Monday July 31st… Dear diary. July has been a notably torrid month in two large American cities. Both Miami and Salt Lake City have had their hottest month in their history. Most of the record highs in July were set during the third major heat wave of the season during the first week of the […]
The Global Thermostat
Remember the story of the Three Bears in which after tasting two bowls of porridge, one too hot and one too cold, Goldilocks gulped down a third that was just right? Astronomers these days often refer to the “Goldilocks Zone” in which life as we know it can exist not only in this solar system […]
World of Thermo… Story 20… Storm of the Century
Before the planet began to see a resumed warming trend after the Mount Pinatubo eruption an exceptionally strong, late winter storm occurred in March 1993. Dr. Carson, Thermo and many meteorologists across North America noticed a weird, rare, buckling pattern to the jet stream forecast to develop after March 10th. Arctic air had been building […]
Summer Heat Diary… July 27-28, 2017
Friday Evening Update… Here are Friday’s maxes: The only truly toasty states were California and Texas. The Gulf Coastal area was typically hot and humid south of a front. Most of the nation east of the Rockies was enjoying delightful temperatures. The Climate Guy Friday July 28th… Dear diary. The temperature regime across the U.S. […]
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. […]