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80 / 72 and partly/m cloudy. Scattered/ isolated showers, storm as trough pushes front through the next 36 hours. By Sat (8/19) - Sun morning, NW flow dry and very nice. Low 80s day 60s perhaps 50s at night. Mega ridge builds over Kansas to 600 DM and pushes heat into the region Mon (8/21) / Tue (8/22) 850 MB temps >16c - 18C. The strongest heat looks just south before ridge wanes and NW-N-NE flow arrive at some point Wed (8./23). Hurricane Hillary pumps the western side o the ridge before pulling trough into the Pacific NW later next week. Flow goes back more westerly and another blast of heat looks to arrive later next week. Beyond there, heights look elevated into the EC, we'll see the seasonal trend fade with more ridging into the EC. Overall warm and perhaps tropics bring in some new threats to the EC/GOM. https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/GIFS/GOES16-NE-GEOCOLOR-600x600.gif

8/16 PHL:87 EWR: 85 New Brnswck: 85 TTN: 85 ACY: 83 TEB: 82 NYC: 82 JFK: 81 LGA: 80 BLM: 80 ISP: 80

Records: Highs: EWR: 99 (1944) NYC: 96 (1944) LGA:96 (1997) Lows: EWR: 57 (1945) year to year records both ways NYC: 55 (1880) LGA: 58 (1979) Historical: 1777 - The Battle of Bennington, delayed a day by rain, was fought. The rain delayed British reinforcements, and allowed the Vermont Militia to arrive in time, enabling the Americans to win a victory by defeating two enemy forces, one at a time. (David Ludlum) 1909 - A dry spell began in San Bernardino County of southern California that lasted until the 6th of May in 1912, a stretch of 994 days! Another dry spell, lasting 767 days, then began in October of 1912. (The Weather Channel) 1916 - Altapass, NC, was deluged with 22.22 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Afternoon and evening thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather from Oklahoma to Wisconsin and Lower Michigan. Thunderstorms in central Illinois produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Springfield which toppled two large beer tents at the state fair injuring 58 persons. Thunderstorms also drenched Chicago IL with 2.90 inches of rain, making August 1987 their wettest month of record. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Thunderstorms developing along a slow moving cold front produced severe weather from North Dakota to Lower Michigan during the day. Nine tornadoes were sighted in North Dakota, and thunderstorms also produced hail three inches in diameter at Lakota ND, and wind gusts to 83 mph at Marais MI. Thirty-seven cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Rockford IL with a reading of 104 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms in the Central High Plains Region produced golf ball size hail at La Junta CO, Intercanyon CO, and Custer SD. Afternoon thunderstorms over South Texas drenched Brownsville with 2.60 inches of rain. Fair skies allowed viewing of the late evening full lunar eclipse from the Great Lakes Region to the Northern and Central Plains Region, and across much of the western third of the country. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1992: One of the most destructive United States hurricanes of record started modestly as a tropical wave that emerged from the west coast of Africa on August 14. The wave spawned a tropical depression on August 16, which became Tropical Storm Andrew the next day.

75 / 69 and cloudy. Should clear out by the noon time sunny and warm low-mid 80s. Back to more clouds tomorrow Thue (8/17)ahead of the advancing trough with showers / storms Fri (8/18) but does not look very widespread at this point. Beyond there Sat (8/19) - Wed (8/23) ridge builds over KS peaking at 594 - near 600 DM. NW flow turns warm- hot by Mon (8/21) - Tue (8/22) before more N/NE flow pushes back heat. The strongest heat looks to skim the area Mon - Tue with brunt of the 850MB >20c mostly south and west of the area. Later in the month war / humid overall with rising heights and tropics active.

