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75 / 73 storms and more heavy rain passed through this morning. Mostly cloudy but should see more breaks by noon. Warm , humid mid - upper 80s, perhaps 90 in the hot spots. Thu (7/20) a drier day warm and still humid with scattered storms mid 80s. Fri (7/21) front will bring more widespread storms. Cloudy, and ome more soakers. Sat (7/22) - Tue (7/25) drier times and cool back near normal with less humidity. Wouldnt rule out some showers or storms on Sun or Tue (7/26). 7/25 and beyond the Western ridge is building into the central US and the trough over the northeast is lifting or splitting as the expanding Western Atlantic Ridge builds heights along the east. The sw flow will bring in hot weather with stronger pieces of the heat into the area to end the month on a very hot note.

Records: Highs: EWR: 104 (2012) NYC: 101 (1953) LGA: 101 (2012) Lows: EWR: 58 (1946) - record lows from 46 for Jul -4, 8 from the 1940s NYC: 57 (1925) LGA: 62 (1962) Historical: 1889 - A cloudburst in West Virginia along the small creeks in Wirt County, Jackson County and Wood County claimed twenty lives. Rockport, WV, reported nineteen inches of rain in two hours and ten minutes that Thursday evening. Tygart Creek rose 22 feet in one hour, and villages were swept away on Tygart, Slate, Tucker, and Sandy Creeks. (The Weather Channel) 1936 - The all time record high temperature for the state of Kansas was set when a 121-degree high temperature fried Fredonia. (US National Weather Service Wichita) 1942 - A record deluge occurred at Smethport in northern Pennsylvania, with 30.7 inches in just six hours. The downpours and resultant flooding in Pennsylvania were devastating. (David Ludlum) 1986 - One of the most photo-genic tornadoes touched down in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis, MN, during the late afternoon. The very slow moving tornado actually appeared live on the evening news by way of an aerial video taken by the KARE-TV helicopter crew. The tornado, unlike most, was quite the prima donna, staying visible to tens of thousands of persons for thirty minutes. It was moderate in intensity, with winds of 113-157 mph, and caused 650 thousand dollars damage. (Storm Data) 1987 - Cool weather prevailed in the western U.S. Seven cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Alamosa, CO, with a reading of 38 degrees. The low of 52 degrees at Bakersfield, CA, was a record for July. Up to eight inches of snow covered the Northern Sierra Nevada Range of California from a storm the previous day. During that storm, winds gusting to 52 mph at Slide Mountain, NV, produced a wind chill reading of 20 degrees below zero. Susanville, CA, reached 17 degrees that previous day, Blue Canyon, CA, dipped to a July record of 36 degrees, and the high of 44 degrees at Klamath Falls, OR, smashed their previous record for July by ten degrees. (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Sweltering heat continued in California, with record highs of 111 degrees at Redding and 112 degrees at Sacramento. Death Valley, CA, hit 127 degrees. Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms in the Central Plains Region produced baseball size hail at Kimball, NE, wind gusts to 79 mph at Colby, KS, and six inches of rain near Lexington, NE. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma, northern Texas and Arkansas during the afternoon, and into the night. Thunderstorms produced baseball size hail at Stamford, TX, and wind gusts to 92 mph near Throckmorton, TX. Record heat continued in the southwestern U.S. Phoenix AZ reported a record high of 115 degrees, and a 111 degree reading at Midland, TX, was second only to their all-time record high of 112 degrees established sixteen days earlier. (The National Weather Summary)

Euro 18z has scattered stuff Tue / Wed but more widespread storms Fri as trough pushes front comes through.

