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Summer 2015 pattern discussion


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Can someone tell me why energy is not diving down to the gulf this year and then coming up through the carolinas? Is it the ridge that is stopping it from doing that? TIA. 

 

Correct, a ridge across the south / southeast isn't conducive for seeing energy dive to the gulf although that type of flow is more applicable from late fall through spring.  The westerlies, where the core of the storm wave energy is tracking, lifts north in the summer. 

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Can someone tell me why energy is not diving down to the gulf this year and then coming up through the carolinas? Is it the ridge that is stopping it from doing that? TIA. 

Our typical pattern is actually a SW flow from the Gulf of Mexico on the west edge of the Bermuda high. You typically only see energy diving into the gulf during the cool season.

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Can someone tell me why energy is not diving down to the gulf this year and then coming up through the carolinas? Is it the ridge that is stopping it from doing that? TIA. 

Fronts don't usually make it this far south during the summer. The combination of ridge being too strong and the fronts not being strong enough bring us this lovely hot,smoldering weather. We should start seeing stronger fronts digging down after football season starts.....well....at least some of us will....the rest of us located between the portals usually have to wait a bit longer to see any relief  :lol: 

 

Robert at WXsouth thinks this pattern may change in about 10 days to a much wetter and somewhat cooler pattern more typical of summer.

Maybe for some around the ohio valley/tenn valley/mid atlantic/ne......and at most it will be just back to normal after another brutal heat wave for them. For us.....it's just more of the same. CAE is already sitting just below a top five "hottest summer ever" and there is nothing in the future that is saying relief is on the way. Only more of the same, bringing the chances of me experiencing another "hottest summer ever", much greater than normal   :P    :(   

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Fronts don't usually make it this far south during the summer. The combination of ridge being too strong and the fronts not being strong enough bring us this lovely hot,smoldering weather. We should start seeing stronger fronts digging down after football season starts.....well....at least some of us will....the rest of us located between the portals usually have to wait a bit longer to see any relief   :lol:

 

Maybe for some around the ohio valley/tenn valley/mid atlantic/ne......and at most it will be just back to normal after another brutal heat wave for them. For us.....it's just more of the same. CAE is already sitting just below a top five "hottest summer ever" and there is nothing in the future that is saying relief is on the way. Only more of the same, bringing the chances of me experiencing another "hottest summer ever", much greater than normal   :P     :(   

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So you are now doubting Robert? Hes saying 8-10 days to a pattern change. :axe:

I was just pointing out what the Euro had on it. The 0z Euro still has the NW flow through day 9, but we are in a fairly nice trough by day 10. If that moved back to the west by 200-300 miles we would have a SW flow and a much better chance of rain. It should be cooler though by then for sure if the Euro is right. The last 2 runs of the GFS also shows at least parts of SC and NC picking up very nice rain and is also somewhat cooler. 

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RAH this afternoon AFD

LATE IN THE WEEK...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A LOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FL GULF COAST...STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVES NNE TOWARD THE CAROLINAS OVER THE WEEKEND. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NW AND STALL AS IT REACHES CENTRAL NC. DURING THIS TIME...EXPECT AN INCREASE IN PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND AMOUNTS. 
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Not much of a "dream" actually. We are already currently enjoying dewpoints near 60 and mild temps. It wouldn't be a stretch for it to verify again in early August.

 

Yay for VA! :lol: Not so much for the rest of us in the south :P

 

This is summer - are we still drinking the 8-10 day pattern change tequila?

 

Wait until December to do that shot!

Now.....you know the pattern change is always 10 days away ;)

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