8/15 ACY: 92 PHL: 91 BLM: 90 New Brnswck: 86 TTN: 86 EWR: 84 JFK: 81 ISP: 80 NYC: 80 TEB: 79 LGA: 78

Records: 8/15 Highs: EWR: 99 (1988) NYC: 97 (1988) LGA: 97 (1985) Lows: EWR: 54 (1964) NYC: 54 (1964) LGA: 59 (1964) Historical: 1787 - Tornadoes were reported in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. Wethersfield CT was hard hit by the tornado outbreak. (David Ludlum) 1946 - Saint Louis, MO, was deluged with a record 8.78 inches of rain in 24 hours. (The Weather Channel) 1967 - The sundance fire in northern Idaho was started by lightning. Winds of 50 mph carried firebrands as much as ten miles in advance to ignite new fires, and as a result, the forest fire spread twenty miles across the Selkirk Mountains in just twelve hours, burning 56,000 acres. The heat of the fire produced whirlwinds of flame with winds up to 300 mph which flung giant trees about like matchsticks. (David Ludlum) 1983: Hurricane Alicia formed on this day and was the costliest tropical cyclone in the Atlantic since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. It struck Galveston and Houston, Texas directly, causing $2.6 billion (1983 USD) in damage and killing 21 people. This storm was the worst Texas hurricane since Hurricane Carla in 1961. Also, Alicia was the first billion-dollar tropical cyclone in Texas history. 1987 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a sharp cold front produced severe weather in the Upper Midwest during the afternoon and evening hours, with Minnesota and eastern South Dakota hardest hit. A thunderstorm in west central Minnesota spawned a tornado at Eagle Lake which killed one person and injured eight others. A thunder- storm in eastern South Dakota produced softball size hail at Warner. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Thirty five cities in twenty states in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Lamoni IA and Baltimore MD, where the mercury hit 105 degrees. Temperatures 100 degrees or above were reported in twenty-two states. Pierre SD was the hot spot in the nation with a high of 114 degrees. Bluefield WV reported eight straight days of record heat. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Evening thunderstorms in eastern New Mexico produced wind gusts to 66 mph at Clovis. Evening thunderstorms in West Texas produced baseball size hail around Hereford, Dimmitt, Ware and Dalhart. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

77 / 71. Warm and humid with clouds. Some isolated showers otherwise cloudy with some breaks of sun. Mid 80s warmer i there are longer breaks in the sun. Warm and humid Wed (8/16) and Thu (8/17) with some isolated showers and storms before trough and front move through Fri (8/18) with next shot at more widespread storms. Sat (8/19) - Wed (8/24) ridge builds into the GL and OV with center peaking at 594 - 600 DM. Strongest heat looks south of the areas but a warm - hot NW flow and strong heat may push through for a day 8/23 - 8/24. Rideg looks impressive with a broil under the axis. Beyond there warm overall and perhaps seasonal trend breaks with more ridging centered into the NE.

8/14 BLM: 90 EWR: 90 ACY: 89 PHL: 89 TEB: 88 LGA: 88 New Brnswck: 88 TTN: 87 NYC: 86 ISP: 85 JFK: 83