7/18 PHL: 91 TTN: 88 ACY: 87 EWR: 86 LGA: 86 TEB: 85 New Brnswck: 84 NYC: 84 JFK: 83 ISP: 83 BLM: 80

81 / 73 as we steam back up. Smoke haze in the air. Scattered storms by the afternoon evening. Will be close for the warmer spots near or to 90 between any clouds popup storms and smoke. Wed (7/19) warm and isolated storms. Thu (7/20) front has speed up a bit on latest guidance with more widespread storms overnight into Fri. Sat (7/22) - Tue (7/25) drier, cool back to or near normal lower humidity. By 7/25 the trough is lifting or splitting as the Western Atlantic Ridge is building west so a day or day and half with transition from drier to more humidity and storms. Beyond that the western ridge is forcing stronger eat east and the W. atl ridge forces a sw flow and a hot finish to the month and open to next.

Records: Highs: EWR: 100 (2012) NYC: 100 (1953) LGA: 98 (2012) Lows: EWR: 56 (1946) NYC: 57 (1892) LGA: 60 (1946) Historical: 1934 - One of the worst heat waves in the history of the nation commenced. During the last two weeks of the month extreme heat claimed 679 lives in Michigan, including 300 in Detroit alone. (The Weather Channel) 1941 - A prolonged heat wave over Washington State finally came to an end. Lightning from untimely thunderstorms was responsible for 598 forest fires. (David Ludlum) 1942: A great flood developed over the Smethport area in Pennsylvania, resulting in an estimated 34.50 inches of rain in just one day, including 30.60 inches in only six hours, setting a world record. The official observing site, Smethport Highway Shed, reported only 13.08 inches for the entire month because the flood consumed the gauge after 6.68" of rain. The total results from the substitution of the officially estimated amount for the amount measured. 1952 - Thunderstorms helped the temperatur at Key West, FL, to dip to 69 degrees, to equal their July record established on the first of July in 1923. (The Weather Channel) 1957 - On a warm and sunny day at Wilmington, DE, with a high of 86 degrees, a dust devil suddenly appeared. It tore most the roof off one house, and stripped shingles from a neighboring house. A TV aerial was toppled, and clothes were blown off clothes lines. (The Weather Channel) 1981: Severe thunderstorm winds ripped a 10,000 square foot hole in a 90-foot high pavilion at Sea World in Orlando, FL. The storm panicked a crowd of 550 tourists. One death occurred due to injury and heart attack, and 15 people were injured. The canopy was made of fiberglass and Teflon, designed to withstand 120 mph winds. 1987 - Slow moving thunderstorms caused flooding on the Guadalupe River in Texas resulting in tragic loss of life. A bus and van leaving a summer youth camp stalled near the rapidly rising river, just west of the town of Comfort, and a powerful surge of water swept away 43 persons, mostly teenagers. Ten drowned in the floodwaters. Most of the others were rescued from tree tops by helicopter. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - A dozen cities in the eastern U.S., and six others in California, reported record high temperatures for the date. Downtown San Francisco, CA, with a high of 103 degrees, obliterated their previous record high of 82 degrees. Philadelphia, PA, reported a record five straight days of 100 degree heat, and Baltimore, MD, reported a record eight days of 100 degree weather for the year. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather along the Middle Atlantic Coast, and over southern New England. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from South Dakota to Lousiana, with 126 reports of large hail and damaging winds during the day and night. Thunderstorms in Nebraska produced hail four inches in diameter in Frontier County, and at North Platte, causing millions of dollars damage to crops in Frontier County. Thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced wind gusts to 90 mph at Peggs. Tahlequah OK was drenched with 5.25 inches of rain. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

7/17 EWR: 93 TEB: 90 LGA: 90 ACY: 90 PHL: 90 New Brnswck: 89 BLM: 88 JFK: 88 TTN: 88 NYC: 88 ISP: 86

7/17 EWR: 93 TEB: 90 LGA: 90 ACY: 90 PHL: 90 New Brnswck: 89 BLM: 88 JFK: 88 TTN: 88 NYC: 88 ISP: 86

was lucky to have mostly rain free Jul 1/2 Jul 8/9 down in NJ shore. From Jun 29 - Jul 14 only rain was jul 13 (am) . Jul 9, Jul 4 (10 min shower). Was great stretch and waters were in the mid - upper 70s.

