Hoosier Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Hoosier said: Looks like ORD should have enough time to make it to 90 before winds shift off the lake. Eh, less confident now as clouds increased since the last time I checked visible satellite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 For a non St Louis location on 100 watch, look at Ottumwa, IA. Currently 99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Maxed at 88 earlier then clouded over down to 83 now sun back out and back up to 86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 91/80/108 right now here. 91 also the high for the day. MLI managed a 109 heat index earlier, and hit 94. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 A few of the hotter highs today. This was the first 100 at Des Moines since 9/9/2013. St. Louis: 102 Ottumwa: 101 Des Moines: 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB WX Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 ^terrible climo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Several sites in Iowa and central IL with 80+ dews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 27 minutes ago, UMB WX said: ^terrible climo's. St Louis in particular... the month they are putting up would be in elite territory if it were happening in Chicago or Milwaukee. Already 17 days this month of 90+ with 5 of those days 100+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I just noticed the 80 dew in LAF. Ah, brings back memories lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radtechwxman Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 My weather station at peak heating today. Had heat index of 121 at this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Yeah, today was exceptionally sultry. The heat index across the area was near 110 this afternoon. There's not much wind to help, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Perry Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 2 hours ago, Hoosier said: Several sites in Iowa and central IL with 80+ dews That's incredible. Imagine some of the areas deep in the corn belts - likely higher than what's shown on the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Already 101 in St. Louis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Yesterday (July 20) heat indices went from 110-115 in Missouri and Iowa, at maximum. At least one town in Missouri had 95/80. Today (July 21) it is already getting up to a heat index of 109 in the same places in Missouri where you see the 114 on this map. Yuck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I guess the USA is not the only country feeling the abnormal heat -- Hottest day in Shanghai’s history Shanghai, China—with 24 million residents, the world’s eighth-largest city—had its hottest day ever recorded on Friday. Temperatures reached a preliminary high of 40.9°C (105.6°F) at the Xujiahui station in Shanghai, where temperatures have been monitored since 1872. The previous record high was 40.8°C, recorded in 2013, with the runner-up of 40.6°C also occurring that year. https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/heat-sweat-and-ozone-plague-us-all-time-high-shanghai?__prclt=YBaC6N39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonbo Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 18 hours ago, Harry Perry said: That's incredible. Imagine some of the areas deep in the corn belts - likely higher than what's shown on the map. Corn sweat is making this feel incredibly miserable. Go outside for a few minutes and I'm already breaking a sweat without even trying. Side note, Omaha hit 100 now. Been 4 years since that's happened. Seeing mid to upper air temps in the 100s in Kansas is incredible. Seems the dewpoints being in the 50s/60s is helping it not feel much worse. Edit: Know it's just outside the forums region (well, Missouri Valley is in Iowa ) but the corn sweat misery is definitely showing itself with the heat index. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 88 for the max here today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Exceptionally nasty out there. This is as bad as last July when we had a few days with dews in the low 80s. Outflow boundary is stalled about 5 miles north of here, and dews are pooling. Don't remember seeing the message on the bottom of the console before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 41 minutes ago, Stebo said: 88 for the max here today Correction, Powerball special 20 minutes ago. 89 for the max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Just now, Stebo said: Correction, Powerball special 20 minutes ago. 89 for the max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonbo Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Topped out at 103 in western Iowa. Only down to 101 currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConfusedKitten Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 6 hours ago, Chinook said: I guess the USA is not the only country feeling the abnormal heat -- Hottest day in Shanghai’s history Shanghai, China—with 24 million residents, the world’s eighth-largest city—had its hottest day ever recorded on Friday. Temperatures reached a preliminary high of 40.9°C (105.6°F) at the Xujiahui station in Shanghai, where temperatures have been monitored since 1872. The previous record high was 40.8°C, recorded in 2013, with the runner-up of 40.6°C also occurring that year. https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/heat-sweat-and-ozone-plague-us-all-time-high-shanghai?__prclt=YBaC6N39 I have family in Shanghai and it seems like they have record breaking heatwaves every year now. Oppressive humidity is perpetual in summer there so when the temperatures get into the high 30s the heat indices are insane, even in the middle of the night. My mom says that growing up under communism they didn't even have electric fans let alone A/C, that must've really sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 It's still 90 in St. Louis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 STL had a low of 85. They had clouds earlier which will probably cost them a bit for max temp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 34 minutes ago, Hoosier said: STL had a low of 85. They had clouds earlier which will probably cost them a bit for max temp. They made it up to 88*F with winds from the SW and then got knock backed down to 85*F as the outflow boundary blew through and winds flipped to the NW. The wake subsidence has probably squashed mixing heights as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 30 minutes ago, Powerball said: They made it up to 88*F with winds from the SW and then got knock backed down to 85*F as the outflow boundary blew through and winds flipped to the NW. The wake subsidence has probably squashed mixing heights as well. 85° for a low...amazing. The important question is what did TWC predict for their high? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 101 at STL, despite dealing with clouds/outflow earlier. Quite impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 1 hour ago, IWXwx said: 85° for a low...amazing. The important question is what did TWC predict for their high? 89? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Now 104 at STL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 106 on the 5 min obs at STL. That is just incredible given the mitigating factors from this morning. Would they have had a shot at 109-110? I'm sure it's happened in other areas but I wonder how often anybody in the Midwest has gotten outflowed and still managed to recover into the mid 100s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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