TimChgo9 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Pool sounds great but watch your skin today.. can get fried again even if its cloudy.. Goood luck down there with the power situation.. sounds like my worst nightmare weather wise and I feel terrible for all those with outages.. Hoping we get a serious break towards the end of the month and it wouldn't surprise me if august comes in a pretty pleasant month overall, Well, I am hoping for a pleasant August, at least in the 2nd half. Power situation is dicey at best, the grid I am on covers my part of Western Springs, and part of LaGrange Park, north of Ogden and east of the Forest Preserve. The feeder lines to my neighborhood come from that area as well, and up in LaGrange Park they are struggling to keep the lines up. A very large Retirement Home/Nursing Home complex are powered from our grid, so, keeping the electricity going is important. So far, nothing has happened my way, but every time I hear LaGrange Park's FD head out on a blown transformer, or downed lines, I get worried. As we get deeper into this heat wave, it becomes an even bigger concern. I am hoping for a break in this thing before the end of the month, but that doesn't look likely.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Heatwave last all weekend on the euro... cooler day on monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 getting sunnier by the min. Prob enough time to get to 95 like yesterday. Doing 91 with clouds. 93 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 93 now. Still reporting cloudy too. i'd call it hazy sunshine Daddy long legs up to 94/79 112 HI Dells 88/77 when will those gross dp's make it to mke and chi? tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Muscatine, IA just hit 100...the highest temp this far northeast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Daddy long legs up to 94/79 111 HI when will those gross dp's make it to mke and chi? tonight? We should continue to see an increased pool of moisture into the evening and night. MSN is 91/79. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLMKA Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 When is the heatwave going to break? RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) starts Sunday, I'm hoping for the sake of everyone riding that the temperature and dewpoints drop before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Boscobel Airport in SW WI 98/79 117 HI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Intrahour 96 at DTW, but a lot of rain shortly after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 wiener #2 92 in LAF Big game three tomorrow but I expect i'm going down without some miracle. Not sure why in the hell I went 94 when there was supposed to be a little break tomorrow. Should be 2-1 with interesting games 5 & 6 to decide it. Should be a scorcher in the Dells when we arrive around 5 with it clearing out nicely. Noah's Ark tomorrow.. Hide your daughters moms This debris stuff is tricky so you never know. If we get a lot of sun tomorrow then we'll hit the low 90's easily and possibly mid 90's. Kicking myself for not going higher after midweek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlord81 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 This debris stuff is tricky so you never know. If we get a lot of sun tomorrow then we'll hit the low 90's easily and possibly mid 90's. Kicking myself for not going higher after midweek. Someone in central indiana is going to hit 100. Not widespread and if any rain falls between now and midweek it wont happen. We havent had much issue warming even with extensive clouds. Im thinking LAF tops 98-99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Someone in central indiana is going to hit 100. Not widespread and if any rain falls between now and midweek it wont happen. We havent had much issue warming even with extensive clouds. Im thinking LAF tops 98-99. Maybe at somebody's backyard weather station. I'm doubtful it happens at an official site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 92/83... 116 here at my house as of 2:45pm we're close behind 96/79 now... 114 msp is just warm and dry at 98/76... 112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHSnow Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Record high of 96 at Toledo today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonbo Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 98/76 here but the wind (seems to be 10-15mph) just makes it feel even worse than it already does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHSnow Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Here's where we are at this point in the lower Great Lakes region, in terms of past Julys. These figures are counting today's highs and lows as reported in the climate summary (lows may drop a few degrees before 1 AM but it shouldn't effect these numbers by more than a tenth or two of a degree at most. This is just to get an idea -- these should climb more over the next weeks as temps look to remain generally at or above 90 through the week (with a couple days probably reaching mid to upper 90s). Detroit 88.2/67.5 MEAN 77.8 (4th warmest on record) Flint 88.3/63.1 MEAN 75.7(8th warmest on record) Toledo 89.4/64.7 MEAN 77.0 Cleveland 84.8/66.2 MEAN 75.5 Mansfield 86.1/63.2 MEAN 74.6 (7th warmest on record) Both CLE and TOL are just outside the top ten at this point, but very close and the top ten at both are very clustered, so it could run up the list in a hurry. It's also worth noting that a lot of the records are from way back when the records were kept in the actual city and not at the airport, so this month could actually be even hotter than implied by these figures. For instance, it's the 2nd warmest July since records have been kept at Metro Wayne Airport, 2nd warmest July at Flint Bishop Airport, and 3rd warmest at Mansfield Lahm Airport. And I don't point that out to slight some of the earlier years, I'm sure they were plenty hot. But even a warm bias of 1 or 1.5 degrees can make a huge difference in the overall rankings. Edit: And here's Chicago and Rockford. Chicago 87.6/68.2 MEAN 77.9 (7th warmest on record) Rockford 88.9/66.5 MEAN 77.7 (8th warmest on record) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 GFS says "What cool down?" through mid-next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 THANK GOD for Thundershowers! We must have had 1" of rain in less then 30 min! Got drenched rain felt like it was from a jacuzzi. Topped off at 93 degrees in Flint but the fun has just begun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Highest dewpoint of the season so far here earlier this afternoon when we hit 79.8. At 93/79 right now with 110 HI. Peak index hit 113, with a high temp of 94. