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July 2011 general discussion/obs thread


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It's putting out 94, 93, and 92 for Fri, Sat, and Sun for LAF. Heat wave #2 of the summer here get ready, get set...

Still not seeing any signs that we're going to mix to 850 mb on Friday but I guess we will get a better handle on that as it gets closer. Either way, 90's look pretty likely.

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Still not seeing any signs that we're going to mix to 850 mb on Friday but I guess we will get a better handle on that as it gets closer. Either way, 90's look pretty likely.

I'd say so.

Also, it's been a little too high in the extended most times, but 12z GFS throwing up a 80 (Fri), 81 (Sat), 79 (Sun), and 78 (Mon) for dewpoints for LAF. Sticky icky.

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I wouldn't say that...

Sat-Mon have a good chance of being in the low 90's too.

Looks quite possible. Not much cooling behind the front. Monday may be a little more questionable but that is a long way off. This is all contingent on not having MCSs screwing things up.

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Looks quite possible. Not much cooling behind the front. Monday may be a little more questionable but that is a long way off. This is all contingent on not having MCSs screwing things up.

Or saving the day, depending on your perspective. ;)

Regardless, a stifling 4th of July weekend upcoming with the heat/humidity combo here in LAF. Probably my least favorite weather of all. I'd go as far as saying that 33 and rain is more enjoyable to me. :o:fever:

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Or saving the day, depending on your perspective. ;)

Regardless, a stifling 4th of July weekend upcoming with the heat/humidity combo here in LAF. Probably my least favorite weather of all. I'd go as far as saying that 33 and rain is more enjoyable to me. :o:fever:

33 and rain? Say it ain't snow!

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I wouldn't say that...

Sat-Mon have a good chance of being in the low 90's too.

We'll see, but i won't be surprised if the same record that has been playing lately gets another spin, although the setup doesn't look all that muddy from a convective standpoint, it doesn't take much of a ripple to set off a noctunal mcs that screws everything up.

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Im not a good long range forecaster, pattern predicter. I have a fireworks show to put on July 3rd Sunday evening. What is the pattern looking like? Are we going to be hot and capped or is there the possiblity of storms? I doubt this pattern would lend itself to an all day rain type deal right? Maybe more scattered in nature? Thanks.

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Combine that with the 2M dew points around 24C, and you're talking about a HI of 110F+.

Of course were talking about something that's 3 days out and is at the end of the model run though.

Yeah that's too much, I remember in July or August 06? there were a couple day's here in the Detroit area where it was something like 97/78. Just too warm, btw what are they calling for lows Thurs/Fri/Sat nights?

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LOT seems to be the only midwestern WFO appreciating the magnitude of this heat. Either that or the other offices are just regurgitating unrealistic model temperatures with no human value added. It was that model regurgitation that resulted in many places busting 5 or more degrees during the early June heat wave.

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It is a difficult call much like early June. Probably will have a better feel tomorrow night. They weren't amped up enough with the intial early June impluse then were to flat with the bigger proceeding wave.

Hopefully we don't have that mess again as we are in the heart of summer, though I wonder if the impulses are going to spin around the h5 out west, which could be troublesome for the models to handle. Generally, you would expect a intially wave then another wave like early June pushing another heat dome, then collapse back into a cooler pattern while at least some blocking resumes. It would be unsual for the heat to continue throughout July and into August.

Agreed. I suspect after this heat wave ends, the heat dome will retrograde westward with searing heat into the four corners and all the way into Cali, Wash., and Ore. The east coast should stay fairly warm on the western periphery of a large ridge of high pressure over the western Atlantic. The Great Lakes will see seasonable temps, as a slight trough moves in -- but it shouldn't be too cool as heights and H85 temps should remain near seasonal norms. However, clouds and showers could cause lower daytime highs.

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from LOT...can't remember the last time we had a shot at back to back days here at 100 degrees.

AT THIS TIME...MAIN WEATHER CONCERN OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS WILL BE AN

INCREASING LIKELIHOOD OF OPPRESSIVE HEAT ON FRIDAY. AMPLIFYING

MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS WILL SHIFT EAST

ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY BY EARLY FRIDAY. FURTHERMORE...THIS UPPER

HIGH CENTER IS FORECAST TO BUILD/EXPAND FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

THIS WARMING ALOFT IS REFLECTED BY INCREASED CAPPING OF CONVECTION

ADVERTISED BY FORECAST SOUNDINGS. THEREFORE...IT APPEARS LESS AND

LESS LIKELY THAT ENOUGH CLOUD COVER WILL BE PRESENT ON FRIDAY TO

AFFECT MAX TEMPERATURES. IN ADDITION...A WEST TO EAST ORIENTED LOW

LEVEL FLOW IS FORECAST TO PUNCH ACROSS IA AND INTO SRN WI/NRN IL ON

FRIDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS SUPPORTS EXTENSION

OF 850 MB THERMAL RIDGE EWD ACROSS THE FA...WITH GUIDANCE

CONSISTENT IN BRINGING TEMPS OF 26 C OR GREATER ACROSS REGION.

