Tropical Depression Eleven has formed in the Southwestern Caribbean, off the coast of Costa Rica, and appears poised to intensify into Tropical Storm Ida later today. TD 11 has increased its organization and heavy thunderstorm activity this morning, and Read This Blog Entry
Weather Underground Forecast for Wednesday, November 04, 2009.
Tropical storm activity is not expected over the tropical Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea on Wednesday, but active weather will persist. A front produced by a low pressure system that swept through the Eastern US will extend over the Gulf of Mexico. This system will trigger moderate to heavy showers over the Gulf and is expected to stretch from Florida and the Bahamas, over Cuba, and into the Yucatan Peninsula. This system will also kick wet weather over eastern Mexico. Meanwhile the rest of Mexico will see wet weather as a low pressure system spins off the western coast. This will pick up ample moisture from the Pacific Ocean and spread widespread scattered showers over southern Mexico and Guatemala. The area of low pressure will also extend over Central America and pick up Caribbean moisture and trigger moderate to heavy showers and thunderstorms along the eastern coasts of Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. To the east, the Greater and Lesser Antilles will see mild weather with the exception of usual afternoon scattered showers.
A couple high temperature records were set on this date in history. First, Billings, Mont. reached 77 degrees today in 1983 to establish that city's record high for November. Also, Fort Smith, Ark. reached 86 degress for a November record.