Records: Highs: EWR: 98 (2005) NYC: 99 (1988) LGA: 98 (2016) Lows: EWR: 50 (1941) NYC: 54 (1964) LGA: 69 (1964) Historical: 1936 - Temperatures across much of eastern Kansas soared above 110 degrees. Kansas City MO hit an all-time record high of 113 degrees. It was one of sixteen consecutive days of 100 degree heat for Kansas City. During that summer there were a record 53 days of 100 degree heat, and during the three summer months Kansas City received just 1.12 inches of rain. (The Kansas City Weather Almanac) 1953: Hurricane Barbara hits North Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane. Damage from the storm was relatively minor, totaling around $1.3 million (1953 USD). Most of it occurred in North Carolina and Virginia from crop damage. The hurricane left several injuries, some traffic accidents, as well as seven fatalities in the eastern United States; at least two were due to electrocution from downed power lines. Offshore Atlantic Canada, a small boat sunk, killing its crew of two. 1969: Hurricane Camille, a powerful, deadly, and destructive hurricane formed just west of the Cayman Islands on this day. It rapidly intensified, and by the time it reached western Cuba the next day, it was a Category 3 hurricane. Hurricane Camille was spawned on August 5th by a tropical wave off the coast of Africa. The storm became a tropical disturbance four days later on the 9th and a tropical storm on the 14th with a 999-millibar pressure center and 55 mph surface winds. 1987 - Slow moving thunderstorms deluged northern and western suburbs of Chicago IL with torrential rains. O'Hare Airport reported 9.35 inches in 18 hours, easily exceeding the previous 24 hour record of 6.24 inches. Flooding over a five day period resulted in 221 million dollars damage. It was Chicago's worst flash flood event, particularly for northern and western sections of the city. Kennedy Expressway became a footpath for thousands of travelers to O'Hare Airport as roads were closed. The heavy rains swelled the Des Plaines River above flood stage, and many persons had to be rescued from stalled vehicles on flooded roads. (13th- 14th) (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (The Weather Channel) 1988 - Eighteen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, and the water temperature at Lake Erie reached a record 80 degrees. Portland ME reported a record fourteen straight days of 80 degree weather. Milwaukee WI reported a record 34 days of 90 degree heat for the year. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms resulted in about fifty reports of severe weather in the northeastern U.S. One person was killed at Stockbridge MI when a tornado knocked a tree onto their camper. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Afternoon thunderstorms in Illinois soaked the town of Battendorf with 2.10 inches of rain in thirty minutes. Evening thunderstorms in Montana produced wind gusts to 66 mph at Hobson. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

82 / 67 and partly/mostly cloudy. Showers and storms later / overnigh and into Tue (8/15)t with the worst more north. Wed (8/16) - Fri (8/18) warm and more humid by Thu with next round of storms / showers with trough on Friday- Sat. Beyond there models correcting with the mega ridge centered in the southern plain peaking 600 DM. Worst of the heat looks to stay south of the region but even the NW flow 8/20 - 8/23 looks warm with shot at 90. NW flow goes more N/NE for a periodas the ridge periphery wanes south and west. Overall warm with strongest heat just south. The Midsection and southeast look to broil. Tropics alive by day 9/10. Should ridge correct north - east hotter scenario. EC ridging does showup in the way beyond but seasonal tendeny would need to break to put much stak in it. https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/GIFS/GOES16-NE-GEOCOLOR-600x600.gif

8/13 EWR: 90 ACY: 90 BLM: 89 JFK: 89 PHL: 89 New Brnswck: 88 LGA: 88 TEB: 88 ISP: 88 NYC: 88 TTN: 86

8/13 EWR: 90 ACY: 90 BLM: 89 JFK: 89 PHL: 89 New Brnswck: 88 LGA: 88 TEB: 88 ISP: 88 NYC: 88 TTN: 86

Records: Highs: EWR: 103 (2005) NYC: 99 (2005) LGA: 100 (2005) Lows: EWR: 55 (1950) NYC: 55 (1930) LGA: 56 (1979) - all records lows below 60 from this point on at LGA Historical: 1831 - A blue sun was widely observed in the southern states. The phenomena was believed to have pre-staged Nat Turner's slave uprising. (David Ludlum) 1831: The Great Barbados Hurricane was an intense Category 4 hurricane that left cataclysmic damage across the Caribbean and Louisiana in 1831. From August 11 through the 13, Bermudians were amazed to see the sun with a decidedly blue appearance, giving off an eerie blue light when it shone into rooms and other enclosed places. Ships at sea as far west as Cape Hatteras reported that "their white sails appeared a light blue colour." A month later it was learned that the astounding blue sunlight had coincided with a terrible hurricane that caused 1,477 people to lose their lives. It was assumed that the hurricane was intensive enough to cause an unusual disturbance in the higher atmospheric strata, and refraction, diffraction or absorption of light rays, to produce the blue reflection. Because the sun appeared bluish-green, Nat Turner took this as the final signal and began a slave rebellion a week later on August 21. 1919 - High winds and heavy rain struck the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. In New Jersey, winds gusted to 60 mph at Atlantic City, and nine inches of rain fell at Tuckerton. The wind and rain leveled crops and stripped trees of fruit causing several million dollars damage. (David Ludlum) 1980 - The afternoon high at New York City was just 89 degrees. But there were fifteen days of 90 degree heat during the month, their hottest August of record. (The Weather Channel) 1985 - Hail larger than golf balls, driven by 70 mph winds, moved down crops, stripped trees, and broke windows, near Logan KS. Road graders cleared three foot drifts of hail on Kansas Highway 9 east of Logan. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Thunderstorms deluged the Central Gulf Coast States with torrential rains. Thunderstorms in Mississippi drenched Marion County with up to 15 inches of rain during the morning hours, with 12.2 inches reported at Columbia. Floodwaters swept cars away in the Lakeview subdivision of Columbia when the the Lakeview Dam broke. Flash flooding caused more than three million dollars damage in Marion County. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - A dozen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Lansing MI reported a record 35 days of 90 degree weather for the year, Detroit MI reported a record 37 days of 90 degree heat for the year, and Williamsport PA reported a record 38 days of 90 degree weather for the year. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thunderstorms developing in a tropical airmass over the northeastern U.S. soaked Connecticut and Massachusetts with four to eight inches of rain over the weekend, between the 11th and 13th of the month. Hartford CT received 7.70 inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1991: Stockton, California received 0.05 inch of rainfall on this day. Since 1949, this is the only measured rainfall in Stockton on August 13th. 2014: An official, New York State 24 hour precipitation record was set at Islip, NY on August 12-13 when 13.57" of rain fell.

