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Indianapolis 2011 Summer Records Discussion

Chicago WX

By Chicago WX,
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  1. 1. How many consecutive 90º+ days at IND?

  2. 2. Will 2011 be the hottest summer on record at IND?


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Hoosier

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Well, I guess I shouldn't have been so bold in my discussion yesterday saying we wouldn't hit the 90 mark today. D'oh!!!

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN

244 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2011

..RECORD CONSECUTIVE 90 DEGREE DAY STREAK TIED AT INDIANAPOLIS

AT 225 PM EDT...THE TEMPERATURE AT INDIANAPOLIS REACHED 90

DEGREES. THIS MARKS THE 19TH CONSECUTIVE DAY THAT TEMPERATURES

HAVE MADE IT TO THE 90 DEGREE MARK AT INDIANAPOLIS...WHICH TIES

THE ALL TIME RECORD STREAM OF 19 DAYS INITIALLY SET IN AUGUST

1936.

TEMPERATURES REACHED 90 DEGREES FROM THE 8TH TO THE 26TH OF AUGUST

IN 1936. THE FOURTH LONGEST STREAK OF 90 DEGREE DAYS ALSO OCCURRED

IN THE SUMMER OF 1936...WITH 15 CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

THE CURRENT STRETCH OF 90 DEGREE DAYS BEGAN ON JULY 17TH...AND

INCLUDED THE FIRST 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURE IN 23 YEARS ON JULY

21ST.

WEATHER RECORDS BEGAN AT INDIANAPOLIS IN 1871.

Yeah, unreal. This thing just won't die.

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Hoosier

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850 mb temps were really marginal but it appears that air was tapped into (or close anyway). Gotta believe the drought in and around IND tacked on a little bit at the surface. With wet soil I doubt today would've made it.

This thing will probably end on a day when we don't expect it.

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Hoosier

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Had been watching today closely since I thought there was a good chance to end the streak. Over the past few days, the models were pretty consistent in showing a sharp inversion somewhere around 875 mb or possibly up to 850 mb. Here is a recent RUC forecast sounding for IND which shows this inversion nicely but at 850 mb (let's assume this is a fairly accurate representation):

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I had been employing a few mixdown techniques to come up with a possible high temp...one from 900 mb, 875 mb and 850 mb. The first two consistently gave a high temp shy of 90 while mixing down from 850 mb suggested there was an outside shot. The RUC sounding above implies mixing to 850 mb. I think that in combination with the dry soil is what resulted in the unexpected 90 degree high today.

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Chicago WX

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Next best shot for this to end looks like the middle of next week. That airmass looks cooler than the one now. Chance it could end before that but I'm ignoring anything borderline for now.

They'll crush the record most likely. Though like you said earlier, it'll probably end on a day that no one saw coming. Of course there are some chances of rain in the near future...probably the days to watch.

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Chicago WX

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The streak updated...

7/17...94º

7/18...94º

7/19...96º

7/20...98º

7/21...100º

7/22...97º

7/23...96º

7/24...92º

7/25...92º

7/26...94º

7/27...94º

7/28...97º

7/29...95º

7/30...92º

7/31...94º

8/1...95º

8/2...96º

8/3...91º

8/4...91º

8/5...??? record breaker day

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wxman_ind

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Some people think the NWS is manipulating the temperature data. From the comments section on the Indianapolis Star website:

"Just another example of temperature data being manipulated to support a political agenda. Todays high was 88 recorded at my own weather station which isn't that far from the NWS @ the airport. Actually it didn't hit 90 last sat. either."

:arrowhead:

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Some people think the NWS is manipulating the temperature data. From the comments section on the Indianapolis Star website:

"Just another example of temperature data being manipulated to support a political agenda. Todays high was 88 recorded at my own weather station which isn't that far from the NWS @ the airport. Actually it didn't hit 90 last sat. either."

:arrowhead:

:facepalm:

Some people have too much time on their hands...and are just crazy as hell.

Of course I've heard some people say that LAF has a cool bias. Some of them being TV mets. :whistle:

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B-Rent

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Some people think the NWS is manipulating the temperature data. From the comments section on the Indianapolis Star website:

"Just another example of temperature data being manipulated to support a political agenda. Todays high was 88 recorded at my own weather station which isn't that far from the NWS @ the airport. Actually it didn't hit 90 last sat. either."

:arrowhead:

Because a 19 day streak is a political agenda. And I am sure that personal weather station is set up with perfect conditions too. :thumbsdown:

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snowlord81

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Because a 19 day streak is a political agenda. And I am sure that personal weather station is set up with perfect conditions too. :thumbsdown:

Some ppl just need a reason to b****. You see it everyday. Your right though, what in the hell does a legit heatwave have to do with a political agenda? Anyways, this summer we just find ways to overachieve. I couldnt believe we hit 90 let alone 2-3 hours at or above 90. I knew it felt hot (Didnt have internet acess at work)

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TheWeatherPimp

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NEAR TERM /REST OF TODAY/

BIG QUESTION FOR THIS AFTERNOON IS DO WE SET A NEW RECORD 90

DEGREE STREAK? WHILE WE ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING A DEGREE OR TWO

ABOVE THE SAME TIME YESTERDAY...WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE AND

THICKER CLOUD COVER THAN WAS PRESENT YESTERDAY...AND THIS APPEARS

TO BE WHAT WILL PREVENT REACHING THE NEW RECORD. HAVE LOWERED MAX

TEMPS ACROSS THE BOARD 1 TO 2 DEGREES...AND THUS MID TO UPPER 80S

APPEARS TO BE OUR CEILING FOR TODAY.

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OHSnow

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Looks like both Indy and Louisville will come up short today. Looks like Indy will tie the record, like Cincy did (Cincy's old record was from 1901 not 1936). Louisville looks like it will come up 3 shy of the record, set during the hot August of 2007.

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Hoosier

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22 is the number. ;)

Sweet swirl on that satellite image though.

Indeed.

The back edge of this area of clouds in eastern IL is moving pretty slowly. At this rate it could get to IND late afternoon or early evening. Considering that sunset is still relatively late, it would not be out of the question to see a small late day bump to push it over the top (if it hasn't happened before that). Something to watch anyway.

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