heh. It seems like on a coarse global scale the model physics always want to torch us toward d10, but we all know how those nuances sneak into the flow as we close in and we get those sneaky BDs or late digging troughs that offer just a bit of relief. There’s a whole lotta land to our west and that ridge generally prefers to feed off of itself out there...and then the natural wavelengths tend to want to recede heights our way especially with cooler waters to our NE. Of course you can basically reverse that terminology for winter.
I don’t think a heat wave is a slam dunk. Tuesday may be a problem and we’ll see if we get a day later in the week with enough rain/clouds to foil it. The dews will be the worst yet though...days and days of swampazz. Maybe they can rack up a 70° min wave.
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There is such a thing as moderate and heavy drizzle, but I doubt that’s what they were going for there. Droplet size is what distinguishes drizzle from rain. Intensity is different from rain though. Rainfall is based on rates and drizzle is off of visibility like snow. So drizzle reducing visibility to 1/4SM would be +DZ.