And your area had that training storm last week also, right?
I haven’t gotten a flush hit since late June. Still less than 1” for the month. Looking at the CoCoRaHS month-to-date precip in the area really highlights how variable it can be over a really short distance. Differences of 3” or more in the same county.
Shocker, I know, but overnight guidance got less enthusiastic with daily showers and storms this coming week. A lot of too far north or too far south. Still several days to go, but summer trend would be to get screwed.
Dry soil/drought probably helps a bit. But it’s clearly getting easier to get high end (95+) heat. The June big heat had notable H5 heights, but this one hasn’t as you’ve noted.
Yeah I think it’s probably just the way it models convection. It’s too enthusiastic with (dry) convecting air mixing the boundary layer during daytime heating. You don’t get that in the cool seasons. That’s my guess at least.