73 / 71 and partly cloudy. Warm and humid today with perhaps an isolated storm upper 80s to low 90s in the warm spots. Mon (8/14) turning cloudy and trough and front push through later in the evening into Tue (8/15). Looks like a widespread storms nd rain . Clears out by Wed (8/16). Beyond there overall warm with potential heat into next weekend 8/19 and beyond. GFS bonkers with ridging into the east with a 600 DM ridge into the OV while Euro much further southwest. Heat potential there for the 8/19 - 8/23 period. Beyond that will the seasonal tendency break with more prolonged ridging into the EC and trough into the WC with siustained heat or a middle ground riding an overall warm period with stronger heat to the south.

8/12 EWR: 90 BLM: 87 LGA: 87 New Brnswck: 87 ACY: 86 TEB: 86 PHL: 86 TTN: 85 NYC: 85 ISP: 82 JFK: 81

Records: Highs: EWR: 98 (2021) August blast 2 years ago NYC: 97 (1944) LGA: 98 (2021) Lows: EWR: 54 (1954) NYC: 55 (1989) LGA: 56 (1979) Historical: 1752: The following is from the Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane, published in 1849. “In the evening there was dismal thunder and lightning, and abundance of rain, and such a hurricane as was never the like in these parts of the world.” This hurricane struck Portland, Maine. 1778 - A Rhode Island hurricane prevented an impending British-French sea battle, and caused extensive damage over southeast New England. (David Ludlum) 1933 - The temperature at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, CA, hit 127 degrees to establish a U.S. record for the month of August. (The Weather Channel) 1936 - The temperature at Seymour, TX, hit 120 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel) 1955 - During the second week of August hurricanes Connie and Diane produced as much as 19 inches of rain in the northeastern U.S. forcing rivers from Virginia to Massachusetts into a high flood. Westfield MA was deluged with 18.15 inches of rain in 24 hours, and at Woonsocket RI the Blackstone River swelled from seventy feet in width to a mile and a half. Connecticut and the Delaware Valley were hardest hit. Total damage in New England was 800 million dollars, and flooding claimed 187 lives. (David Ludlum) 1987 - Early afternoon thunderstorms in Arizona produced 3.90 inches of rain in ninety minutes at Walnut National Monument (located east of Flagstaff), along with three inches of pea size hail, which had to be plowed off the roads. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Fifteen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Youngstown OH reported twenty-six days of 90 degree weather for the year, a total equal to that for the entire decade of the 1970s. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thunderstorms were scattered across nearly every state in the Union by late in the day. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Fergus Falls MN, and golf ball size hail and wind gusts to 60 mph at Black Creek WI. In the Chicago area, seven persons at a forest preserve in North Riverside were injured by lightning. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 2004: Hurricane Charley was the third named storm and the second hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. Charley lasted from August 9 to August 15, and at its peak intensity, it attained 150 mph winds, making it a strong Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. It made landfall in southwestern Florida at maximum strength, making it the most powerful hurricane to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew struck Florida in 1992. 2005: A tornado strikes Wright, Wyoming, a coal-mining community, killing two and destroying 91 homes and damaging about 30 more in around the town.

