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Would be a tad windy...just your everyday 73mb pressure gradient between IN and WY.

Yikes...that would shatter the Lower 48 high pressure record (1064mb in Miles City, MT 12/24/1983).

1064mb in Miles City, MT on 12/24/1983. Would be a tad windy on that panel, with a 73mb pressure gradient between IN and WY.

Anyone know where Hoosier is? Haven't seen him post lately.

Day 10 Euro shows a 1070mb high in Alberta...that's crazy. Of course, it's only one run of an op model 10 days out. The Lower 48 record is 1064mb in Miles City, MT on 12/24/1983.

Wow, a 1070mb high in Alberta. I know it's a Day 10 Euro prog...but that's insane. For reference, the Lower 48 record is 1064mb in Miles City, MT on 12/24/1983.

You'd think this would be a great look in the MW/GL, given the mean trough being in a decent spot (a bit west) to avoid storms being suppressed. But it seems like no Day 8+ fantasy storms are showing up on the op runs yet. Or, my interpretation of the map could be wrong...

12/24/1983 was one of the coldest days on record in Chicago. High -11, low -25.

You rang? George's post got 16 hot dogs - could be a new record! All in good fun.

And then some insane cold in January 1982.

Yeah, I’d put 1/2/99 at the top for those same reasons. #2 would be the super bowl storm in 2015…an incredibly wintry scene that kicked off the very cold month of Feb 2015. #3 would be 2/2/11 (GHD 1). #4 is 1/30/19, extreme cold and wind chills around -50.

Nice…and funny that all of those temps are even numbers. Very difficult to have a 60+ min this time of year, with the long nights.

This is Chicago's 2nd warmest temp on record for so late in the season (it was 78 on 11/14/1971). Also, if the cold front can hold off until after midnight, the record high min for November 10th will be shattered...which is amazing with a 150+ year POR. Current record is 52 set in 1949. Today's min (so far) has been 62.

^ Very impressive airmass. Mason City IA dropped to 15, tying the coldest on record so early in the season (it was 15 on this date in 1972). Records go back to 1893. Only hit 30 here, as it was too windy and cloudy for much of the overnight.

Yeah…even though we’ve certainly had colder temps (1/31/2019 as a recent example), I’d have to say the morning of 1/6/2014 was the most “arctic tundra” feeling I’ve ever experienced here. About 15” of snow on the ground, cloudy skies, gusty winds and blowing snow, and temps around -17. An incredible airmass, as you don’t often get temps that low here without high pressure and clear skies.

38 here, pretty chilly for September in these parts.

When NHC says “max sustained winds of 105 mph”, that could be based on extrapolation or other estimates…as there may not be reliable surface obs in the exact/tiny spot where the max sustained winds are occurring. Usually, the max sustained wind values are very localized in a hurricane. Most areas “near” the eye wall (and even this covers a small geographic area) are probably 70-90 mph. The max of 105 mph could be a very tiny surface area on the ground (and therefore likely missed by obs)…but could still technically be correct because of the word “max”…even as it’s actually not experienced by a lot of people. The exact words are very important here. I agree there could probably be more accurate and meaningful ways of communicating the areas of higher sustained winds for a hurricane…but people are drawn to the “max” because it’s sexier. Just my two cents.

Go for it. As with every thread, people can participate (or not) at their discretion.

The heat out west over the past week has been remarkable. One example - before this year, Salt Lake City's September record high was 100F. They broke it on 9/1 (102F), then broke it again on 9/3 (103F), then again on 9/5 (104F), then again on 9/6 (105F), then again on 9/7 (107F).

While I acknowledge the explanation about how the daily temperature curve differs in Phoenix vs. Chicago (which is interesting and makes sense), the high overnight temps in the heat island of Phoenix metro have a huge impact on those who are more vulnerable. The body doesn't have a chance to recover when there is a prolonged stretch of very warm nights; it's not just the hot afternoons that are dangerous for humans. In Chicago's 1995 heat wave, I believe studies showed that many of the 700+ deaths occurred because there was no relief at night.

What's amazing (bad) is that every single min temp of 93+ in their historical record has occurred since 2003. And, in the entire 75-year period up through 1969, there were only two min temps of 90+ (one day with 90, one day with 91).

TX/OK high temps today: Wichita Falls 115 Lawton 114 Denton 111 Abilene 110 OKC 110 (only their 12th 110+ day on record; first since 2012) DFW 109 San Angelo 108

And 115 in Wichita Falls TX

DFW peaked at 109. Still 96 at 11 pm local time.