Air quality degrades as heat spreads east
For the seventh day in a row we're talking about heat as it spreads into the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast. The hottest temperatures in the country will be from Missouri southeast to Georgia and north to the Washington D.C. area. Why not Florida? Moisture tends to keep the temperature regulated; the worst heat waves this country has seen have also coincided with widespread drought. Given the extreme to exceptional drought that many states can't get rid of, this heat wave isn't all that surprising. Air quality is becoming more of an issue the longer the heat sticks around. Air quality alerts have been issued for many major cities from Kansas City to New York, including Chicago, Detroit, and Atlanta. Chicago is seeing some relief from the heat today in the form of thunderstorms—northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana are under a severe thunderstorm watch. Washington D.C. is pushing its all-time record high of 106°, which is the high that BestForecast is going with. You can see the all-time record highs for almost all major cities here.
Figure 1. BestForecast high temperature for Friday.
Our Weather Historian, Christopher C. Burt, will likely post two blogs today and tomorrow this week's heat, but for now, he wraps up Thursday's significant temperature records:
• 109° in Chesterfiled, Missouri (well short of state monthly record of 112°)
• 108° in Lawrenceville, Illinois (ties all-time state June monthly record of 108° at Palestine in June 1954)
• 108° in Huntingsburg, Indiana (well short of state monthly record of 111°)
• 107° in Defiance, Ohio (1° short of all-time state June record-108° in Germantown in 1934)
• 111° in Evening Shade, Arkansas (short of state June record of 113° in 1936)
• 108° in Smyrna, Tennessee (short of 110° state record in 1936)
• 107° in Little Rock, Arkansas (all-time June monthly record)
Waldo Canyon Fire now 15% contained
The Denver Post is reporting that 346 homes have been lost to the Waldo Canyon Fire, which is burning northwest of Colorado Springs. They also report that one person has died and another is missing in the area of the blaze. The fire has been 15% contained since Thursday night, and the acreage is down to 16,750, welcome news to a terrified city.
Figure 2. Satellite imagery of Invest 97L, which is expected to drift west into the Caribbean over the next few days.
Invest 97L
A tropical wave in the central main development region of the North Atlantic is still producing thunderstorm activity as it moves west, and the National Hurricane Center has increased its chance of development to 20%. 97L's circulation continues to be moderate and in the past day has realigned with the thunderstorm activity, which is likely why NHC gave the go to invest the wave and begin running models on it. This wave continues to be in some moderate wind shear, 10-15 knots, and sea surface temperature is around average, 28° C (82° F), which is warm enough to support tropical development. Many of the track models are forecasting 97L to continue trekking west into the Caribbean, crossing the Lesser Antilles around July 1.
Angela
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TXPS23 KNES 301214
TCSWSP
A. 21P (NONAME)
B. 30/1132Z
C. 10.7S
D. 154.2E
E. FIVE/MTSAT
F. T1.5/1.5/W1.5/24HRS
G. IR/EIR/SWIR/TMI
H. REMARKS...DT=1.0 BASED ON .2+ BANDING ON LOG10
SPIRAL. PT=1.5. MET=2.0. FT BASED ON PT.
I. ADDL POSITIONS
30/0721Z 10.8S 154.0E TMI
...SCHWARTZ
96W off the coast of the Philippines is back to being a T-wave.
TXPQ22 KNES 300921
TCSWNP
A. NAME (96W)
B. 30/0832Z
C. 9.3N
D. 134.5E
E. FIVE/MTSAT
F. TOO WEAK
G. IR/EIR/VIS
H. REMARKS...SYSTEM NOT WELL ORGANIZED AND IS MORE LIKE AN OPEN
WAVE. POSITION IS MORE LIKE CENTER OF ELONGATED TROF. FINAL BULLETIN
UNLESS REGENERATION OR LOW LEVEL CENTER BETTER DEFINED.
I. ADDL POSITIONS
NIL
...SWANSON
Toddler severely burned near park fountain Fox News
IR with Shear overlay.
Don't have a clue whether we will get another storm in July but the Cape Verde season is the one to watch out for this year. Even if the storm numbers level out in late September because of El Nino induced sheer increases, it only take one or two devastating hurricanes to make the year memorable and I am not liking the current ridging pattern of the A-B high which could steer some of these CV systems towards the Caribbean and Yucatan Channel.
Time will tell...........Lot's of chores today and activities for the Kid so Have a Great Weekend.
Not yet anyway.
I'm getting the feelin it will be dead soon
Well said.
Where is Ernesto or even soon to be named Ernesto, I can't see Ernesto forming anywhere. Not one T-wave looks to have a chance at forming into anything at the moment. Ernesto could develop at the CV's or it could develop in the GOM or the BOH. We won't know what Ernesto could become until it develops.
Derived from the 30June12pmGMT (NHC) ATCF data for Invest97L
BGI-Barbados : MQS-Mustique : CRU-Carriacou : GND-Grenada : TAB-Tabago
At its 12hour-average travel-speed&direction, 97L would pass over SavanIsland (south of MQS) in ~1day17hours from now
Copy&paste huc, ngd, bgi, mqs, cru, gnd, tab, pmv, pos, 11.5n41.9w- 11.5n43.2w- 11.6n44.5w- 11.6n45.8w- 11.7n47.1w- 11.7n47.5w- 12.0n50.5w, 11.7n47.5w-12.805n61.211w, 13.02n65.8w into the GreatCircleMapper for more information.
The previous mapping for comparison.
Coastal Water Temperatures
Place Temperature
La Jolla, CA 66.9 °F
San Diego, CA 69.1 °F
The doctors feel the same about me, but I'm still hanging around.:) How you doing weather?
those pools are going to be boiling after this weekend
Im so ready for the 4th of july
From yesterday...
Some records just don't last very long.
Am I only one who's eyes moved from sad looking 97L to that swirly blob to its SE?
No come to my place in Sydney. LOL
16C = 60F
5C = 41F
I noticed it also. soon to be 98L???
On my way mate!
If I'm not mistaken, at one point during Frances there were 6 million people without power, but that's a cane so...
It is completely attached to the ITCZ so I'm not sure, but if the spin continues to improve we might get something to watch. Disturbances do form from the ITCZ from time to time, weirder things have happened.
No, I just don't hope it meets it's demise over south america
Waves dont die when they cross SA as the axis mantains and emerges in the EPAC.
The beer is in the fridge, steak is on the BBQ and the music is going. your welcome to come.
yes, you are correct of course.Bad choice of words on my part :)
ohhhhhhhhhhh dude do not tempt me............lol
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