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Late June/Early July Extreme Heat Episode


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Here is what Weather Underground is forecasting for me for the upcoming heat:

http://www.wundergro...80&sp=KWISAUKV3

Wednesday clear.gif Partly cloudy in the morning, then clear. High of 90F. Winds from the SSW at 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday Night

nt_clear.gif Clear. Low of 72F. Winds from the WSW at 10 to 15 mph.

Thursday

tstorms.gif Partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain in the afternoon. High of 113F with a heat index of 129F. Winds from the WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.

A little bump troll fun for torchartie. You need to drive south for some real heat.

Saukville point:

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. Southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 95. Heat index values as high as 99. West wind between 5 and 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. North wind around 5 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 91. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southeast.

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

153 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012

...RECORD BREAKING HEAT EXPECTED THURSDAY...

.TORRID UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL EXPAND

EASTWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND BRING THE HOTTEST WEATHER SINCE 1988.

HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY WILL WARM INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE

100S.

INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-025-

280400-

/O.UPG.KIWX.HT.Y.0003.120628T1400Z-120629T0000Z/

/O.NEW.KIWX.EH.W.0001.120628T1500Z-120629T0000Z/

NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-

ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-

BLACKFORD-JAY-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...

AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...

FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...

ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...

COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...

NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON...LOGANSPORT...

ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO...WABASH...

NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...

DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND...HARTFORD CITY...

MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...

HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...

ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...

VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE

153 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 /1253 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2012/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ TO

8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED AN

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM

CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THURSDAY. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO

LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* AIR TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 103 TO

107 DEGREES THURSDAY.

IMPACTS...

* VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

* RECORD OR NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.

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94/65 here in CR. I have to say, I just went outside for 15 minutes and it felt great. Heatwaves in recent years have generally been accompanied by brutal humidity, but this heat is very tolerable. It feels quite good for a little while after being in air conditioning for a long period.

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Is there any end in sight to this heat??? This may not break for at least the next ten days....

From the IND AFD about next week...

WITH NO MAJOR PATTERN CHANGES...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE WITH READINGS REMAINING IN THE 90S WITH POSSIBLY

A FEW MORE TRIPLE DIGIT DAYS.

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.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...

FOR CLIMATE INFORMATION AND FIRE WEATHER INFORMATION...SEE

APPROPRIATE SECTIONS BELOW.

WOW...WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE THERMAL PATTERN OVER THE CONUS TODAY...AS

DEPICTED SO WELL BY 27.12Z SOUNDINGS FROM KILN WESTWARD TO

OAX/TOP. THE FOCUS OF THE FORECAST THIS PERIOD IS SQUARELY ON

HEAT/FIRE WEATHER ISSUES...WITH ANCILLARY CONCERN FOR STORM

CHANCES AS A WEAK FRONT SINKS INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY.

27.12Z SOUNDINGS AT OAX/TOP SAMPLED THE EDGE OF THE EXTREME

MAGNITUDE AND DEPTH OF THE IMPENDING HEAT CORE...WITH 31C 850MB

TEMPS /OAX/ AND 700MB TEMPS AN ASTONISHING 19C AT MPX/OAX. THESE

VALUES ALREADY 2-3 SIGMA ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY...AND BOTH 27.12Z

NAM/ECMWF /BASIS OF THERMAL ASPECTS OF FORECAST/ INITIALIZED THIS

EXTREME CORE OF WARMTH WELL. UNDERNEATH THIS HEAT

TODAY...OMA/DSM/MCI/TOP HAVE ALL EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES EASILY WITH

DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S.

AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY...AND

VERY DEEP SYSTEM PULLS ACROSS CNTL CANADA...THE LOW LEVEL

THICKNESS MAXIMUM OVER KS/NEB/MO ADVECTS QUICKLY ON SWLY FLOW INTO

THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE DAY. IN FACT...27.12Z NAM INCREASED

ITS 850MB WARM ANOMALY /30C/ INTO INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST OHIO BY

21Z ON TUESDAY. OVERLAYING FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM 4KM NAM /CONUS

NEST/...12KM NAM...AND ECMWF...ON TOP THE RECORD JUNE TEMPERATURE

SOUNDING /JUNE 25TH 1988 - DROUGHT YEAR/ SHOWS THAT FORECAST

THERMAL STRUCTURE BY MODELS TOMORROW IS SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER THAN

THE SOUNDING THAT YIELDED 102 DEGREE TEMPERATURES AT CMH/CVG/DAY BACK IN

1988. WHILE ONGOING/DEVELOPING DROUGHT AND DRY CONDITIONS IS

NOWHERE NEAR 1988 LEVELS /YET/...SHALLOW SOIL MOISTURE IS CRITICALLY

LOW...AND WILL AUGMENT INCOMING HEAT.

