Heat having very hard time punching into the midwest and east coast

Tim Gonyo

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What was once a projected massive heat wave for the midwest and east coast, looks like it will be nothing more than slightly above normal temperatures. Each new day of models consistantly has been lowering the forecasted maximums for the upcoming week... especially here in the midwest. Last week it looked like we could hit the mid to upper 90s with 850T's to 25c, now the 850T's are progged to max out at around 18 or 19c. Nothing out of the ordinary for summer here in the midwest.

MKE AFD says the ridge should continue to dissipate and be replaced by a more zonal west-northwest flow... average temperatures basically.

Oh well, I don't want heat anyway. I'm getting to the point where I'm ready for the fall season and that "crisp" non-humid air.
 
Yep. The eastern half of the country has had a very nice summer so far. The big heat continues to sit out west.

As nice as it would be to stay this way, I'm sure the other shoe will fall eventually. Always does. I bet August will be pretty hot for the peeps east of the Mississippi.



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Joel Wright said:
Yep. The eastern half of the country has had a very nice summer so far. The big heat continues to sit out west.

As nice as it would be to stay this way, I'm sure the other shoe will fall eventually. Always does. I bet August will be pretty hot for the peeps east of the Mississippi.



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Let's hope not. I've never liked extremely hot weather in August. Just like I don't want the extremely cold weather to come in February.. That's about when I'm getting ready for the next season :)
 
I got three rules in life:

Winter needs to be cold and snowy.
Summer needs to be blazing hot and sunny.
Any season inbetween needs to be a fair transition between the two.

In Michigan, we get that setup from time to time, but lately... I've been doubting the existance of global warming (j/k).

Anyway, this summer has been a semi-disappointment. Sure, the rotating thunderstorms we've gotten have made up for the fact that this summer is unusually cool compared to the last few previous summers (2004 excluded because I had to wear a sweater in the middle of July). Unfortunately, it'd have to spawn another Beecher-esque F5 tornado before I'd be satisfied with the lack of appreciable beach weather.
 
I tell ya, we really need some relief in the west. I don't ever remember it being so consistently hot here in southern Idaho. And the fires....it's hard to tell when there are clouds outside because it is so smokey. Looks like a nice monsoonal flow is setting up and a few good downpours would sure help firefighters. But then again, more lightning and strong winds could add to the problem. Cooler air with higher dew points would really help.
 
Well here in IA looks to be back to the upper 80's to low 90's and the southeast looks to be back into the upper 80's after 70's for temps so things are warming up but does not look as bad as the NOAA was forecasting yet.
 
After chasing today in central Kansas, I couldn't help but notice that the Flint Hills are as green as I have ever seen them. It seems like around this time of year, the heat is unbearable and we are in desperate need of rain and the vegetation is starting to look dry. I'm sure August will pay us back somehow.
 
Dick McGowan said:
After chasing today in central Kansas, I couldn't help but notice that the Flint Hills are as green as I have ever seen them...
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I've noticed that around here too. Usually the grass burns up pretty good this time of the summer. However, this year the grass is as green and plush as it is in the spring. It's nice to not have to water the lawn, and still have it look great, but we're sure doing a lot more mowing this year than most!
 
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