76/ 65 and partly cloudy. Some scattered storms later otherwise warm and a bit humid and mid / upper 80s. Sun (8/13) dry and warm - great beach day. Upper 80s to low 90s in the warm spots. By Mon (8/14) trough is approaching with clouds and showers/ storms by the later that night into Tue (8/15) next widespread storms and rain for the area. Beyond there overall warm with spurts of heat before ridging builds into the east by next weekend 8/19 - 8/20. We'll see if its a drier NW/W flow like the Euro or the Western Atlantic Ridge inluenced SW flow. But overall in the beyond looking warmer to much warmer than normal the last 1/3 of the month.

8/11 EWR: 88 LGA: 87 BLM: 86 New Brnswck: 86 TEB: 86 JFK: 86 TTN: 86 PHL: 86 ACY: 85 NYC: 85 ISP: 84

Records Highs: EWR 102 (1949) NYC: 102 (1944) LGA: 99 (1949) Lows: EWR: 56 (1972) NYC: 56 (1962) LGA: 57 (1962) Historical: 1940 - A major hurricane struck Savannnah, GA, and Charleston, SC, causing the worst inland flooding since 1607. (David Ludlum) 1940: A Category 2 hurricane struck the Georgia and South Carolina coast. A 13-foot storm tide was measured along the South Carolina coast, while over 15 inches of rain fell across northern North Carolina. Significant flooding and landslides struck Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia during the system's slow trek as a weakening tropical storm, and then as an extratropical cyclone, through the Southeast. The landslides which struck North Carolina were considered a once in a century event. Damages relating to the storm totaled $13 million (1940 USD), and 50 people perished. 1944 - The temperature at Burlington, VT, soared to an all-time record high of 101 degrees. (The Weather Channel) The Dog Days officially come to an end on this date, having begun the third day in July. Superstition has it that dogs tend to become mad during that time of the year. (The Weather Channel) 1980 - Clouds and moisture from Hurricane Allen provided a brief break from the torrid Texas heatwave, with daily highs mostly in the 70s to lower 90s. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - An early evening thunderstorm in Wyoming produced hail up to two inches in diameter from Alva to Hulett. Snow plows had to be used to clear Highway 24 south of Hulett, where hail formed drifts two feet deep. (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Moisture from what remained of Tropical Storm Beryl resulted in torrential rains across eastern Texas. Twelve and a half inches of rain deluged Enterprise TX, which was more than the amount received there during the previous eight months. Philadelphia PA reported a record forty-four days of 90 degree weather for the year. Baltimore MD and Newark NJ reported a record fourteen straight days of 90 degree heat. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - One of the most severe convective outbreaks of record came to a climax in southern California after four days. Thunderstorms deluged Benton CA with six inches of rain two days in a row, and the flooding which resulted caused more than a million dollars damage to homes and highways. Thunderstorms around Yellowstone Park WY produced four inches of rain in twenty minutes resulting in fifteen mudslides. Thunderstorms over Long Island NY drenched Suffolk County with 8 to 10 inches of rain. Twenty-three cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. It was, for some cities, the fourth straight morning of record cold temperatures. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1999: An F2 tornado touched down in the metropolitan area of Salt Lake City. The tornado lasted ten minutes and killed one person, injured more than 80 people, and caused more than $170 million in damages. It was the most destructive tornado in Utah's history and awakened the entire state's population to the fact that the Beehive State does experience tornadoes.

