KPITSnow Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 1 hour ago, TheClimateChanger said: Looks like our classic snow map 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Underperforming on high temps this week at PIT. Something to watch on these hot days coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Dewpoint of 33F at 7 pm is about as low as it gets this time of the year. Sorry for including June 1. When I selected start and end date of 5/31, it ran the numbers for the entire year. Just missed the lowest for that hour by two degrees. The dewpoint was 31F at 7 pm on May 31, 1984. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 9 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said: Dewpoint of 33F at 7 pm is about as low as it gets this time of the year. Sorry for including June 1. When I selected start and end date of 5/31, it ran the numbers for the entire year. Just missed the lowest for that hour by two degrees. The dewpoint was 31F at 7 pm on May 31, 1984. Its been absolutely gorgeous, but going to need some rain here pretty soon. Noticing some lawns are starting to get that late July / early August look with some brown spots showing up. I was wondering about the dew points, pretty low for the time of year for sure. That map of nearly 0 qpf for 384hr is pretty rare in and of itself especially added onto the streak we are already on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Trying to decide if I had the choice between another 384 hours with no rain or some rain but probably higher dewpoints, which one I’d take. I think probably the dry one, but the implications might be a little worrisome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 13 hours ago, TimB said: Underperforming on high temps this week at PIT. Something to watch on these hot days coming up. Not surprising with summer temps. They usually do underperform. I imagine the easterly wind direction is the cause. Ron Smiley mentioned the winds turn SW in the coming day, so maybe it pushes those temps higher, but expectation is upper 80s at most at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Just now, Ahoff said: Not surprising with summer temps. They usually do underperform. I imagine the easterly wind direction is the cause. Ron Smiley mentioned the winds turn SW in the coming day, so maybe it pushes those temps higher, but expectation is upper 80s at most at this time. Today could be the best diurnal range of this stretch at PIT. Low this morning was 51. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 53 minutes ago, TimB said: Today could be the best diurnal range of this stretch at PIT. Low this morning was 51. We will see. I am enjoying the cooler nights and good sleeping weather, and nice warm afternoons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 I am surprised we haven't seen any air quality alerts through this dry spell. We usually get air quality alerts at the slightest little change in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPITSnow Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Ahoff said: I am surprised we haven't seen any air quality alerts through this dry spell. We usually get air quality alerts at the slightest little change in the air. I think it’s breezy enough to not let things stagnate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPITSnow Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 13 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said: Dewpoint of 33F at 7 pm is about as low as it gets this time of the year. Sorry for including June 1. When I selected start and end date of 5/31, it ran the numbers for the entire year. Just missed the lowest for that hour by two degrees. The dewpoint was 31F at 7 pm on May 31, 1984. I’d like to see the temps. Can’t imagine many if any of those had 80+ temps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 Looks like it's officially passed 80. Seems to be moving faster today than previous days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 57 minutes ago, KPITSnow said: I’d like to see the temps. Can’t imagine many if any of those had 80+ temps 2020 did not. That was a cold airmass. Doesn’t look like any of the others featured a high above 75. Most of them had lows in the mid 30s to low 40s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 Up to 84. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 56 minutes ago, Ahoff said: Up to 84. I know you’ll enjoy hearing that Burlington, VT has hit 95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 1 minute ago, TimB said: I know you’ll enjoy hearing that Burlington, VT has hit 95. It's absolutely incomprehensible to me, lol. New England regularly hits 90 earlier than the Mid-Atlantic. Anyway, warmest day of the year officially, 86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 Looks like we’re, of course struggling. Hit 86 and have dropped back to 84 multiple times, somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 87 at agc, still 86 at pit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 Gotta reverse psychology the weather, lol. Looks like 88 at both airports, if I’m reading the 5min intervals correctly. Edit: 87 at KPIT. I guess it’s a rounding