Tropical Storm Tomas is about 300 miles southwest of Port Au Prince, Haiti with top winds at 45 mph and moving toward the north at 8 mph. The latest forecast track has Tomas as a hurricane tomorrow night after it passes west of Haiti and the southeast Bahamas. As a result, hurricane warnings are in effect for eastern Cuba, Haiti, the southeastern Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands which means hurricane conditions are possible across western Haiti for these regions. A tropical storm warning has been issued for Jamaica.

The big concern from Tomas is heavy rain across Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Some areas could get 5 to 10 inches of rain with 15 inches possible in the mountains. This will be a life-threatening scenario for Haiti and the regions devastated by earthquake.  Here’s the track as of 11am courtesy of www.wunderground.com:

Across the U.S, rain will be widespread across the Eastern Seaboard as a couple of systems combine and make for a messy Thursday!  Things should improve by Friday morning’s commute.

Some thunderstorms are possible along the southeast as a cold front pushes through.

Cooler air pushing in from Canada will bring rain and snow over the Great Lakes though this evening and gusty winds for a wide swath of the Midwest.

Another dry and warm day for the west – especially across Southern California with temperatures in the 90s once again today for Los Angeles through the Desert Southwest. Cooler weather is on its way tomorrow.

That’s it for weather – stay tuned though!  I did an interview with our newest Meteorologist Maria Molina the other day, and I will post that shortly!

Have a great day everyone!

JD