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...again???

d10 is always pornish

Seems thatta way, doesn't it -

There are no muting devices in the numerical models. Unlike MOS products, which contain "climo fixes" that smooth out anomalies out in time, the numerical models will from time to time spin up scenarios out of limited provocation. One can usually do well enough to correct for them using the teleconnectors and so forth, if not common sense and/or trend analysis, much of the time. Here ... heat is not a ridiculous notion. For one, it's summer... The other is that the NAO (finally updated at CDC) is positive and forecast to stay that way for at least 10 days before perhaps slipping -.25SD negative. It is not horrible positive by any stretch, but residing in that realm for an extended length of time would integrate some inluence at our latitude eventually. Frankly, I think the pattern has been taking liberty of sort, as this stretching L/W bs solely to make the ECMWF's odd looking trough incursion verify is an anomaly relative to a weakly positive NAO domain in the ides of summer. I can see that in January but at this time of year that's not going to happen the majority of the time. Anyway, PNA on the other hand ... the teleconnector's correlation is very vague in the summer - in fact, I don't think CDC even computes the correlation coefficient for JJA because of that. However, it is highly negative and forecast to fall further to -2SD. I am just wondering if such a strong signal might eventually exert on the flow over N/A. Even without it there is room here for heat, so any such model solution shouldn't be ignored. What you can't do is hang up on details at these time ranges.

If you believe the 00z UKMET, we inferno by D6 ...probably before another brief cool-down, then the Euro heat...rinse, repeat.

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Still think tomorrow might be something to watch from say AFN-IJD-PVD on east. Instability picks up after 18z as the s/w approaches.

Maybe we'll get a lucky and the front will slow down a bit.. it will be interesting to watch the radar develop tomorrow in VT and NY.. one trend this year is that VT gets hammered in almost any setup lol

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Had an overnight low of 73 here in Lenox, which is unusual for us. Berks rarely stay above 70 degrees at night, even during the midst of summer. A busy W to SW wind kept the warm atmosphere well mixed in the valley, preventing any inversion from forming. Typically our lows are in the upper 50s to low 60s at this time of year. Winds now out of the NW as the cold front approaches and 81/66. Relief will be slow however. Now a refreshing reminder of what happened 6 months ago to do the day (taken 1/12/11 during the height of a 3-4" per hour meso snow band):

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Hopefully we'll get many more this winter. Snowman.gif

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EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION

NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD

207 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2011

VALID 12Z FRI JUL 15 2011 - 12Z TUE JUL 19 2011

...HEAT WAVE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD FROM TEXAS...

...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST...

MODELS ARE QUITE CONSISTENT AND RECENTLY IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN

DEVELOPING A WEST COAST TROUGH...AN EXPANDING WARM CORE RIDGE

ACROSS THE PLAINS...AND A WESTERN ATLANTIC/EASTERN CANADA MEAN

TROUGH DURING THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD. THE SIZE AND STRENGTH OF

THE HIGH (595 DM 500 MB HEIGHTS AT THE CORE) COMBINED WITH GOOD

MODEL AGREEMENT PROVIDE A SMALL ARRAY OF ACCEPTABLE AND NEARLY

EQUAL MODEL BLENDS TO SMOOTH SMALL-SCALE OR DETAIL DIFFERENCES

THROUGH THE PERIOD. THUS...USED A 00Z GFS/00Z ECMWF/00Z UKMET

COMPROMISE FOR THE PRESSURES/FRONTS THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE

SWITCHING TO A 00Z ECMWF/00Z GFS COMPROMISE EARLY NEXT WEEK.

THE STRENGTHENING WARM CORE RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS

SHOULD LEAD TO HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES NEAR

ITS CORE MIGRATING NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD THROUGH THE PERIOD...

