Wow… per wikipedia that forecast is within 14 F of the highest temperature ever recorded anywhere on the planet ever, two days in a row. Extended forecast said first high temp less than 100 F won’t be until mid month. Right now at 3 am local time it’s 93 F.
If this becomes the new normal people will start adjusting vacation plans. How much will it cost to encase the entire city in a dome and air condition it?
RichVR
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Global warming. Climate change. Bah.
Been in Austin for the last few days now and it’s freakin’ hot (106-108), though a cold front has now come through so it’s going to be the 90s for a bit. It’s also been fairly late in the season for the 100s to start showing; I don’t think they hit their first one till last week, which is pretty good.
— Alan
Aleck
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But, remember, it’s a dry heat!
All of the roads between where I work and where I live washed out in flash flooding last night. The ground is pretty well saturated and the rivers are high as we’re coming up on two full weeks of hot, muggy weather with rain and thunder showers daily.
http://www.wmur.com/news/nh-news/-/9857858/20811762/-/14vgc1gz/-/index.html
From the sound of explosions followed by fire trucks I’ve been hearing about every 45 minutes tonight, it appears neither our current heat wave (117/95 on Sunday) nor dry conditions (no rain since Feb, 0.61 inches on the year) are able to overcome the draw of reservation strength fireworks. Tomorrow should be fun.
Global warming my ass! If it was global warming we wouldn’t have a foot of ice in the desert southwest in July, now would we? ;)
Mt. Charleston has been on fire the last few days (well, technically, it’s Carpenter Canyon that’s ablaze) and it’s made for some impressive visuals from town. A big column of smoke coming from the top of the mountain making it look a bit like a volcano eruption. The resulting smoke has actually taken the edge off the July heat by blocking the late afternoon sun. Seems sort of fitting that it would take a forest fire too cool this place off.
National Weather Service is now predicting a bit of a fall severe weather outbreak for Iowa and neighboring border areas on Friday; such advance warning for a fall storm is a little unusual:
MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER ALIGNMENT AND CONFIDENCE IS HIGH FOR A
SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE ON FRI/D4 ANYWHERE FROM FAR ERN NEB INTO
IA…SRN MN…AND SWRN WI.
…
DUE TO COOLING ALOFT WITH THIS STRONG SYSTEM…MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES
WILL BE STEEP FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR…PERHAPS NEAR 8.0 C/KM…ATOP A
MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER RESULTING IN CLASSIC LOADED GUN PROFILES.
HODOGRAPHS WILL BE VERY LARGE NEAR THE SURFACE LOW TRACK…AND WILL
FAVOR SUPERCELLS PRODUCING TORNADOES…SOME POSSIBLY STRONG…AND
VERY LARGE HAIL. A FASTER MOVING FRONT OR EARLIER INITIATION COULD
LEAD TO MORE OF A LINEAR MODE WITH DAMAGING WINDS…BUT DETAILS SUCH
AS THESE HAVE LOW PREDICTABILITY THIS FAR OUT.
And yeah there was a tornado in the Seattle area (well, not in the metro, but southwest I believe) yesterday morning.
— Alan
Are they affected by the shutdown? Maybe they just wanted to get the word out before they closed.
I doubt forecasters are affected by the shutdown to any great extent since it’s a vital service; it is more unusual to see the prediction of the right ingredients for a particularly strong weather system in a small area (focusing forecast models) four days in advance, however, in the fall. Especially in the middle of the country.
— Alan
According to Twitter, The Weather Channel will be making a special announcement at 5:00.
Edit to add link:
What the hell? That’s weird. Maybe they’re getting bought out, but I think NBC Universal owns them…
— Alan
Aww yeah, those are pretty awesome. I’m excited for Winter Storm Kronos.
Moderate Risk for severe weather issued for the northern half of Iowa today, and surrounding states should have increased risk for severe weather. Not from the current storms passing through the area for the most part (though they did spawn a number of tornadoes in past midnight in Nebraska), but what will develop through the day afterward (the speed and state of the current weather will help determine what transpires later in the day over the same area).
— Alan
