Thursday July 27th… Dear diary. Today will be the last day of “low grade” heat wave #4 in the U.S. Yeah! A front will move as far south as Arkansas Saturday putting an end to a prolonged period of high heat and humidity in the nation’s mid section. Here are the remaining advisories valid through […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 25-26, 2017
Wednesday Evening Update… Dear Diary. Here are today’s highs: Our “low grade” heat wave continued for much of the central and southern Plains, Mississippi Valley, and South. Wednesday was the last day of high heat for St. Louis. Will Atlanta ever get above 94F this summer? Stay tuned. The Climate Guy Wednesday July 26th… Dear […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 23-24, 2017
Monday July 23rd… Dear diary. In the last couple of weeks there have been dire media articles forecasting humanities demise should carbon pollution go unchecked and not be very substantially limited as we roll along through the 21st century. At the very least there are forecasts that some areas of our planet will become “uninhabitable” […]
World of Thermo… Story 19…Andrew
It had been a very quiet hurricane season. A phenomenon known as El Nino had been producing unfavorable wind shear for organized tropical development over most of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean. In reality, El Nino is a pool of warmer than average sea surface temperatures that occasionally develops from off the […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 21-22, 2017
Saturday Evening Updates… Torrid conditions continue across much of the Plains, Mississippi Valley and South due to the combination of high dew points above 70 and high temps above 90F, so for this evening I’ll present a couple of areas that local news organizations have highlighted for high heat indices: The first is from Arden […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 19, 20…2017
Thursday Evening Updates… Dear diary. Yes, as Glen Frey would sing, the heat is on in late July, and it’s really on in Arkansas considering the Heat Index. Check out these numbers from this afternoon from Barry Brandt: Here are Thursday’s highs: Widespread readings at or above 100F were common in the Plains. It got […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 17,18 2017
Tuesday Evening Updates… Dear diary. The heat is on, says the Glen Frey song, in the nation’s heartland. The area of heat advisories and excessive heat warnings have expanded from South Dakota into Kentucky: I would expect advisories will go up for the middle and late week across much of the Northeast and Middle Atlantic. […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 15-16, 2017
Sunday July 16th… Dear diary. Red alert! This morning’s run of the models is now forecasting a significant heat wave starting in the Plains then spreading eastward this week. The first heat wave of the season mainly affected the Eastern Seaboard in early June. The second and third heat waves mostly set records in the […]
World of Thermo… Story 18… When the Volcano Blows
Story 18. When the Volcano Blows “Carlos, you are kicking me in the head plus I can’t see. Now hold that flashlight closer to the cliff so I won’t stumble”, said Juan as he slowly scaled downward to the caldera of the active volcano known as Pinatubo on the Island of Luzon in the Philippines. […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 13-14, 2017
Friday Evening Updates… Dear diary. Its too bad that drought relief in California and other western states last winter has led to enough growth to fuel large wildfires rampaging through the West. One season’s ground growth + early summer record heat = large conflagration. 😢 This map from the National Interagency Fire Center shows that […]