thing, but why the NWS 5mins say one temp and the official says something else makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChalkHillSnowNut Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 I hate the heat-I can’t wait tracking low temps and snow again-ugh-or at least some hurricanes or local storms… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Just looked at the stats for PIT and we have had exactly two hourly observations with a dewpoint of 60+ in 2023: 9pm on April 5th (61) and 3pm on May 13th (60). That’s it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPITSnow Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 1 hour ago, TimB said: Just looked at the stats for PIT and we have had exactly two hourly observations with a dewpoint of 60+ in 2023: 9pm on April 5th (61) and 3pm on May 13th (60). That’s it. Maybe climate change can turn us to a semi arid climate and have wet winters. Let’s get the flagstaff climate! 100 inches of snow, summers where dew point is always under 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 11 minutes ago, KPITSnow said: Maybe climate change can turn us to a semi arid climate and have wet winters. Let’s get the flagstaff climate! 100 inches of snow, summers where dew point is always under 50 The only way you’ll really ever get the Flagstaff climate is to move there. Aside from that, good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 Starting 5 degrees warmer today than yesterday, that's a good thing if we're going to try and hit 90. However, there must be some smoke in the air as reports are of partly cloudy skies, but I see no clouds at all. So, we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 52 minutes ago, Ahoff said: Starting 5 degrees warmer today than yesterday, that's a good thing if we're going to try and hit 90. However, there must be some smoke in the air as reports are of partly cloudy skies, but I see no clouds at all. So, we'll see. Hard to say. Seems like dewpoints are forecast to be a little higher than when I looked yesterday (50s instead of 40s), so that probably hurts us a little. Still, the 9:00 hourly obs was 68 vs. 65 at the same time yesterday. Just feels like the kind of day where you’re going to get 89’d. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 10 minutes ago, TimB said: Hard to say. Seems like dewpoints are forecast to be a little higher than when I looked yesterday (50s instead of 40s), so that probably hurts us a little. Still, the 9:00 hourly obs was 68 vs. 65 at the same time yesterday. Just feels like the kind of day where you’re going to get 89’d. Which is most forecasted 90 days. I totally expect 89 even 88 to be possible. Dews are still low enough though, so maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 27 minutes ago, Ahoff said: Which is most forecasted 90 days. I totally expect 89 even 88 to be possible. Dews are still low enough though, so maybe. Not off to a good start. Only 68 at Pittsburgh as of 9 am, but Youngstown is 75, DuBois is 74, and even Bradford is 72. Looks like the northern parts of the CWA should easily crest 90, but not sure about PIT & south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 5 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said: Not off to a good start. Only 68 at Pittsburgh as of 9 am, but Youngstown is 75, DuBois is 74, and even Bradford is 72. Looks like the northern parts of the CWA should easily crest 90, but not sure about PIT & south. 5 min obs are up to 73 at KPIT, still running 3 degrees ahead of yesterday at the same time, so we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 14 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said: Not off to a good start. Only 68 at Pittsburgh as of 9 am, but Youngstown is 75, DuBois is 74, and even Bradford is 72. Looks like the northern parts of the CWA should easily crest 90, but not sure about PIT & south. Calm winds now, aren’t they saying the winds should pick up a little out of the northeast? That could actually help us a little in this scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 6 minutes ago, TimB said: Calm winds now, aren’t they saying the winds should pick up a little out of the northeast? That could actually help us a little in this scenario. What I don't understand is this new pattern where places further north are hotter than Pittsburgh? These places used to be much colder than Pittsburgh year round, and that no longer appears to be the case in the summertime. DuBois reached 88F yesterday, breaking the record of 86F set in 1969. It looks like a near certainty to reach 90F+ today. The earliest 90F reading in DuBois was on June 8, 1968. Similarly, Bradford reached 86F yesterday, tying the record set just last year. Probably won't hit 90F but could come close. The earliest 90F reading at Bradford occurred just last year on June 16th. There were two 90+ readings at BFD last year (including an incredible 93F on June 22, which is one of the hotter readings ever to occur at the site). Prior to last year, it had never reached 90F+ at BFD before the month of July (dating back to 1957). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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