Yeah it feels like that mountain west heat like in WY/MT where it’s pleasant nights and then it shoots up into the 80s with low dews pretty quickly. Rinse, repeat.
12z gfs is getting a little more aggressive with these cool shots...the one this week and a sneaky sorta backdoor next week that at least lowers the humidity a bit. Then we're in lalaland with alternating heat and weaker cold fronts, but it's probably a reminder to not stray too far from persistence just yet.
Yup...mid July and it hasn't really felt like summer yet. At least not compared to what we've gotten used to over the last 2 decades. Even if it comes in hot and heavy for a few weeks the window of potential oppressiveness has been narrowed. I think it'd have to be balls to the wall heat and humidity from this weekend into early September to really change the theme in my head describing this warm season.
idk...this one looks more legit with right now a mild down at best behind it. I think we'll see a few big heat days in that 1-2+ week period. Especially if we can tap and advect in plumes of modified excessive heat out of that Plains ridge.
I used to DJ in the 90s and once in a blue moon we'd have a gig where the people were total dicks and when the night was over, and we were breaking the gear down, we'd quietly play the Rodeo Song in the background.