Cant post the satellite loop but still a counter clockwise rotation to clouds with high clouds coming out of the NW.
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85/68 at 9:30. NE to SW almost circular rotation to the clouds but overall winds out of the SW/WSW. Hottest day of the year (so far) look on tap today. 850s are peaking this pm and evening to near 21 - 22C. Lots of 95(+) and possible 100 near LGA / EWR metro locations. Looks hot and humid Tue but storms may e present by the early afternoon or later PM. With enough sun some places will exceed the 95(+) range especially with a high launch pad. May see some lows at record highest minimums for dailys or greater. Thu and Fri now look to be in the low 90s, ECM spikes 850s Thu near >18C. Weekend looks closer to noraml may sneak in some 90 / low 90s in the hot spots NE-NJ/LGA etc.
Beyond there. warm (to hot at times) and wet pattern as WAR keeps east cast above normal with higher heights but US ridge back west to the Rockies creating trough into the Midwest and weakness and fronts that could be close by or get hung up. ECM does have another day or two of strong heat on Aug 2 - Aug 4th ahead of front. Need to watch the Tropics as WAR will be pulsing west at time but any storm could find weakness and push towards the EC otherwise FL/GOM threat.
Rockies Ridge, Trough into the MW/GL and WAR close by / expanding west at times keeping EC warm to hot. Warm/wet opening to August. Tropics could add to recent excess rainfalls.
Almost completely clear. 850s near 16-17C now. Add 3-5 more tomorrow 19-22C and we got a real shot at triple digits with W'rly flow and full sunshine (if it stays this clear).
Had about 35 mins of clouds between 1:15 and 1:45 here in CNJ with light shower. Sun out and 93 now but dewpoint from from 76 to 68 now and likely dropping. Could beat hottest high here so far (97).
Tropics this morning. 83/76 here feels like Jamaica. The heat is on and temps will challenge this past Mon-Tue as guidance continues to forecast a push of 850MB temps 22-23C Monday PM through Tue PM. That should translate into many 97- 101s under mostly sunny conditions. Clouds and recent heavy rains the only factors that may halt any triple digits in the hot spots NE/C-NJ / LGA metro. Front triggers some widespread storms - looking at timing later TUesday. Well have to see what debirs clouds and storms linger into Wed which may cause a break in the 90s, otherwise Wed should get into the 90s. Thu (7/30) - Sat(Aug 1) now looking much warmer on guidance and should see temps at or above 90 for much the area.
Warm and wet.
Beyond there the tropics will need to be watched. As WAR is nearby and retrograding west in the next week to 10 days. This should keep heights higher along the east coast with nearby trough into the GL/OV is the ridge moves back towards the Rockies for a period. We'll see if it trends less cool but guidance has D8- 10 cooldown to near or below normal. 8/2-4/ . By the second week of August the ridge is on the move east again into the Plains and Midwest and strong heat looks to again eject east in that time-frame. Timing the WAR expansion could again trigger a strong heat spike in that 8/6 - 8/14 time-frame.
A majority of Today's 12z guidance has a tropical storm near the SE/Carolinas around Aug 3rd. Way out there but with the WAR building west - how west will determine if any tropical system is an EC or FL/GOM track.