYOUR FULL FORECAST...BRANDON??IN AN OUTLOOK UPDATE ISSUED THISMORNING, NOAAFORECASTERS ARE NOW PREDICTINGTHE 2020 ATLANTICHURRICANE SEASON HAS THEPOTENTIAL TO BECOME"EXTREMELY ACTIVE" AND "ONE OFTHE BUSIEST ON RECORD"...THE SEASON HAS ALREADY SEEN ARECORD-SETTING NINE NAMEDSTORMS SO FAR .HISTORICALLY, THE NINTH NAMEDSTORM TYPICALLY DOES NOT FORMUNTIL EARLY OCTOBER.KEEP IN MIND THIS OUTLOOK IS FOROVERALL SEASONALACTIVITY, AND IS NOT A LANDFALLFORECAST.

LANDFALLS ARELARGELY DETERMINED BY SHORT-TERMWEATHERPATTERNS, WHICH ARE ONLYPREDICTABLE WITHIN ABOUT AWEEK OF A STORM POTENTIALLYREACHING A COASTLINE.TODAY'S UPDATED OUTLOOK CALLSFOR 19-25 NAMED STORMSTHIS SEASON -- WELL ABOVE THESEASON AVERAGE OF 12.IN THE EVENT THAT MORE THANTWENTY-ONE NAMED TROPICALCYCLONES OCCUR IN THE ATLANTICBASIN IN A SEASON,ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL TAKENAMES FROM THE GREEKALPHABET.FORECASTERS SAY THIS SEASONCOULD INCLUDE MORE THAN THEAVERAGE OF SIX HURRICANES,WITH THE POTENTIAL WESEE 7-11 HURRICANES --INCLUDING 3-6 MAJORHURRICANES OF CATEGORY 3 ORHIGHER, PACKING WINDS OF 111 MPHOR GREATER.THURSDAY HAS BEEN A GORGEOUS DAYIN THE VALLEY!TEMPERATURES ARE STRUGGLING TOMAKE IT TO 90 DEGREES IN THEVALLEY, MAKING IT THE COOLESTDAY SINCE JUNE.SKIES ARE CLEAR AND AND AIRQUALITY HAS BEEN IN THEGOOD RANGE.EASTERN KERN COUNTY IS ENJOYINGTHE COOL DOWN ASWELL, BUT SKIES ARE STILL SMOKYTHANKS TO THE STAGECOACH FIRE,WHICH HAD HIT 6,7000 ACRES INSIZE AND ONLY 10% CONTAINMENTTHURSDAY AFTERNOON.LOOKING AHEAD, THE COOLINGINFLUENCE OF MARINE AIR WILLSTART TO FADE AWAY.TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO RISEA BIT FRIDAY.BAKERSFIELD WILL SEE A HIGHAROUND 94 FRIDAY, WITH THEKERN RIVER VALLEY RETURNING TOTHE 90S AS WELL.TEHACHAPI AND FRAZIER PARK WILLSEE THEIR TEMPERATURESRETURN TO THE LOWER 80S.BY SATURDAY HIGHS WILL BE BACKTO NORMAL, AND BY SUNDAYHIGHS IN THE VALLEY WILL LIKELYRETURN TO THE TRIPLEDIGITS.