Powerball Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Getting hard to envision a way out of this heat. Even the GGEM, which is much farther east with landfall than most other models, has a day or two of very hot weather. Th only way I can envision some of us avoiding the heat is a more amped northern stream system diving into the Great Lakes, caused generally by a slower departure of the initial northeast trough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 July 13th, 1995 the dew point in Appleton, WI hit 90F... The heat index was 148.5F...with a temp of 101F... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 July 13th, 1995 it was 108F here... Still remember going out on L Onalaska and jumping into water about chest high and it was like jumping into a hot bathtub...not refreshing at all... We didn't stick around long out there in that heat... Growing up we didn't have AC. I lived through 1988/1995 with no central AC or even a window AC. Sleeping was not fun with nothing more then a window fan. Was living in the QC at the time. I went golfing very early that morning just after sunrise. By the time we finished our 18 around 10am it was already very uncomfortable out. MLI only hit 100 that day, but at one point it was 100/80, making for a heat index of 122! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Little tardy in posting, but Thursday nights front brought a storm to my area that had just 0.22" rain but enough wind to knock power out for a few hours as well as litter the streets with some branches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlehurricane Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Low of 53 °F this morning, Sparta reached 50 °F. Some light rain moving through the area now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Not in this subforum, but it's interesting to note the extreme heat already building out west. It's already 96 in La Junta Colorado at 10am local time! Much of eastern Colorado could be pushing 110 later today with some all-time records possibly being threatened. This is part of the heat dome that could eventually send a tentacle out our way later in the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Although we could see 1995 type temps if the extreme end verifies, it looks like the dewpoints will be much lower (factoring in persistent model high bias). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Maybe Tim can double check this but in my quick scan of LAF records, there haven't been back to back years that hit 100 since the period of record began at the airport in 1944. Last year we hit 101 on July 21...can we do it next week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 12z GGEM has the tropical system making landfall in MS. Then it drifts north into the OV. The ridge doesn't build eastward as quickly which gives it an opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 12z Euro has 850 mb temps of 28C from Milwaukee s/sw toward St Louis at 00z Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropical Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 12z Euro has 850 mb temps of 28C from Milwaukee s/sw toward St Louis at 00z Friday. And then round two comes fourth of July! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Thread for next weeks heat wave http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/35146-june-28-29-potential-extreme-heat-episode/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 ugh...looks like this heat wave is gonna happen, huh guys Maybe the southerly flow will be weak enough to allow for a lake breeze. Had a lake breeze one day during the heat wave of '95. Only July 13th was 100°+ @ 101°. Really nice morning with a low of 55°. Been hanging around 76° with somewhat overcast conditions all afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Slightly overperforming today. Originally, forecast highs were mid 80's. This morning's point-n-click was 87. It's 89 right now. We may be able to rack up another 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Thick cloud cover most of the day from the festering convection in Iowa. Temps still made the low 80s though. Hoping to get some lightning pics later tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Thick cloud cover most of the day from the festering convection in Iowa. Temps still made the low 80s though. Hoping to get some lightning pics later tonight. The clouds today have been great. I have been able to get a bunch of outdoor stuff done without getting hot. It has been so sunny this year I'd like to get a few more of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Maybe Tim can double check this but in my quick scan of LAF records, there haven't been back to back years that hit 100 since the period of record began at the airport in 1944. Last year we hit 101 on July 21...can we do it next week? Not from the records I have. But there is also a ton of missing data, 1946 to 1963, which had some pretty hot periods (namely the early 1950's). Closest I could find was every two years apart, in a six year stretch...July 14, 1995: 101º, July 27, 1997: 100º, and July 31, 1999: 100º. WL COOP (1901 to 1944) 1913 and 1914 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934 1939, 1940, 1941 Indianapolis has done it a few times (1897 to present), including a couple three year streaks. 1913 and 1914 1939, 1940, and 1941 1952, 1953, and 1954 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowMeHunter Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 be nice if the easterly winds can stay around enough before summerfest takes over the lake front next thurs for 10 days. Lake shore waters still a tad cold in the 50's with the westerly wind and has the perch bite very slow. Still nice to be out fishing in the early fall like weather the last 2 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 be nice if the easterly winds can stay around enough before summerfest takes over the lake front next thurs for 10 days. Lake shore waters still a tad cold in the 50's with the westerly wind and has the perch bite very slow. Still nice to be out fishing in the early fall like weather the last 2 days. I concur. Early next week should be very comfortable before things get sultry for a day or two. I don't mind a one or two day heat burst, and it doesn't look like this will be a full blown "heat wave" thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 +1 for the clouds...love sun in winter/spring...but come summer and I love a few cloudy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Most of today was cloudy - towards the end it was a thick overcast. 76°/55° for today, -3° off the normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 The predicted overnight storms did finally pop up early this morning. Unfortunately, despite quite a bit of storm activity on radar, all I could get was a lousy 0.20" of rain. It was mostly bark with very little bite, and even the bark wasn't a big deal. The heaviest cells missed by a few miles to the north or blew up after leaving CR. It was the best lightning of the year, but that's not saying much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Summer solstice has come and gone. Which means....winter of 2012-13 is nigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 So the storms only turned southeast once they passed Cedar Rapids, so many locations just north northeast, and east got heavy rain(even the other side of the city) while we didn't get jack. What a rotten year for weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 These storms are putting out a ton of lightning on radar. Can hear distant rumbles of thunder here. Looks like the intensity of most of the cells is beginning to wane, so don't know how much if anything we'll get here. Always nice to hear thunder early in the morning though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Heavy elevated thunderstorms continue to train north-northwest to south-southeast over far eastern Iowa and extreme western Illinois. Radar estimates a narrow corridor of 2"+ just west of the QC. Thunder has stopped here. Had a brief shower that gave us 0.01". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 I wish the rain in Iowa would form a bow echo and move due east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 AC comes back on Weds... Looks to bake pretty good Weds/Thurs...hopefully this doesn't last long and we head back into a record cold July Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 RR/NAM have been showing 90F potential for today. Cloud cover has been an issue, but it's eroding and ORD is up to 86 as of noon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 feels pretty hot out there to me, won't be surprised if we over perform Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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