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roardog Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 T-storms interupted the heat here today. Even though I hate heat, I'm kind of rooting for a 100F somewhere nearb ythis week just because it doesn't happen very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Temp peaked at 96 at DTW just before the storm dropped it 20 degrees. Got 0.57" imby. While i HATE the heat with a passion and will be staying indoors almost continuously save for walking to the car to go to work, out, etc....I must say it is nice to finally see a heatwave for the weather data. We used to get these kind of heatwaves almost every summer in the 1930s, and frequently throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Lately, we rarely get a heatwave (which is 3 or more consecutive days of 90F+) let alone something like this, which looks to be the biggest heatwave here since 1988. The 2000s were the decade with the least amount of 90F heat in a century. Also, can we finally hit 100F on Thursday for the first time in 16 years? Kind of fitting, after such a classic winter of heavy snowfall and constant snowcover to see a summer of several heatwaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHSnow Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 The hot, dry summer starting to take its toll on farmers. Sounds like a rough year for the corn crop. At least there was some much needed rain up there today, but I don't know if it was enough. Supposed to be in the mid to upper 90s the rest of the week in Toledo, with the potential for reaching 100 for the first time in sixteen years. http://www.foxtoledo.com/dpp/news/local/corn-crop-wilts-under-heat-drought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnchaser Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 The hot, dry summer starting to take its toll on farmers. Sounds like a rough year for the corn crop. At least there was some much needed rain up there today, but I don't know if it was enough. Supposed to be in the mid to upper 90s the rest of the week in Toledo, with the potential for reaching 100 for the first time in sixteen years. http://www.foxtoledo...er-heat-drought Here in MN this is just what our water logged fields needed, the cool rainy start to the growing season kinda hurt us. But now we are sitting in pretty good shape. Worked 10 hours out in the heat today. Currently its 91/81 Heat index of 110 degrees, It was near 114 earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 A few 80F dews in IL again... FEP: 90/81 DKB: 86/81 90/78 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Wow, bullseye on my ORD call today. Sort of amazing given the potential wide range in temps on a day like this. Better enjoy this one cause I probably won't be so lucky the rest of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHSnow Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Temp peaked at 96 at DTW just before the storm dropped it 20 degrees. Got 0.57" imby. While i HATE the heat with a passion and will be staying indoors almost continuously save for walking to the car to go to work, out, etc....I must say it is nice to finally see a heatwave for the weather data. We used to get these kind of heatwaves almost every summer in the 1930s, and frequently throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Lately, we rarely get a heatwave (which is 3 or more consecutive days of 90F+) let alone something like this, which looks to be the biggest heatwave here since 1988. The 2000s were the decade with the least amount of 90F heat in a century. Also, can we finally hit 100F on Thursday for the first time in 16 years? Kind of fitting, after such a classic winter of heavy snowfall and constant snowcover to see a summer of several heatwaves. Yeah. Almost makes you wonder if we aren't heading into another period like the 1930s. Last summer was the fifth warmest on record nationally, with 12 states and the District of Columbia recording their hottest summers on record. This July has been historically hot too -- looking at the current departures and forecasts, I think we will be very close to the record set in 1936. Oregon and Washington look like the only states that will be below normal. Much of the rest of the country is much above normal, and Oklahoma and some surrounding states will be near record warm Julys. As for lower Michigan, I plugged in the current monthly highs/lows/mean for Detroit Metro Wayne Airport and Flint Bishop International Airport, with the NWS point-click forecast for the next week. Here's the figures that gives: DTW 89.6/69.5/79.5 FNT 89.5/65.7/77.6 Here's how that stacks up to the hottest years. So, through the 25th (if the NWS is right and their forecast does seem very reasonable), this would be the hottest month on record at Detroit, leading July 1955 and 1921 by 0.5 degrees, and the third hottest month at Flint, trailing only July 1921 and 1935 (although easily the hottest since records have been kept at the airport). DTW 2011 79.5 1955 79.0 1921 79.0 1916 77.9 1931 77.7 FNT 1921 78.0 1935 77.7 2011 77.6 1934 76.7 1955 76.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Ended up with a high of 92 at ORD and 91 here. If not for convective debris, we likely would have been in the upper 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdrenken Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Knoxville, IA gauge. In the quick scan of the state, it was the most impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 A few 80F dews in IL again... FEP: 90/81 DKB: 86/81 90/78 here. Add RFD to the list... 87/80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Summer, baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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