Nice sunrise this morning. 46.

Wet deck and 46 degrees.

We had some strong gusts and some very loud thunder around 2AM as the weakened line moved through. Wife woke up first and said there was small, pea sized hail at the onset. More notably, we scored a very quick .97 inches in the bucket. Our May total now sits at 3.71 inches which is 96% of our monthly normal. We may be consistently too far away enough to score on the severe weather but at least we are close enough to benefit from the accompanying rain.

As little more info: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday released its forecast for the 2024 season, which starts June 1, calling for a more active than normal season — thanks in large part to the off-the-charts high temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean. NOAA is predicting that 17 to 25 named storms could form this year, with eight to 13 powering up into hurricanes and four to seven of those reaching major hurricane status, Category 3 or higher. That’s above the average: 14 named storms, 7 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes. In fact, they’re the highest ever forecast by the federal agency. In 2020, NOAA had predicted the highest number of storms of all time. That season wound up with 30 named storms, 14 of them growing into hurricanes. Several factors come together to bake up such an alarming forecast. Primary among them, experts said, is just how hot the ocean is expected to be this summer. The peak of hurricane season for Florida is August to October. The ocean heat content in the main development region of the Atlantic, where the majority of storms are born, is running at levels in May that are normally seen in late August, according to a University of Miami analysis.