OrdIowPitMsp Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 I noticed this weekend besides the usual early maples some of the cottonwoods around town are turning yellow as well. Gotta be drought stress I’m guessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 81/74/88 right now with zero wind. Definitely going to be a toaster today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvck Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 93/76/105 here... air is very still and we've been hovering around 100-105 feels like for about an hour. I think we're going to blow past ILN's projected max heat index of 101. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 We appear to be busting low on temperatures for the second consecutive day in Minneapolis. 75/66 with a thick overcast sky. Forecast high temp was 86 today. We’ve made it up to 77 but the temp is bouncing around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 It seems like there's some high level smoke yet again along with the cirrus shield today. Maybe it's just pollution trapping due to the massive warm front cap aloft. Sky is that odd milky yellow color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 There are some very high heat indices today in the Midwest. I am not sure if the values over 121 are believable (121 at St Joseph Missouri.) Lawrence Kansas has 103/84/134, but it sounds suspicious. (dew points of 75-80 on mesonet sites in town.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 On 8/16/2023 at 6:43 PM, Brian D said: Most welcome indeed I was backpacking in the Porcupine Mtns all last week, right on the Lake Superior shore. My tent was 100' off the shore when this hit. It was awesome to watch this come across LS and then jumped in the tent once it rain got heavy. Tons of streaks and wonderful loud thunders. Thankfully we did not get any overly strong/severe winds. Waves were awesome the next day 4-5'. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 On 8/18/2023 at 9:10 AM, weatherbo said: 45 for the overnight low here. Looking at 87 for tomorrow now. If it does indeed hit 87, it will be the warmest temp since June 20th. Had a couple chilly but awesome nights in the low to mid40s while backpacking in the Porcupine Mtns last week (good sleeping bags = no problem with cooler temps). Saw several spectacular shooting stars!!! No northern light last week but wasn't expecting any. Thankfully no smoke until the day we left!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 On 8/20/2023 at 1:28 PM, weatherbo said: Not sure. I’ve wondered that myself. Drought conditions in the western UP play a role I’m sure. There’s also been some pretty cool nights there as well. In my area, there’s been plenty of rain all summer, so idk. My thought from driving around is the very cool nights (42F one of the nights I was there and it has been cooler previously). Lake shore areas I didn't notice much colors but the inland areas seemed to be where most of the colors are. That was my observations. Could likely just be a combination of all these factors 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 KIND at 91/75/103 for the day. Day 2 in the streak. Tomorrow was looking iffy yesterday but now they are thinking of another 90 to continue the Spartaman streak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Noticeably less humid today as the dews have dipped back into the lower 70s. Looks like 79-83 degree dews the next few days though with 115+ heat indices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Topped out at 91 at ORD, 91 at MDW, and 91 RFD yesterday. Cooler today in the wake of a back-door front. ...2023 90°+ Day Tally... 15 - ORD 14 - MDW 10 - DPA 10 - ARR 10 - LOT 9 - RFD 8 - PWK 4 - UGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Wednesday is now looking like it'll likely be the hottest day of this period around here, and the hottest day of the year. Back-door front timing for Thursday has been speeding up on most guidance, otherwise there would have had a higher temperature ceiling for then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Dews still in the lower 80s along the MO River with heat indices still 102-104 at 11pm in places like Omaha, Sioux City, and Sioux Falls. Not in our sub, but pretty impressive. One last little surge of ALEK's AC moving in from the northeast. Should dip our dews into the upper 50s for a time late tonight before ascending to AOA 80 later tomorrow afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Heatwave bust again lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 1 hour ago, A-L-E-K said: Heatwave bust again lol Definitely another headfake. NWS dropped the 90s from Wednesday and Friday. Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 88. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. West wind 10 to 15 mph. Thursday Night A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Friday Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 1 hour ago, A-L-E-K said: Heatwave bust again lol I’m not complaining at all. Got two days this week of lower humidity and temps that was not forecast 2 days ago. Excessive heat watch for Thursday though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 It’s swampy out there this morning. Today will be the 25th day in 2023 above 90 degrees in Minneapolis. Perhaps we make a run at 100 this afternoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhou Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Only 9am and it’s almost 80 degrees. I think we may have a shot at 100 degrees which would break the record high for today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 that should do the trick 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Ohh look at that potential beefcake right there @frostfern would take that for sure! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Very impressive. Looks like 13 of the top hourly heat indices at Joplin, Missouri have been set or tied within the past 24 hours. Officially, the 125F heat index from yesterday was not the highest on record. But I'd say the readings from June 1987 and August 1999 are somewhat suspect, since there are no other hourly readings from those dates that were records. For that matter, the 117F at 9 am from 7/16/1986 is suspicious too. Regardless, one of the highest heat index readings on record. And certainly the most oppressive 24-hour period overall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 4 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said: Very impressive. Looks like 13 of the top hourly heat indices at Joplin, Missouri have been set or tied within the past 24 hours. Officially, the 125F heat index from yesterday was not the highest on record. But I'd say the readings from June 1987 and August 1999 are somewhat suspect, since there are no other hourly readings from those dates that were records. For that matter, the 117F at 9 am from 7/16/1986 is suspicious too. Regardless, one of the highest heat index readings on record. And certainly the most oppressive 24-hour period overall. Now that’s a Hot Dayum moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 13 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said: Very impressive. Looks like 13 of the top hourly heat indices at Joplin, Missouri have been set or tied within the past 24 hours. Officially, the 125F heat index from yesterday was not the highest on record. But I'd say the readings from June 1987 and August 1999 are somewhat suspect, since there are no other hourly readings from those dates that were records. For that matter, the 117F at 9 am from 7/16/1986 is suspicious too. Regardless, one of the highest heat index readings on record. And certainly the most oppressive 24-hour period overall. The 138F from June 19, 1987 has to be an error. The actual high was only 87F on that date (see below), so that heat index is not even close to being possible. The 131F from August 11, 1999 is possible - high was 104F on that date, although I'm thinking it must have been accompanied by a large, probably unrealistic dewpoint increase since there are no other records from that date. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 35 minutes ago, SolidIcewx said: Ohh look at that potential beefcake right there @frostfern would take that for sure! I'm sure he'd find something to complain about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 beautiful flow off the lake keeping temps in upper 70s, best climo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Cool, gray day here with a light fog, and mist this morning. 0.45" of rain in the hours before sunrise as scattered stms moved through. And yet, just a couple hrs drive south is a sauna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhou Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 31 minutes ago, Brian D said: Cool, gray day here with a light fog, and mist this morning. 0.45" of rain in the hours before sunrise as scattered stms moved through. And yet, just a couple hrs drive south is a sauna. Yep its already a sauna here. Currently 90 degrees with a heat index of 101 outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 49 minutes ago, Brian D said: Cool, gray day here with a light fog, and mist this morning. 0.45" of rain in the hours before sunrise as scattered stms moved through. And yet, just a couple hrs drive south is a sauna. Conditions pretty similar here. Only 59 at 1:00 pm. Had 1.3" late overnight/early this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 42 minutes ago, weatherbo said: Conditions pretty similar here. Only 59 at 1:00 pm. Had 1.3" late overnight/early this morning. Light rain (currently <0.1") here and temp at 66 @ 2PM. Sounds like you got some good rains today!! Hoping for something fun here in the next couple days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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