74/73. Fog is starting to burn off here and already cleared in some places. Warm and humid today with upper 80s low 90s in the warm spots perhaps a stray 94,95 in the hot spots. Tue (7/18) warm and humid more haze (smoke) and scattered storms in the PM. Where and when the sun is out it will warm up quickly and pending on how much could see mid 80s or near 90. Storms in the PM some more soakers. Wed (7/19) - Thu (7/20) warm and more isolated storms with the stronger heat staying south and recent rains temps likely capped in the 80s. Fri (7/21) more widespread storms with a deep south/southwesterly flow before front clears for the weekend. The western ridge anchored with trough into the NE/GL and an expanding western atlatnic ridge will keep boundary near by next weekend before height rise so warm and humid with more storm chances through the 23/24. Period 7/21 - 7/24 looks near or below with clouds and stronger heat south. 7/25th and beyond heights rising into the area as the W/ Atl Ridge sets up off the coast and a warm to how sw flow. The western atlantic ridge will push stronger heat into the east at times reaching into the Northeast. The end of the month looks hot as the nation is very warm and stronger heat pushing into the GL and heading east.

July is shaping up like 2016/ 2020 warm and wet.

7/16 TEB: 84 LGA: 81 BLM: 81 JFK: 81 EWR: 80 New Brnswck: 80 PHL: 80 ISP: 80 ACY: 78 NYC: 78 TTN: 77

Records: Highs: EWR: 101 (1988) NYC: 99 (1980) LGA: 97 (1980) Lows: EWR: 57 (1946) NYC: 56 (1946) LGA: 58 (1946) Historical: 1920 - A severe hailstorm over parts of Antelope and Boone counties in Nebraska stripped trees of bark and foliage, ruined roofs, and broke nearly every window facing north. (The Weather Channel) 1946 - The temperature at Medford, OR, soared to an all-time high of 115 degrees to begin a two week heat wave. During that Oregon heat wave the mercury hit 100 degrees at Sexton Summit for the only time in forty years of records. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) 1975 - An early afternoon thunderstorm raked the east side of Tucson, AZ, with gale force winds, heavy rain, and numerous lightning strikes. A thirteen year old boy was swept through a forty foot long culvert by raging waters before being rescued. (The Weather Channel) 1979: The most damaging tornado in Wyoming history touched down 3 miles west-northwest of the Cheyenne airport. This strong tornado moved east or east-southeast across the northern part of Cheyenne, causing $22 million in damage and one fatality. 140 houses and 17 trailers were destroyed. 325 other homes were damaged. Four C-130 aircraft and National Guard equipment sustained $12 million damage. Municipal hangars and buildings suffered $10 million in losses. 1987 - Showers and thundestorms in the southwestern U.S. ended a record string of thirty-nine consecutive days of 100 degree heat at Tucson, AZ. A thunderstorm at Bullhead City, AZ, produced wind gusts to 70 mph reducing the visibility to near zero in blowing dust. Southerly winds gusting to 40 mph pushed temperature readings above 100 degrees in the Northern Plains. Rapid City, SD, reported a record high of 106 degrees, following a record low of 39 degrees just three days earlier. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Thirty-seven cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 96 degrees at Bluefield, WV, and 104 degrees at Charleston WV were all-time records, and afternoon highs of 98 degrees at Binghamton, NY, 99 degrees at Elkins, WV, and 103 degrees at Pittsburgh PA, tied all- time records. Highs of 104 degrees at Baltimore, MD, and 105 degrees at Parkersburg WV were records for July, and Beckley, WV, equalled their record for July with a high of 94 degrees. Martinsburg, WV, was the hot spot in the nation with a reading of 107 degrees. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms raked the northeastern U.S. with large hail and damaging winds. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Showers and thunderstorms developing along a stationary front drenched the Middle Atlantic Coast States with heavy rain, causing flooding in some areas. More than five inches of rain was reported near Madison and Ferncliff, VA. Hot weather prevailed in Texas. San Angelo reported a record high of 106 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

