00:00Yeah, it looks pretty nice out there this morning. We've been warm. We've had a lot of humidity, maybe not as comfortable for it. The locals there, the Minnesotans, but nonetheless, we've embraced what we can. The thunderstorm should miss us to the north, but we are still talking about some changes in the pattern here. And joining us right now is AccuWeather long-range expert Joe Lundberg, who has a look at all things next week. I'm wondering, oh, what's going to be the big changes here?
00:25Well, I think the big thing, Melissa, is that we're going to see yet another heat wave come into the northeast. It'll be number three for the season. You had the one, obviously, in June, then one just a couple of weeks ago. So it looks like this is number three for the northeast and mid-Atlantic. There'll be rounds of thunderstorms farther to the west as a series of disturbances come through the northern plains and into the Midwest. Some of those have the potential being severe. And we're also going to be talking about an uptick in activity in the tropics. Here's the broad view over the course of the next week.
00:54And you'll see this little dip in the jet stream in here. And that little feature in there is something that we're going to be talking about in terms of a front coming through. The timing of it is still a little bit in question. Some of the computer forecasts want to speed it up and bring it through the east, say, Thursday, which would trim the heat wave. Others are saying not so fast. It may be a little slower than that. Bottom line is, Monday, Tuesday, into Wednesday, you're going to see temperatures on the plus side of historical averages from Columbus, Ohio, into the north and east. And back to Detroit, we're talking temperatures tend to as much as 50%.
01:2415 degrees above those historical averages weighted more toward, say, upstate New York, northern New England and up into Ontario and Quebec versus areas farther south. It's still going to be hot in here. Temperatures low 90s with increasing humidity. But the differences from the historical averages will be higher the farther north you go. You'll challenge some records. And, of course, this means a high energy demand.
01:43Now, Joe, let's not forget, it is August. So we have to continue to watch the tropics. I was just looking at the water temps off the east coast, mid-70s. It's great to go to the beach and stuff. But this time of year, there tends to be some different trends going on in the Atlantic Basin.
01:59It's going to be active. I mean, we're getting to the time of the year where we start to look off the coast of Africa. And when we do, these waves just keep coming off.
02:07And they come off at different latitudes. But early on in their development phase, there's a lot of dry air, Sahara and dust, and there's some wind shear.
02:15So that can, you know, probably squash the development. We do think there'll be one that will try to go up into the central Atlantic next week.
02:22But you'll have to get farther west into the Atlantic Basin before the opportunity development increases.
02:28And that also includes the Gulf of America. So these are the things that we're looking at for really the rest of the month of August.
02:35We think there could be as many as three to perhaps five named storms in the Atlantic Basin.
02:39We think at least one of them is going to be a hurricane. And there is a potential for U.S. impacts out of this.
02:44So that's what we're looking at in the tropics for the next several weeks, Melissa.
02:48Those are some big takeaways for everyone in the U.S. to keep an eye on here as we continue to watch Atlantic hurricane season.
02:55AccuWeather long-range expert Jill Lundberg, thanks again for joining us. We'll be right back with more AccuWeather early.
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