frd Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, C.A.P.E. said: I don't want a repeat of late last summer/early fall though. Terrible period of warmth with high dew-points. Delayed re-seeding of the lawn and than BANG the cold came and lost the window. Last Sept and early October sucked ! But as @nw baltimore wx said, the shorter days and earlier sunsets is one offsetting positive of any late season heat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Seeing a lot 90s popping on the wunderground stations already, 90 before 10am is a good pace if you’re looking to hit 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormfly Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Time to raise the cutting height on the mower decks. Last year during the "mini drought" of the first two weeks of July (not a drop for us) everyone's lawn burned to a crisp and despite the nonstop rains that came later, the damage was done and they never really recovered. It's amazing was cutting at 3.5" can do. Our grass looked the best ever. I'd take that over shaved "wannabe golf course" lawns any day! We have about four acres so no fancy treatments or any of that nonsense. It's mostly a mix of crabgrass and original K31 that was seeded in the 70s. As long as its green and prevents erosion, we're good. Looks like the burners have lit, temps increasing nicely after 0630 here. I don't know about yesterday (at least here) it certainly didn't feel that warm. And today for the first time in a while, I notice my high end patio doors are sweating on the outside. Indoors the thermostat is at 76F. That's quite nasty, those dewpoints are high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Already 90/80/108 before 10 AM here. Dews might be a little lower than yesterday by this afternoon so it might get close to 100 but we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Sooo...it's Artscape weekend in Baltimore. By tradition, the worst weather weekend of the year, generally. This year, no exception. Add in the road collapse at Pratt and Howard with the road closures by the train station, and it is traffic hell downtown on top of unreal heat. 89 with a dewpoint of 73 for a tasty "feels like 99" at 10:15 am. Yikes. Not exactly ideal go stand in crowds with tens of thousands of people weather... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Interesting little tidbit (which I bolded below) in the update morning AFD from LWX... note the DP portion part though: Quote .SHORT TERM /8 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... Dangerous heat will continue through the weekend. The heat is expected to peak Saturday, with heat indices possibly approaching 115 in the I-95 corridor due to ambient air temperatures in the upper 90s to around 100 and dew points between 70 and 75. Again, overnight temperatures and humidity will offer no relief, with lows in the lower to middle 80s (near all time record warm) in the major urban centers expected, and just barely below 80 even in outlying areas (dew points will be quite high as well, mid 70s to lower 80s overnight). A pop up storm can`t be ruled out due to terrain circulations Saturday, but forcing/coverage look sparse. There`s a better chance by Sunday evening as height falls commence and a front approaches from the north, intersecting the excessively hot and humid airmass in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I think we've discussed this in recent summers, but a difference in our big heats today and 20 years ago is how much better the air quality is now. Before the catalytic converter, the sky never looked this blue during our heat waves. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Cove Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 10:30 a.m. 91/69 HI 107 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Not that bad outside. Sucks. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 minute ago, Eskimo Joe said: Not that bad outside. Sucks. Its not even 11am yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, yoda said: Its not even 11am yet Did you check the username 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Just now, Kmlwx said: Did you check the username Of course I was also trying to remember how to do what @stormtracker did to me during the late winter months -- which was hilarious to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 12 minutes ago, Bodhi Cove said: 10:30 a.m. 91/69 HI 107 Whatever formula you’re using isn’t correct, that should be a heat index in the mid 90s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, DCTeacherman said: Whatever formula you’re using isn’t correct, that should be a heat index in the mid 90s. 95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George BM Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 @wxdude64 Day one. If your in the area hang in there my friend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacindc Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 28 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said: I think we've discussed this in recent summers, but a difference in our big heats today and 20 years ago is how much better the air quality is now. Before the catalytic converter, the sky never looked this blue during our heat waves. Yes. The fact that the sky can be blue instead of white during humid days is so completely different from the late 1970s and 1980s around here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 90/74 at 11am running a little behind if we’re trying to get to 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 93/79/110. First 110 or greater HI of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Am mobile... what were the 925 and 850 temps on the 12z sounding from IAD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Cove Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 43 minutes ago, DCTeacherman said: Whatever formula you’re using isn’t correct, that should be a heat index in the mid 90s. Bad readings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Just now, Bodhi Cove said: Bad readings? 65% is the humidity, not the DP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said: Am mobile... what were the 925 and 850 temps on the 12z sounding from IAD? http://weather.uwyo.edu/cgi-bin/sounding?region=naconf&TYPE=TEXT%3ALIST&YEAR=2019&MONTH=07&FROM=1912&TO=1912&STNM=72403 925 was 24.2C and 850 was 18.4C... 978 was 27.0C FWIW as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 87/78 HI 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, yoda said: 65% is the humidity, not the DP Oh ok, then yeah your DP must be really high. 3 minutes ago, Bodhi Cove said: Bad readings? For future reference we usually write temp/DP/heat index Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Cove Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, DCTeacherman said: Oh ok, then yeah your DP must be really high. For future reference we usually write temp/DP/heat index My bad. Quick search shows Inner Harbor and Annapolis DP's at 77. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 91/78/106 in takoma park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 92 degrees with 65% RH equates to a dewpoint of 78.5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickinBaltimore Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 97/75/109 in beautiful downtown Dundalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 92/75/103 at DCA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GramaxRefugee Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 29 minutes ago, yoda said: 65% is the humidity, not the DP My greatest dislike of the reasonably priced wx stations. RH instead of DP. (outdoor) On my list, DP is a must-have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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