USING CVG AS PROXY...NAM/ECWMF FORECAST OF 25/27C AT 850MB WITH

SWLY FLOW AT THE SFC...AND WNWLY FLOW AT 850MB FITS COMPOSITE 100

DEGREE SOUNDINGS FROM PREVIOUS EVENTS PERFECTLY...AND PRESENCE OF

WEAK FRONT DROPPING INTO MI/WI DURING THE DAY WILL ENHANCE THE

SWLY/WLY LOW LEVEL FLOW...FURTHER ENABLING MIXING OF AN AIR MASS

THAT WILL STILL RETAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF DEW POINTS IN THE

50S/LOWER 60S. IN OTHER WORDS...A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS THAN AREAS TO

THE WEST ALREADY IN THE LOW 100S.

AT THIS END OF SPECTRUM...GETS TOUGH TO FORECAST A SHATTERING OF

AN ALL-TIME MONTHLY RECORD...SO FEEL FORECAST IS A LITTLE

CONSERVATIVE IN PARTS OF SERN IND/WRN OH WHERE CORE OF WARM AIR

ADMITTEDLY ARRIVES JUST A LITTLE LATE. STILL...WITH 850MB TEMPS OF

3 SIGMA ABOVE CLIMO...AN IDEAL SYNOPTIC SETUP IN COMPARISON TO

PAST EXTREME HEAT EVENTS...FELT COMFORTABLE ADDING A COUPLE OF

DEGREES TO ONGOING FORECAST. IF 27.12Z NAM WOULD VERIFY AS IS -

NOT TO MENTION 27.12Z ECMWF...A 105 DEGREE READING IS NOT AT ALL

OUT OF THE QUESTION IN OUR WRN 1/3RD OF OUR FORECAST AREA. BEST

CHANCE OF THIS IN FAR WEST WHERE DROUGHT EFFECTS/SOIL

CONSIDERATIONS ARE GREATER. DEGREE OF CAPPING /SBCIN/ ON FORECAST

SOUNDINGS IS TREMENDOUS...SO WHILE A FEW CLOUDS WELL ABOVE THE CAP

MAY DEVELOP IN THE MORNING...THE AFTERNOON SHOULD BE CLOUD FREE

AND BAKING.

GOING BACK OVER 60 YEARS OF OBSERVED DAY/ILN SOUNDINGS IN

WARM SEASON WHERE 100 DEGREE TEMPS WERE OBSERVED...NONE CONTAIN

THE FORECAST LOW LEVEL THERMAL STRUCTURE AS DEPICTED BY NAM AND

ECMWF...SO STARTING TO FEEL STRONGLY THAT MANY AREAS WILL EXCEED

100 DEGREES...AND IF ANYTHING...GOING FORECAST COULD BE A DEGREE

OR TWO CONSERVATIVE. LIKELY THE MODELS ARE OVERDOING THINGS A

BIT...BUT CAUTION IS RAISED THAT THURSDAY COULD FEATURE HISTORIC

JUNE WARMTH. THUS MOVED ENTIRE FORECAST TO HEAT ADVISORY AND MOVED

DAY/CVG METRO AREAS TO EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS BASED ON FACT THAT

OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 70...AND HEAT INDICES ON FRIDAY

TOO SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 100.