80 / 64 and mostly / partly sunny. Another amazing day on tap and overall decent weekend outside of scattered storms Sat (8/12) evening its looking very nice. Mid / upper 80s perhaps the hot spots gets to 90 with enough sun. The next trough moves through later Mon (8/14) - Tue (8/15) with scattered storms. Beyond there overall warmer with spurts of heat trickled in a day here or there. through Sat (8/19). Beyond there ridging / heights elevated into the east but caution advised with seasonal tendencies. Believe we are riding above normal.

PHL: 1.09 TTN: 0.85 New Brnswck: 0.75 BLM: 0.58 LGA: 0.49 NYC: 0.48 EWR: 0.45 TEB: 029 ISP: 0.27 JFK: 0.26

8/10 EWR: 83 LGA: 82 TEB: 82 ACY: 82 BLM: 81 New Brnswck: 81 NYC:81 ISP: 80 JFK: 78 PHL: 78 TTN: 78

Records: 8/10 Highs: EWR: 102 (1949) NYC: 98 (1949) LGA: 99 (1949) Lows: EWR: 57 (1962) NYC: 55 (1879) LGA: 57 (1962) Historical: 1856 - The Isle Derniere (Last Island) disaster occurred off the coast of Louisiana. A storm tide drowned 140 vacationers as a five foot wave swept over Low Island during a hurricane. (The Weather Channel) 1882 - Sandusky OH noted a four minute snow squall during the morning, frost was reported in the suburbs of Chicago, and a killing frost was reported at Cresco IA. (The Weather Channel) 1884: An earthquake, centered near New York City and registering a magnitude 5.5, hit the region a little after 2 PM. The tremor made houses shake, chimneys fall, and residents wonder what the heck was going on, according to a New York Times article two days later. 1898 - The temperature at Pendleton OR climbed all the way to 119 degrees at set a state record. (The Weather Channel) 1924 - Colorado's deadliest tornado killed a woman and nine children in one house along its twenty-mile path east southeast of Thurman. Mennonite men had left the farm to provide possible aid, as the 200-yard wide storm was first seen while far away.(The Weather Channel) 1936 - The temperature soared to 114 degrees at Plain Dealing, LA, and reached 120 degrees at Ozark AR, to establish record highs for those two states. (The Weather Channel) 1980 - Hurricane Allen came ashore above Brownsville, TX, dropping fifteen inches of rain near San Antonio, and up to 20 inches in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Tidal flooding occurred along the South Texas coast. Hurricane Allen packed winds to 150 mph, and also spawned twenty-nine tornadoes. Total damage from the storm was estimated at 750 million dollars. (David Ludlum) 1987 - Unseasonably hot weather continued in the southeastern U.S. Ten cities in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina reported record high temperatures for the date. Macon GA hit 101 degrees. A tropical depression deluged southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana with torrential rains. (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Citizens of Bluefield, WV, where the Chamber of Commerce provides free lemonade on days when the temperature warms into the 90s, were able to celebrate their record high of 90 degrees. Eight other cities also reported record high temperatures for the date,including Bismarck ND with a reading of 102 degrees.(The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thirty-eight cities in the south central and southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Asheville NC with a reading of 48 degrees, and Victoria TX with a low of 63 degrees. Oklahoma City OK reported a record cool afternoon high of 71 degrees, and the daily high of 64 degrees at Raleigh NC established a record for August. In Arizona, a record sixty-four day streak of 100 degree days at Phoenix came to an end.(The National Weather Summary)

77 / 68 . Cloudy with light rain showers around. Less robust totals from previously forecast now will likely yield 0.25 or more area wide. Clearing later nd overnight into a very nice / warm Fri (8/11). Perhaps the warm spots touch upper 80s to 90. The weekend looks warm and humid and mainly dry outside some popup storms later Saturday. With enough sun the warm spots to 90, otherwise mid - upper 80s. Overall warm and humid to hot at times. The next trough plows through Tue (8/15) - Wed (8/16) with storms. Warm back up by later next week before trough moves through in whats looking like a bit of back and forth with heat coming in spurts ahead of the troughs. In the way beyond we'll see if ridging sustains east of the southern plains. The Westrn Atl Ridge is nearby but not building west as initially forecast in the next 10 days.