July 22, 2011: A day of records
The crest of the extreme heat wave of July 2011 has passed, although temperatures are still going to be dangerously hot in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast today. New York City (Central Park) will reach 100° again, as well as Philadelphia and possibly Washington Dulles. Heat index values could surpass the 110° mark today, and excessive heat warnings are in effect from New York City to South Carolina, as well as a large portion of the Central United States. Yesterday, the heat index soared past 120° in Wilmington, DE (124), Easton, MD (125), Annapolis, MD (120) and Atlantic City, NJ (122), among others. A more complete list of Friday's heat index extremes can be found here.
Numerous records fell yesterday as far north as Maine. There were plenty of daily records to talk about, but here are some of the noteworthy all-time record high temperatures:
• Newark, NJ: 108° (old record was 105° set in 2001)
• Washington Dulles, DC: 105° (old record was 104° on multiple dates)
• Bridgeport, CT: 103° (ties the old record set in 1957)
• Hartford, CT: 103° (old record was 102° set on multiple dates)
• New Haven, CT: 102° (old record was 101° set in 1926)
Baltimore hit 106°, one degree shy of their all-time high record which was set in 1936. New York City (Central Park) set a daily record of 104°, which was 2 degrees shy of their 106° all-time high record, which was also set in 1936. More on the record-setting year of 1936 in yesterday's blog from Jeff. Two notable all-time record high minimums were also set yesterday: 84° in New York (Central Park) and 86° in Newark, NJ.
Our weather historian, Christopher C. Burt, keeps track of 303 select stations in the U.S. with long standing record histories. So far this summer, seven of these have broken or tied their all-time maximum temperature records. Some of these were long-standing:
• Amarillo, TX 111° (1892)
• Dodge City, KS 110° (1874 tied)
• Newark, NJ 108° (1893)
• D.C. Dulles 105° (1962)
• Tallahassee, Fl 105° (1883)
• Hartford, CT 103° (1885)
• New Haven, CT 102° (1780)
The last summer to have more all-time high records than this year was 2002, which set 9. Christopher C. Burt estimates that yesterday probably rates in the top five hottest days on record for the mid-Atlantic states (Washington D.C. to Boston).
Invest 90L
Satellite imagery of NHC Invest 90L this morning.
Invest 90L is looking ragged on satellite as it makes its way across the Caribbean islands. While this wave looked ripe for eventual development earlier this week, it has really taken a turn for the worse as it moved across the Main Development Region of the North Atlantic. Today, low level circulation is could favorably be described as less than moderate, and almost nonexistent at higher levels. Today, not one of the global models I've looked at (ECMWF, NOGAPS, CMC, UKMET, or GFS) develop 90L, but they are coming into better agreement that the wave's track will be across the Caribbean islands and into the Gulf of Mexico, rather than up the east coast of Florida. This could be one of the reasons the models are not suggesting development—too much land interaction, not enough time over open warm waters. However, its hard to say that this wave will not show some signs of improvement when it reaches the Gulf. Water will be toasty, moisture will be relatively high, and wind shear will remain incredibly low. Today the National Hurricane Center is giving this wave a 20% chance of development over the next 48 hours. My forecast has been the same for the past two days, right around 20% chance of development over the lifetime of the wave.
Thanks to our weather historian Christopher C. Burt for some useful information on heat waves and yesterday's records. I'll have another blog on Monday.
Angela
Reader Comments
Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 — Blog Index
I still have the new tarps I bought last year.
My house sitters blew through the canned tuna supply tho while I was on vaca. I think because they were overfeeding the cats! And overfed my fish too, unfortunately, who struggled with ammonia and now appear back on the mend...
Sounds like a GROUPIE thing............ROFLMAO
oh yeah and low SAL (african dust)
I saw that Florida has been taken off the extreme drought conditions. So glad they have been getting the rain they need.
But we cannot sit under trees here in Fla.
The skeeters are swarming.
Just felt like it because I'm sick of Brighthouse raising fees.
Self serve on the b'fast, pick your own yogurt and some granola. Wheat toast on the side. A simple breakfast.
Nothing to add, tropics are boring, sun is shining, scattered whatevers. Nothing to raise an eyebrow about.
Yeah I live just a little north of Baton Rouge, we've been getting some rain. We have mosquito's with ticks on them. They big yeah..
Still on vaca buzz. have lost 4 lbs. in 5 days.
Want to hang on to the dislocation feeling a little longer... BTW Dr. Masters is now on vacation which prolly means the wave at 35W is going to develop into something :)
I cancelled Brighthouse for the same reason. Switched to ATT Uverse and love it. Had it for over a year have not had any problems with the rates being raised yet. Keeping fingers crossed.
AL, 90, 2011072412, , BEST, 0, 175N, 700W, 25, 1013, DB, 0, , 0, 0, 0, 0,
Choot em' god dangit Choot em' lizabeth
I have Verizon and with a $200 a month bill.........its out of control. Outside of my sports on TV....i could do without it!
Good morning back at ya aquak
Link
Tampa, I know what you mean.
I was keeping for Grand Slam Tennis.
Will cross that bridge when I come to it.
In the meantime, I don't know why Internet technology cannot provide tv and cell phone.
Anyway, this is a weather blog.
Sorry to digress!
confounded new keyboard
ecmf- tell me about your day at the beach. are you still here in jax, or back home yet?
This must be the wave at 35W, right?!
Be nice.
AL, 90, 2011072412, , BEST, 0, 175N, 700W, 25, 1013, DB
LinkWVLoop
I am back in Orlando now. We never made it to the beach yesterday. My sister and oldest daughter had a tad to much to drink. You can say they did not fell like sitting in the heat. Oh well. But go figure, every one felt good enough to spend a few hours shopping off of Duval and 95 were Gander Mountain is and had lunch at a place called Boston something or another.
Umm, as much as I should be focused on that TS approaching the Antilles that model shows, what the heck is that thing near the Azores the model shows for like half of the run?
ewww...hangover? shopping? I'd rather lay sod. And I HATE laying sod.
Well, glad ya'll had a safe trip, n it's over.
aisnnlps- google "sts9 be nice" give it a few minutes to start. Either ya like it, or not.
Skeeters are bad in South Florida too. Now I have skeeters, dead grass, and high heat...
Blee, is that 111F a dry heat?
90L "coc" is south of the DR. It is easy to spot but lacks convection.
Trying to post the satellite pic but it won't come up.
Sorry.
Viewing: 1001 - 1051
Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 — Blog Index