77/74 cloudy with storms moving through. 2.99 in the bucket since Friday night here. Mostly to partly cloudy and steamy with storms and soakers today. Clouds will keep it in the 80s but dewpoints in the mid 70s will add to the suana feeling. Mon (7/17) warm with a break in the storms and highs. upper 80s to low 90s. Tue (7/18) storms late in the day as the boundary is passing by but with enough sun more site to 90/low 90s. Storms overnight into Wed (7/19) before drying out and 80s. Thu (7/20) and beyond. Back towards normal for a few days as the brunt of the heat stays just south but mid upper 80s and a 90 in the warm spots , before overall warm to hot pattern, humid and storms chances returns by the 25th. Western ridge shoots of pieces of strong heat east while the W. Atl Ridge is massive and expanding west and forcing heights to rise and a more SW flow to end the month on a hot note. https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/GIFS/GOES16-NE-GEOCOLOR-600x600.gif

7/15 PHL: 92 EWR: 91 TTN: 90 BLM: 90 New Brnswck: 90 TEB: 89 LGA: 89 NYC: 88 ACY: 88 JFK: 86 ISP: 85

7/15 PHL: 92 EWR: 91 TTN: 90 BLM: 90 New Brnswck: 90 TEB: 89 LGA: 89 NYC: 88 ACY: 88 JFK: 86 ISP: 85

Records: Highs: EWR: 104 (1995) NYC: 102 (1995) LGA: 103 (1995) Lows: EWR: 54 (1940) NYC: 57 (1930) LGA: 62 (1960) Historical: 1901: The city of Marquette, Michigan set their all-time record high temperature with 108-degree reading. 1916 - A dying South Atlantic Coast storm produced torrential rains in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Altapass, NC, was drenched with more than 22 inches of rain, a 24 hour rainfall record for the state. Flooding resulted in considerable damage, particularly to railroads. (David Ludlum) 1954 - The temperature at Balcony Falls, VA, soared to 110 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel) 1983 - The Big Thompson Creek in Colorado flooded for the second time in seven years, claiming three lives, and filling the town of Estes Park with eight to ten feet of water. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Unseasonably cool weather spread into the south central and eastern U.S. Fifteen cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Houghton Lake, MI, with a reading of 37 degrees. The high temperature for the date of 58 degrees at Flint, MI, was their coolest of record for July. Thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes in Illinois and Indiana, injuring a cow near Donovan, IL. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Twenty-six cities east of the Mississippi River reported record high temperatures for the date. Charleston, WV, established an all-time record high with a reading of 103 degrees, and Chicago, IL, reported a record fifth day of 100 degree heat for the year. A severe thunderstorm moving across Omaha, NE, and the Council Bluffs area of west central Iowa spawned three tornadoes which injured 88 persons, and also produced high winds which injured 18 others. Winds at the Omaha Eppley Airport reached 92 mph. Damage from the storm was estimated at 43 million dollars. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thunderstorms drenched Kansas City, MO, with 4.16 inches of rain, a record for the date. Two and a half inches of rain deluged the city between Noon and 1 PM. Afternoon thunderstorms in South Carolina deluged Williamstown with six inches of rain in ninety minutes, including four inches in little more than half an hour. (The National Weather Summary)(Storm Data)

77/ 70 and partly cloudy. Humid warm with isolated storms. Upper 80s / near 90/low 90s today in the hot spots. Humid and storm chances Sun (7/16) and Mon (7/17) where and when the sun is out it will warm up quickly. Tue (7/18) - Fri 7/21 continues warm to hot with storm chances but strong heat skirts the area and chance for some mid up upper 90s one or two of those days. Sat (7/22) continued warm, and storm chances with the area being skirted by strong heat into or nearby. A brief cool down has been consistent in the 7/23 - 7/24 period. Western Atlantic ridge near by and expanding will bump up against trough into the GL/NE and create warm humid flow with pieces of the western ridge pushing storng heat in pulses east. Should we get more of a hook between the ridges it will sustain the warmth.