GIVEN THESE OPTIMUM CONDITIONS FOR REALIZING MAXIMUM

HEATING...SUSPECT TESTBED FORECAST HIGHS FOR FRIDAY REMAIN A BIT TOO

CONSERVATIVE...ESPECIALLY IN REGIONS PRONE TO DEVELOPING URBAN HEAT

ISLANDS. FOR THIS REASON HAVE BUMPED UP FORECAST MAXES A BIT INTO

THE MID AND UPPER 90S...AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF A FEW

LOCATIONS HIT 100. WITH BUILDING HEIGHTS FORECAST...GUIDANCE HAS

DELAYED ARRIVAL OF WEAK COLD FRONT FORECAST TO SAG SWD ACROSS THE

AREA UNTIL PERHAPS SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...GREATER DEW POINT

POOLING (SURFACE DEW POINTS INTO THE UPPER 70S) AHEAD OF THIS

BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STAY JUST NORTH/NORTHWEST OF THE FA...WITH

LOW LEVEL DIURNAL MIXING PERHAPS LOWERING DEW POINTS OVER THE SOUTH

AND EAST PORTIONS OF THE FA FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

WITH COLD FROPA NOT EXPECTED UNTIL SATURDAY...HAVE BUMPED UP

FORECAST MAX'S FOR SATURDAY. DEW POINTS MAY ALSO NEED SOME

ADJUSTMENT UPWARD ESPECIALLY IF POOLING OCCURS ALONG BOUNDARY DURING

FRONTOLYSIS. RESULT IS THAT SATURDAY MAY ALSO HAVE HI'S OVER 100 AND

WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS FOR POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS REGARDING HEAT

HEADLINES.

FOR NOW...FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT A HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED

FOR FRIDAY AS HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACH OR EXCEED 105. IF LATER

FORECASTS SUPPORT THESE CONDITIONS EXTENDING THROUGH SATURDAY...A

HEAT WATCH MAY BE NEEDED.

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Yeah that's too much, I remember in July or August 06? there were a couple day's here in the Detroit area where it was something like 97/78. Just too warm, btw what are they calling for lows Thurs/Fri/Sat nights?

LOT is going with 71/75/71 for ORD and 71/81/70 downtown.

Skilling has 74/76/72 for ORD.

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from LOT...can't remember the last time we had a shot at back to back days here at 100 degrees.

AT THIS TIME...MAIN WEATHER CONCERN OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS WILL BE AN

INCREASING LIKELIHOOD OF OPPRESSIVE HEAT ON FRIDAY. AMPLIFYING

MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS WILL SHIFT EAST

ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY BY EARLY FRIDAY. FURTHERMORE...THIS UPPER

HIGH CENTER IS FORECAST TO BUILD/EXPAND FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

THIS WARMING ALOFT IS REFLECTED BY INCREASED CAPPING OF CONVECTION

ADVERTISED BY FORECAST SOUNDINGS. THEREFORE...IT APPEARS LESS AND

LESS LIKELY THAT ENOUGH CLOUD COVER WILL BE PRESENT ON FRIDAY TO

AFFECT MAX TEMPERATURES. IN ADDITION...A WEST TO EAST ORIENTED LOW

LEVEL FLOW IS FORECAST TO PUNCH ACROSS IA AND INTO SRN WI/NRN IL ON

FRIDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS SUPPORTS EXTENSION

OF 850 MB THERMAL RIDGE EWD ACROSS THE FA...WITH GUIDANCE

CONSISTENT IN BRINGING TEMPS OF 26 C OR GREATER ACROSS REGION.

