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Atlantic ridge keeps ridging along the EC, trough into the MW, looks continued warm-hot, humid with increased storm frequency
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https://weather.com/storms/severe/news/2024-07-16-derecho-midwest-thunderstorms-complex-damaging-winds IL/ Mid wst storms report.
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Overnight low of 82 in EWR.
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85 / 72 and clear. Mid - upper 90s heat with some warmer spots to 100 or better, if storms/showers and any debris clouds dont get in the way. Some pop up storms today (northern / west favored). Clouds from the Chicago storms split N/S and dissipating. Maybe just as warm tomorrow with front approaching later in the evening. Front clears Thu with break in the heat / humidity through Saturday. Overall warm - hot, humid as Atlantic ridge keeps the east coast warm. 7/16-7/17 : Very hot humid ( pm storms, front Wed eveing) 7/18 - 7/21 : Break in heat - near normal - 80s to near 90 7/22 - beyond : Warm - hot / humid, increased storm frequency - overall warm
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Records: Highs: EWR: 104 (1995) NYC: 102 (1995) LGA: 103 (1995) JFK: 99 (1983) Lows: EWR: 55 (1940) NYC: 57 (1930) LGA: 62 (1960) JFK: 59 (1999) 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)
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Highs: EWR: 98 PHL: 97 BLM: 97 LGA: 97 TTN: 96 New Brnswck: 96 ACY: 96 TEB: 93 NYC: 91 (rains have left their mark) ISP: 86 JFK: 84
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91 / 70 Wind: 196° (SSW)
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85/ 76 clearing now. It'll be interesting to see if we hit 90 by noon.
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78 / 74 clouds moving through. Hot - mid 90s / upper 90s in the warm spots with enough clearing. Surge of >20C 850MB temps into the area, outside of scattered storms and clouds strong heat (mid- upper 90s, warm spots to 100 or better) the next 60 hours. Front comes through at some point Wed and pending on that timing temps could push just as hot Wed as Tue. Storms Wed evening - Thu AM. Reprieve from the heat Thu (7/18) - Sat (7/20). Beyond there overall warm - hot and humid with Atlantic ridge keeping ridging into the EC and also keeping showers and storms frequently.
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Records: Highs: EWR: 102 (1954) NYC: 100 (1954) LGA: 99 (1954) JFK: 95 (1983) Lows: EWR: 55 (1940) NYC: 58 (1926) LGA: 59 (1940) JFK: 61 (1999) 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.
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Highs: PHL: 94 TTN: 92 ACY: 92 New Brnswck: 91 ISP: 90 EWR: 90 NYC: 90 TEB: 90 LGA: 90 JFK: 87 BLM: 86
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Highs: PHL: 94 TTN: 92 ACY: 92 New Brnswck: 91 ISP: 90 EWR: 90 NYC: 90 TEB: 90 LGA: 90 JFK: 87 BLM: 86
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To 91 before this mid fternoon storm came through, we'll see how much we warm up once we clear.
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11AM Round up ACY: 90 TTN: 88 PHL: 88 EWR: 87 New Brnswck: 87 JFK: 86 ISP: 85 TEB: 85 NYC: 84 LGA: 83 BLM: 83
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87 / 69 heating up quickly here
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GFS most expansion of the Atlantic ridge and maintains the pattern of EC ridging.Ridge pushing into the Plains/CAn
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Heaviest rains focused in the MA/SE the next week/7days. Most of what is forecast for NJ/NYC comes Wed evening/night with the front but some scattered storms Sun night / Mon as well.
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84 / 70 The heat is on. Some locations started the next heat spell yesterday, other just missed, today most get there. Heat peakingg with a blast of 850 MB temps of >20C and with enough clear conditions send temps to the upper 90s / low 100s. Chance of storms both Mon and Tue look widely scattered and more to the north. Main front comes through Wed evening with more widespread storms with a break in the heat by Thu (7/18) - Sat (7/20), before ridging pushes warm + humid air north next weekend. GFS more of a push of the Atlantic ridge and the euro more caught bewtween, overall warm to hot beyond the 20th. 7/13 - 7/17 : Hot, potential strong (95+) heat with locations near 100 or higher, scattered storms - front late7/17 7/18 - 7/20 : Break in the heat 7/21 - beyond : Overall warm - hot / humid - perhaps increased storm chances - watch tropics.
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Records: Highs: EWR: 100 (1966) NYC: 101 (1966) LGA: 99 (1966) JFK: 94 (1992) Lows: EWR: 57 (1940) NYC: 54 (1888) LGA: 58 (1990) JFK: 58 (1990) Historical: 1895 - A tornado struck Cherry Hill in New Jersey causing fifty thousand dollars damage. It also descended into the Harlem and Woodhaven areas of New York City killing one person, and finally ended as a waterspout in Jamaica Bay. (David Ludlum) 1951: Rivers across eastern Kansas crest well above flood stage, causing the most significant destruction from flooding in the Midwestern United States at that time. Five-hundred-thousand people were left homeless, and 24 people died in the disaster. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel. 1975 - Dover, DE, was deluged with 8.50 inches of rain to establish a 24 hour record for the state. (The Weather Channel) 1977 - Lightning struck a key electrical transmission line in Westchester County of southeastern New York State plunging New York City into darkness. (David Ludlum) 1980 - Afternoon highs of 108 degrees at Memphis, TN, 108 degrees at Macon, GA, and 105 degrees at Atlanta, GA, established all-time records for those three cities. The high of 110 degrees at Newington, GA, was just two degrees shy of the state record. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Unseasonably cool weather prevailed across the Midwest. Ten cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Casper, WY, with a reading of 39 degrees. By way of contrast, record heat was reported in the eastern U.S., with highs of 93 degrees at Burlington, VT, and 101 degrees around Miami, FL. (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - There were just three reports of severe weather across the country, and just one record high temperature reported. Thunderstorms brought much needed rains to the Tennessee Valley area, producing nine inches at Senatobia, MS. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - A thunderstorm at Albany, GA, produced 1.40 inches of rain in forty minutes, along with wind gusts to 82 mph. Afternoon highs of 98 degrees at Corpus Christi, TX, 110 degrees at Tucson, AZ, and 114 degrees at Phoenix, AZ, equalled records for the date. Greenwood, MS, reported 55.65 inches of precipitation for the year, twice the amount normally received by mid July. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
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Highs: TTN: 92 New Brnswck: 91 PHL: 91 EWR: 89 TEB: 88 BLM: 88 LGA: 87 NYC: 87 ACY: 85 JFK: 82 ISP: 81
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Highs: TTN: 92 New Brnswck: 91 PHL: 91 EWR: 89 TEB: 88 BLM: 88 LGA: 87 NYC: 87 ACY: 85 JFK: 82 ISP: 81
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2003: What may be the world's highest dew point temperature was recorded at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in the Persian Gulf. A dew point of 95 degrees was recorded at 3 PM while the air temperature was 108 degrees. The apparent temperature at that time would have been 172 degrees.
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Some may reconvene the 90s today