WITH LOCALLY HIGHER VALUES POSSIBLE. ANY RECORD HIGHS SET DURING

THE SUMMER OF 1980 SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE THREATENED DURING THE

MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD. WHILE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS NORTHERN

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA/KANSAS SHOULD BE HARD TO COME BY...DISTURBANCES

EMBEDDED WITHIN THE INCREASINGLY DEEP EASTERLY FLOW UNDER THE BASE

OF THE RIDGE COULD LEAD TO THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE

SOUTHEAST/FLORIDA/SOUTHERN TEXAS FROM THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT

WEEK. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS A SMALL BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT

AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WHICH THE MODELS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG A

STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COAST SUNDAY THROUGH

TUESDAY. DESPITE RELATIVELY WEAK MSLP VALUES...ITS SLOW MOVEMENT

WITHIN AN ANOMALOUSLY MOIST ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTS THE

POSSIBILITY...

ALBEIT WITH LIMITED PREDICTABILITY...OF HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING

ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST COAST DURING THE SECOND HALF OF

THE PERIOD. WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR FURTHER MODEL CONTINUITY

AND/OR POTENTIALLY STRONGER SCENARIOS FOR INCREASING CONFIDENCE.

FOR NOW WILL DEPICT A WEAK LOW NEAR THE GA/SC COAST PER

COORDINATION WITH THE NHC AND SLIGHTLY INCREASE THE DAY 4/5 QPF

TOTALS. OTHERWISE... AFTERNOON AND EVENING MONSOON-RELATED

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL

ROCKIES WEST OF THE RIDGE...WHILE ANY THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES THAT

FORM ALONG THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE SHOULD MOVE FROM

THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH SOUTHEAST CANADA/THE GREAT

LAKES...BEFORE POSSIBLY DROPPING INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC...SKIPPING THE

NORTHEASTERN STATES WHERE NO HEAT OR STORMS OR FUN CAN BE

EXPECTED FOR KEVIN.

ROTH/JAMES

$$

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EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION

NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD

207 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2011

VALID 12Z FRI JUL 15 2011 - 12Z TUE JUL 19 2011

...HEAT WAVE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD FROM TEXAS...

...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST...

MODELS ARE QUITE CONSISTENT AND RECENTLY IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN

DEVELOPING A WEST COAST TROUGH...AN EXPANDING WARM CORE RIDGE

ACROSS THE PLAINS...AND A WESTERN ATLANTIC/EASTERN CANADA MEAN

TROUGH DURING THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD. THE SIZE AND STRENGTH OF

THE HIGH (595 DM 500 MB HEIGHTS AT THE CORE) COMBINED WITH GOOD

MODEL AGREEMENT PROVIDE A SMALL ARRAY OF ACCEPTABLE AND NEARLY

EQUAL MODEL BLENDS TO SMOOTH SMALL-SCALE OR DETAIL DIFFERENCES

THROUGH THE PERIOD. THUS...USED A 00Z GFS/00Z ECMWF/00Z UKMET

COMPROMISE FOR THE PRESSURES/FRONTS THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE

SWITCHING TO A 00Z ECMWF/00Z GFS COMPROMISE EARLY NEXT WEEK.

THE STRENGTHENING WARM CORE RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS

SHOULD LEAD TO HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES NEAR

ITS CORE MIGRATING NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD THROUGH THE PERIOD...

WITH LOCALLY HIGHER VALUES POSSIBLE. ANY RECORD HIGHS SET DURING

THE SUMMER OF 1980 SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE THREATENED DURING THE

MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD. WHILE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS NORTHERN

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA/KANSAS SHOULD BE HARD TO COME BY...DISTURBANCES

EMBEDDED WITHIN THE INCREASINGLY DEEP EASTERLY FLOW UNDER THE BASE

OF THE RIDGE COULD LEAD TO THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE

SOUTHEAST/FLORIDA/SOUTHERN TEXAS FROM THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT

WEEK. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS A SMALL BUT POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT

AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WHICH THE MODELS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG A

STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COAST SUNDAY THROUGH

TUESDAY. DESPITE RELATIVELY WEAK MSLP VALUES...ITS SLOW MOVEMENT

WITHIN AN ANOMALOUSLY MOIST ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTS THE

POSSIBILITY...