GIVEN THESE OPTIMUM CONDITIONS FOR REALIZING MAXIMUM

HEATING...SUSPECT TESTBED FORECAST HIGHS FOR FRIDAY REMAIN A BIT TOO

CONSERVATIVE...ESPECIALLY IN REGIONS PRONE TO DEVELOPING URBAN HEAT

ISLANDS. FOR THIS REASON HAVE BUMPED UP FORECAST MAXES A BIT INTO

THE MID AND UPPER 90S...AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF A FEW

LOCATIONS HIT 100. WITH BUILDING HEIGHTS FORECAST...GUIDANCE HAS

DELAYED ARRIVAL OF WEAK COLD FRONT FORECAST TO SAG SWD ACROSS THE

AREA UNTIL PERHAPS SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...GREATER DEW POINT

POOLING (SURFACE DEW POINTS INTO THE UPPER 70S) AHEAD OF THIS

BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STAY JUST NORTH/NORTHWEST OF THE FA...WITH

LOW LEVEL DIURNAL MIXING PERHAPS LOWERING DEW POINTS OVER THE SOUTH

AND EAST PORTIONS OF THE FA FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

WITH COLD FROPA NOT EXPECTED UNTIL SATURDAY...HAVE BUMPED UP

FORECAST MAX'S FOR SATURDAY. DEW POINTS MAY ALSO NEED SOME

ADJUSTMENT UPWARD ESPECIALLY IF POOLING OCCURS ALONG BOUNDARY DURING

FRONTOLYSIS. RESULT IS THAT SATURDAY MAY ALSO HAVE HI'S OVER 100 AND

WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS FOR POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS REGARDING HEAT

HEADLINES.

FOR NOW...FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT A HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED

FOR FRIDAY AS HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACH OR EXCEED 105. IF LATER

FORECASTS SUPPORT THESE CONDITIONS EXTENDING THROUGH SATURDAY...A

HEAT WATCH MAY BE NEEDED.

Well, they are talking about the heat index. I don't imagine it's super difficult to get 2 days in a row of that.

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from LOT...can't remember the last time we had a shot at back to back days here at 100 degrees.

AT THIS TIME...MAIN WEATHER CONCERN OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS WILL BE AN

INCREASING LIKELIHOOD OF OPPRESSIVE HEAT ON FRIDAY. AMPLIFYING

MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS WILL SHIFT EAST

ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY BY EARLY FRIDAY. FURTHERMORE...THIS UPPER

HIGH CENTER IS FORECAST TO BUILD/EXPAND FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

THIS WARMING ALOFT IS REFLECTED BY INCREASED CAPPING OF CONVECTION

ADVERTISED BY FORECAST SOUNDINGS. THEREFORE...IT APPEARS LESS AND

LESS LIKELY THAT ENOUGH CLOUD COVER WILL BE PRESENT ON FRIDAY TO

AFFECT MAX TEMPERATURES. IN ADDITION...A WEST TO EAST ORIENTED LOW

LEVEL FLOW IS FORECAST TO PUNCH ACROSS IA AND INTO SRN WI/NRN IL ON

FRIDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS SUPPORTS EXTENSION

OF 850 MB THERMAL RIDGE EWD ACROSS THE FA...WITH GUIDANCE

CONSISTENT IN BRINGING TEMPS OF 26 C OR GREATER ACROSS REGION.

GIVEN THESE OPTIMUM CONDITIONS FOR REALIZING MAXIMUM

HEATING...SUSPECT TESTBED FORECAST HIGHS FOR FRIDAY REMAIN A BIT TOO

CONSERVATIVE...ESPECIALLY IN REGIONS PRONE TO DEVELOPING URBAN HEAT

ISLANDS. FOR THIS REASON HAVE BUMPED UP FORECAST MAXES A BIT INTO

THE MID AND UPPER 90S...AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF A FEW

LOCATIONS HIT 100. WITH BUILDING HEIGHTS FORECAST...GUIDANCE HAS

DELAYED ARRIVAL OF WEAK COLD FRONT FORECAST TO SAG SWD ACROSS THE

AREA UNTIL PERHAPS SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...GREATER DEW POINT

POOLING (SURFACE DEW POINTS INTO THE UPPER 70S) AHEAD OF THIS

BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STAY JUST NORTH/NORTHWEST OF THE FA...WITH

LOW LEVEL DIURNAL MIXING PERHAPS LOWERING DEW POINTS OVER THE SOUTH

AND EAST PORTIONS OF THE FA FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

WITH COLD FROPA NOT EXPECTED UNTIL SATURDAY...HAVE BUMPED UP

FORECAST MAX'S FOR SATURDAY. DEW POINTS MAY ALSO NEED SOME

ADJUSTMENT UPWARD ESPECIALLY IF POOLING OCCURS ALONG BOUNDARY DURING

FRONTOLYSIS. RESULT IS THAT SATURDAY MAY ALSO HAVE HI'S OVER 100 AND

WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS FOR POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS REGARDING HEAT

HEADLINES.

FOR NOW...FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT A HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED

FOR FRIDAY AS HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACH OR EXCEED 105. IF LATER

FORECASTS SUPPORT THESE CONDITIONS EXTENDING THROUGH SATURDAY...A

HEAT WATCH MAY BE NEEDED.

That means heat indices, I think.

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