Our weather today was haunted by the "Ghost" of Cindy. A low pressure system that was comprised in part of the low level moisture from the former Tropical storm, combined with an upper level low to produce intermitted torrential thunderstorms, and even small hail, over our region. The weather conditions at times more resembled those seen over the Great Plains in Spring, rather than those on the East Coast in mid-Summer.

The Tropical Wave, located mid-way between NW Africa and the Leeward Island, became the fifth tropical depression of the North Atlantic hurricane season at midnight today. Closer to the coast of NW Africa, yet another tropical wave is showing signs of development, and it is also churning towards the Caribbean Islands. Both systems will no doubt bare watching as the week progresses.