7/14 BLM: 92 ACY: 89 PHL: 89 TTN: 89 New Brnswck: 87 EWR: 86 TEB: 85 LGA: 84 JFK: 84 NYC: 84 ISP: 82

Records: Highs: EWR: 102 (1954) NYC: 100 (1954) LGA: 99 (1954) Lows: EWR: 55 (1940) NYC: 58 (1926) LGA: 59 (1940) Historical: 1936 - Extreme heat prevailed across the central U.S. as severe drought raged from Texas to the Dakotas. Record high temperatures were established in sixteen states that summer, including readings as high as 120 degrees in the Great Plains Region. On this particular date, afternoon highs for 113 stations across the state of Iowa averaged 108.7 degrees. (David Ludlum) 1957 - Hail, with some stones up to an inch in diameter, covered the ground to a depth of three inches ruining crops in the Bath area of New Hampshire. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Severe thunderstorms in Iowa produced eight inches of golf ball size hail near Grafton, IA, completely stripping corn stalks in the area. Hail caused more than a million dollars damage to crops in Worth County and Mitchell County, and another million dollars damage in Ada County and Crawford County. Unseasonably cool weather prevailed in the Great Plains Region. Eight cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Duluth, MN, with a reading of 37 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in the Northern Atlantic Coast Region during the afternoon and evening hours. Thunderstorms also spawned a rather strong tornado near Westtown, NY, and drenched Agawam, MA, with four inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern New Mexico to central Nebraska. One hundred soldiers were injured by flying debris and collapsing tents during a thunderstorm near Trinidad, CO. Thunderstorms in Colorado produced wind gusts to 77 mph at La Junta. Early morning thunderstorms produced torrential rains over parts of Louisiana, with 7.50 inches at Carencro, and 5.85 inches at Morgan City. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1995: On the evening of Friday, July 14th, thunderstorms producing severe weather were occurring over Upper Michigan and adjacent portions of Ontario near Sault Saint Marie. By late evening the storms had evolved into a bowing line just northwest of the Mackinac Bridge. At 10:17 PM EDT, the thunderstorm gust front hit the bridge, and a gust to 90 mph was measured. Sustained winds of 80 mph continued on the bridge for ten more minutes. Thus began the intense "Ontario-Adirondacks Derecho" that would cause hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of damage, several deaths, and many injuries as it raced southeast from the northern Great Lakes to the Atlantic coast. 2005 - Death Valley had 7 consecutive days (July 14-20) with high temperatures equal to or above 125 degrees.

78 / 69 and partly cloudy. Had a brief shower move through. Partly - mostly cloudy today, warm, humid and scattered storms, some soakers. Where and when the sun comes out mid to upper 80s near or to 90 in the warmer spots. More of the same Sat (7/15) warm / very humid and scattered storms. Sun look most widespread storms with mostly cloudy and humid. Mon (7/17) warm and humid more isolated storms should get some pots back to 90, same for Tue (7/18) as stronger heat skirts the area. Wed (7/19) back to more scattered storms warm and humid. Beyond - overall warm and humid with storm chances, the area will get skirted with stronger heat from the western ridge and Western Atlantic ridge creating elavated heights and s/sw flow with trough into the GL and Northeast. Could see some upper 90s a day or two if clouds and storms hold off a 19-21 period. Perhaps a cooler 2-3 days in the 22-24 period. Beyond there ridge and next surge of heat moving east.

7/13 PHL: 95 New Brnswck: 94 EWR: 93 TEB: 92 TTN: 91 BLM: 90 LGA: 89 ACY: 89 NYC: 88 JFK: 85 ISP: 85

7/13 PHL: 95 New Brnswck: 94 EWR: 93 TEB: 92 TTN: 91 BLM: 90 LGA: 89 ACY: 89 NYC: 88 JFK: 85 ISP: 85