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Even some mid 80s in ND

It is. Makes sense though when you think about the setup. 850 mb temps are quite warm -- in the mid 20s C -- and the pressure gradient has prevented the low levels from decoupling.

Got a good viewing spot for the Thursday eclipse... it's about 10 minutes from here with pretty much a wide open view to the east (there's some trees way off in the distance but shouldn't really interfere). Hopefully clouds aren't an issue.

Anything that won't be pulse and crap the bed quickly?

Would be fun to play over/under on the number of 90s at LAF in met summer. Might have to set it at about 69.5 days

I recall them hitting 108 in 1995. Not sure about the surroundings there but maybe some kind of valley effects?

Yes. 91 there now. Look at surrounding areas.

Hopefully tomorrow doesn't fall short of 90. Will have to keep the more extensive clouds away long enough.

LAF has gotten ridiculous. It has gone from seeming to run a bit warm at times to running (well) above surrounding areas to the north, south, east, west. It hasn't been locally dry there either, so that doesn't explain it. I totally think they would hit 100 on a day with widespread mid 90s in the rest of central Indiana. I haven't been to LAF in years, so I'm not sure if there's been new construction by the airport or if the ASOS was moved or something. I do kinda wish Tim and I were still living there as it would be fun to troll him over the warmth

Crossed over 1000 deaths in my county But if you look at deaths per 100,000, the rate here is sort of middle of the pack:

I'm not sure how much an abnormally high low temperature does for overall public awareness. Not even sure an abnormally hot high temperature does much. I think longevity sticks in the consciousness of the general public more. If there's a stretch of unmistakably, unusually hot temps, people will more easily be able to recall "remember back in _____ when it was so hot everyday"?

What are we punting and why? It's all so confusing.

If someone is consistently taking in 1500 calories/day all of their life, it's pretty much impossible to grow to be 300 pounds. Like, it won't happen in the first place. I'd never do keto long term. It is a tool that works, but it can screw with your hormones if you're not careful. Not saying that some people aren't successful long term. Some people do better on certain diets/approaches than others.

For those keeping score, the high was 106 in Bismarck and 102 in Fargo.

Based on my calculations, Chicago should be around +8 for the month by the time we get to June 10. Could be a little higher if the coming days were to verify on the warmer end. If that occurs, then the 11th-30th would only have to average around +1 to get the month into a top 10 warmest June.

May 2021 isn't available for plotting yet, but here is a comparison of precip anomalies from 1988 and 2021... through April.

That's very kind. I'm not happy with how things have gone in here at times, and some of it rests on me. There was no playbook for how to handle a thread like this. We need some weather to talk about. The drought and lack of severe weather are not cutting it.

Just so you all know and have some time to mentally prepare (lol), I will be closing this thread sometime this month. We were in an exceptional situation, and on balance, I think it was a useful thread to have here. I know some people disagree, and that's fine. I want to thank everyone who made substantive contributions over the past 15 months. This will be something that we remember for a long time.

100 degrees all the way to Canada

^This may be helping to tack on as well.

It is even more impressive to be doing this in the era of increased precip. Chicago has had some extremely wet months and years in recent times.

As long as <0.43" falls through June 8, it would become the 2nd driest year-to-date for Chicago (only behind 1934). Looks very achievable.

Was living in Chicagoland then. I was out of town for the hottest day (July 13) but came back on the 14th. I remember flying into Midway and it was still near 100 around 7 pm. What happened in Chicago was certainly a big disaster. As it was unfolding, then-mayor Richard Daley had some kind of remark to the effect of "it's Chicago, it gets hot" but to be fair, it took some time for the enormity of it all to be realized. Some good came out of that. Now, the city of Chicago has a well-coordinated response when heat strikes. Also, the criteria to trigger heat headlines from the NWS is a bit lower there than it is for the suburban counties.

Already 97 in Fargo. They look on pace for about 103, give or take.