THERE IS MUCH LOWER CONFIDENCE BEGINNING THURSDAY NIGHT INTO

FRIDAY NIGHT ABOUT MCS POTENTIAL AND ANY EFFECTS OF SLIGHTLY

LOWERING HEIGHTS ON TEMPERATURE. IT/S PRETTY CLEAR THE LOW LEVELS

COOL SOME ON FRIDAY IN RELATION TO THURSDAY...BUT AS WEAK FRONT

SINKS IN...IT WILL BRING A MARKED RISE IN DEW POINTS...DROUGHT

NOTWITHSTANDING. THERE ARE SPORADIC MCS CLUSTERS IS THE VARIOUS

NWP DATA BUT NOT CONFIDENT IN MOST NWP MODELING OF PBL

MOISTURE...SO VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH RAIN CHANCES...ESPECIALLY

THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN SHEER STRENGTH OF CAP SHOULD WIN OUT

/REFERENCE NAM-WRF BUFR SOUNDINGS AND TREMENDOUS MUCIN/.

BETTER SIGNAL FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT...THAT IF WEAK SYSTEMS IN

INCREASINGLY NWLY MID LEVEL FLOW CAN ERODE CAPPING...A HIGH END

DAMAGING WIND MCS EVENT IS POSSIBLE...AS THE SYNOPTIC SETUP WILL

BE AN IDEAL DERECHO TYPE ENVIRONMENT WITH EXTREME INSTABILITY ON

THE EDGE OF THE CAP AND STRONG NWLY MID LEVEL FLOW. KEY WILL BE

FORCING AND WHETHER IT WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DO SO...AND STRONG

ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN THROUGH VERY WARM EML. LOW CHANCE OF IT

OCCURRING...BUT IF SOMETHING GOES...IT COULD BE SIGNIFICANT

CONSIDERING MLCAPE/SHEAR PARAMETER SPACING ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS.

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Great AFD. I have been checking past events myself and really haven't been able to find anything that quite matches this in terms of low level (sfc to 850 mb) thermal profiles. This stuff is probably what you would've seen if you were sitting in front of a computer in the 1930's.

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Or 1911 -- check records for June 29 to July 5 of 1911. Toronto had its second highest temperatures on record in that heat wave (103 F compared with 105 F in July 1936). That 103 F remains the second highest reading after three days in the 1936 heat wave. There were 102 F readings in August 1918 and 101 F in August 1948. Toronto's June record high used to be 98 F set June 30, 1964, not sure if the downtown station has been adequately maintained since about 1980 to compare more recent hot days but I also recall some very high 90s in the 1966 heat waves in southern Ontario.

Saw a 601 dm thickness on last night's 00z 500-mb map on the EC site. That was pretty much over eastern Colorado. Will report what I see on the same map this evening. As you may know, thickness during extreme heat waves tends to fluctuate diurnally by about 10 dm so the 12z readings are never quite this extreme.

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Hit 92 here today, was forecast to hit 95. MLI came in 4 degrees short too at 91.

I'll go with 100 tomorrow here, and 98 at MLI. ORD/RFD should have no problem breaking the 102 mark. Don't see any extreme numbers over western Iowa like I thought I'd see today. Kind of makes me have some doubts on some of the outrageous readings forecast by some of the models for tomorrow.

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Hit 92 here today, was forecast to hit 95.  MLI came in 4 degrees short too at 91.

I'll go with 100 tomorrow here, and 98 at MLI.  ORD/RFD should have no problem breaking the 102 mark.  Don't see any extreme numbers over western Iowa like I thought I'd see today.  Kind of makes me have some doubts on some of the outrageous readings forecast by some of the models for tomorrow.

Really looking forward to seeing the 00z RAOBs.

As far as out west, they haven't been as dry which could be playing into things a bit.

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Great AFD. I have been checking past events myself and really haven't been able to find anything that quite matches this in terms of low level (sfc to 850 mb) thermal profiles. This stuff is probably what you would've seen if you were sitting in front of a computer in the 1930's.

That is one of if not the longest AFD i've ever seen from ILN. They usually don't get this descriptive. Very impressive.

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...As far as out west, they haven't been as dry which could be playing into things a bit...

The low-level moisture looks a lot more impressive out there than what was forecast too. Looks like a large area of 75+ dews in the area where some of the outrageous temps were forecast. Oddly enough it probably ended up feeling a lot hotter than had it been 110 with the actual temps.

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In fact, in the last couple of weeks, the western quarter of Iowa west-southwestward into southeastern Nebraska and northeastern Kansas have been quite wet -- perhaps up to twice the normal rainfall for the period. It will be interesting, indeed, to see the 00z RAOBs.

Really looking forward to seeing the 00z RAOBs.

As far as out west, they haven't been as dry which could be playing into things a bit.

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