Ahoff Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 27 minutes ago, KPITSnow said: Man, you guys rip me for complaining about snow but the constant whining about 89 vs 90 is absurd lol Did you you 7" or 8" during the Winter Storm Warning? You might get mad at the use of a heat advisory when the heat index might not reach the 100 degree threshold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, TimB said: 90 has been reached at PIT. Sometimes you gotta reverse psychology the weather. At least that's what I'm calling it, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 15 minutes ago, TimB said: 90 has been reached at PIT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 SEL7 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 557 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 220 PM EDT Fri Jul 28 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Eastern Ohio Western Pennsylvania Western and northern West Virginia Lake Erie * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 220 PM until 800 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...A band of thunderstorms will spread eastward across eastern Ohio, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania through the afternoon, with an attendant threat for occasional wind damage. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north northwest of Franklin PA to 40 miles south of Charleston WV. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 27025. ...Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd9108 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Glad I took off work tonight. 90s and possible high winds. Might be a miserable night for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPITSnow Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Incredibly be weird to be under a severe thunderstorm watch with no rain chances on the point and click Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Looks like all of the construction at the airport is helping to increase the temperatures there. Up to 91 now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Heat advisory criteria doesn’t seem to have verified at any airport observation site in the entire NWS Pittsburgh area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 50 minutes ago, TimB said: Heat advisory criteria doesn’t seem to have verified at any airport observation site in the entire NWS Pittsburgh area. Yeah, looks like dew points stayed lower than expected. That's ok though, less humid is always good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 18 minutes ago, Ahoff said: Yeah, looks like dew points stayed lower than expected. That's ok though, less humid is always good. What’s confusing to me is they keep continuing the heat advisory for us even though the threat of 100+ heat indices has passed. They’ve trimmed off the western counties but really they should just scrap it altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd9108 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 20 minutes ago, TimB said: What’s confusing to me is they keep continuing the heat advisory for us even though the threat of 100+ heat indices has passed. They’ve trimmed off the western counties but really they should just scrap it altogether. Advisory and watch is canceled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, Rd9108 said: Advisory and watch is canceled Just a boring garden variety typical summer day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 hour ago, TimB said: What’s confusing to me is they keep continuing the heat advisory for us even though the threat of 100+ heat indices has passed. They’ve trimmed off the western counties but really they should just scrap it altogether. Meanwhile, Ray Petlin said Elizabeth had a heat index of 109 and Pittsburgh recorded 105 today. There's no way that's correct. Where did he see that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 Temps busted all across the east today. DC was supposed to be around 100, made it up to 94 or 95. Maybe models need fixed badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPITSnow Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 6 hours ago, Ahoff said: Did you you 7" or 8" during the Winter Storm Warning? You might get mad at the use of a heat advisory when the heat index might not reach the 100 degree threshold. I got like 5.5 personally 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 6 hours ago, Ahoff said: Did you you 7" or 8" during the Winter Storm Warning? You might get mad at the use of a heat advisory when the heat index might not reach the 100 degree threshold. Should the criteria be 100 though? The criteria is only 95 at Syracuse even though they have averaged 3 more 90+ days and 1 more 95+ day per year than Pittsburgh over the last 25 years. It doesn’t make much sense for our criteria to be higher than locations more prone to extreme heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted July 29, 2023 Author Share Posted July 29, 2023 37 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said: Should the criteria be 100 though? The criteria is only 95 at Syracuse even though they have averaged 3 more 90+ days and 1 more 95+ day per year than Pittsburgh over the last 25 years. It doesn’t make much sense for our criteria to be higher than locations more prone to extreme heat. No it doesn’t, but that’s the criteria for now. Even if it was a 95 threshold I still don’t think we’d qualify today. The heat index only 95 at one hourly update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted July 29, 2023 Author Share Posted July 29, 2023 12 hours ago, KPITSnow said: I got like 5.5 personally There’s still next year. Maybe it’ll be better than last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 I picked up 1.25 inches of rain tonight since 8:00. The cells seem to be training from west to east across the northern part of the county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 High of 94F today at Morgantown. With today's extreme heat, I thought it would be a good opportunity to look at the climatology of extreme heat in the region. Here are the most recent dates of 100+ at the regional climo sites: Morgantown, New Philadelphia, and Zanesville: 7/7/2012 DuBois: 7/22/2011 [only date on record with 100+] Pittsburgh: 7/15/1995 [back in the good ol' days when PIT used to be the warmest spot in the region] Wheeling: 7/18/1942 [large gap in the threaded record from 1953 until 1998] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted July 30, 2023 Author Share Posted July 30, 2023 Looks like some nearly perfect days coming through mid week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Looks like a fairly dense pall of smoke aloft tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 18 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said: Looks like a fairly dense pall of smoke aloft tomorrow. Jesus! Doesn't Canada get any rain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheClimateChanger Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 22 hours ago, Ahoff said: Jesus! Doesn't Canada get any rain? Those fires in western Canada probably won't be out until winter settles into the region. Regardless, another couple of bonus gray days courtesy of our friends up north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 On 7/30/2023 at 8:24 AM, Ahoff said: Looks like some nearly perfect days coming through mid week. I'm retracting this statement. Today wasn't that great. Just aside from any smoke, it's pretty cloudy. Actually, looks like it's going to rain soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 On 90-degree watch today. Up to 88 on the 5-minute observations. Can we eek out the third 90+ of the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 Warmer than expected today for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 I suppose one of the farmer's almanac's should make us happier for this winter, lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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