ALBEIT WITH LIMITED PREDICTABILITY...OF HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING

ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST COAST DURING THE SECOND HALF OF

THE PERIOD. WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR FURTHER MODEL CONTINUITY

AND/OR POTENTIALLY STRONGER SCENARIOS FOR INCREASING CONFIDENCE.

FOR NOW WILL DEPICT A WEAK LOW NEAR THE GA/SC COAST PER

COORDINATION WITH THE NHC AND SLIGHTLY INCREASE THE DAY 4/5 QPF

TOTALS. OTHERWISE... AFTERNOON AND EVENING MONSOON-RELATED

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL

ROCKIES WEST OF THE RIDGE...WHILE ANY THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES THAT

FORM ALONG THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE SHOULD MOVE FROM

THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH SOUTHEAST CANADA/THE GREAT

LAKES...BEFORE POSSIBLY DROPPING INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC...SKIPPING THE

NORTHEASTERN STATES WHERE NO HEAT OR STORMS OR FUN CAN BE

EXPECTED FOR KEVIN.

ROTH/JAMES

$$

:whistle: y'all need a pair of matching handbaskets...

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12z euro is doing today exactly what it has been doing for days / weeks now - that is, showing several runs in a row with big heat ejecting from the plains and moving toward us, only to follow it up with a run that keeps persistent troughing north of New England and essentially blocking any real true mega-warmth from running into the region. just gets shunted SE.

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That's gross. AC is required with those temps.

A/C makes you weak.

Had an overnight low of 73 here in Lenox, which is unusual for us. Berks rarely stay above 70 degrees at night, even during the midst of summer. A busy W to SW wind kept the warm atmosphere well mixed in the valley, preventing any inversion from forming. Typically our lows are in the upper 50s to low 60s at this time of year. Winds now out of the NW as the cold front approaches and 81/66. Relief will be slow however. Now a refreshing reminder of what happened 6 months ago to do the day (taken 1/12/11 during the height of a 3-4" per hour meso snow band):

Hopefully we'll get many more this winter. Snowman.gif

Nice Mitch, I remember that well. Can't wait for more fun.

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78/67, a high of 83, 78 @ 2k, a warm day but toothless as a torch. The best thing about the day has been the persistent and at times strong wind. Looking forward to the lower DP's.

As far as July days go, they don't get a whole lot better than today. I topped out at 81.8 but the strong breeze and sitting on the shaded deck felt just awesome. Looking forward to some better sleeping weather tonight. Awful one last night, only dropped to 69.0.

81.0/68

Edit: winds have shifted from the WNW to the NW==looking forward to the approaching dp's.

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Awful. My highs were 78.3 on Sunday, 84.3 yesterday (ugh), and 81.8 today. No AC, though last night did suck with the low of 69.

I'll still have A/C with a low of 69. I'm always someone who feels warm. It's like I have some sort of nuclear fission going on inside me. Even in winter, I'll be the guy with no coat.

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Wrong....A/C prevents your house from smelling like a toilet and having black flies take chunks of your arm off. No thanks. My A/C has been set to North Pole since Sunday.

WTF? Yet, by some miracle, MPM and I will survive the whole summer without a/c.lol Our house smells like flowers as the nice breeze wafts the fragrance of summer through the house. Something you don't get when the house is under a/c lock down.

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As far as July days go, they don't get a whole lot better than today. I topped out at 81.8 but the strong breeze and sitting on the shaded deck felt just awesome. Looking forward to some better sleeping weather tonight. Awful one last night, only dropped to 69.0.

81.0/68

Edit: winds have shifted from the WNW to the NW==looking forward to the approaching dp's.

The wind has taken any bite out of the warm temps and high DP's. I'm truly looking forward to the first autumn air mass which is now likely only 60 days or less away.

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WTF? Yet, by some miracle, MPM and I will survive the whole summer without a/c.lol Our house smells like flowers as the nice breeze wafts the fragrance of summer through the house. Something you don't get when the house is under a/c lock down.

Sounds like you use a lot of Glade to cover up the B/O.

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