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Since a low of 52 at my station Aug 21, the daily min has ticked up for 6 consecutive days. I don't believe I've ever seen that happen before across decades of observations. If tonight's forecast is correct, that will bump to 7 consecutive.
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Very impressive stretch at Parkersburg, West Virginia, with new daily records set on 5 of the last 6 days. New record lows set last Wednesday through Friday, and new record highs each of the last two days. The high is likely to approach the record of 100F today, set in 1948, and may tie that value but breaking it is probably unlikely. Saturday was close to the record high [2F shy] and record low [4F], with 35-40F diurnal ranges common over the past week amplified by the extreme drought.

Really easy to see the impact of the drought conditions. High temperatures for the summer are 3rd warmest of record, narrowly behind 1934 & 1936.

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But low temperatures are tied for 27th coolest with several other years.

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4 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Very impressive stretch at Parkersburg, West Virginia, with new daily records set on 5 of the last 6 days. New record lows set last Wednesday through Friday, and new record highs each of the last two days. The high is likely to approach the record of 100F today, set in 1948, and may tie that value but breaking it is probably unlikely. Saturday was close to the record high [2F shy] and record low [4F], with 35-40F diurnal ranges common over the past week amplified by the extreme drought.

Really easy to see the impact of the drought conditions. High temperatures for the summer are 3rd warmest of record, narrowly behind 1934 & 1936.

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But low temperatures are tied for 27th coolest with several other years.

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Due to the unusual weather conditions, Weathergamis were observed on Friday (89F/49F) and Sunday (96F/58F). Saturday's 94F/53F apparently occurred on one other occasion.

I suspect yesterday (98F/61F) must have been close to a Weathergami as well. Will have to keep an eye when that data is released later. 

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5 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Due to the unusual weather conditions, Weathergamis were observed on Friday (89F/49F) and Sunday (96F/58F). Saturday's 94F/53F apparently occurred on one other occasion.

I suspect yesterday (98F/61F) must have been close to a Weathergami as well. Will have to keep an eye when that data is released later. 

Eyeballing it, I think 98/61 looks like a Weathergami. Certainly not much population density there, either way. If it is a Weathergami, that would be 3 new combinations in 4 days with nearly 100 years of records.

 

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There's the HA for tomorrow.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
236 PM EDT Tue Aug 27 2024

DCZ001-MDZ004>006-008-011-013-014-503>508-VAZ040-051-053>055-501-502-
505-506-526-527-280245-
/O.NEW.KLWX.HT.Y.0015.240828T1700Z-240828T2300Z/
District of Columbia-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore-
Cecil-Southern Baltimore-Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Northwest
Montgomery-Central and Southeast Montgomery-Northwest Howard-
Central and Southeast Howard-Northwest Harford-Southeast Harford-
Rappahannock-Culpeper-Fairfax-Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-
Stafford-Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-Western Loudoun-
Eastern Loudoun-Northwest Prince William-Central and Southeast
Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-
Including the cities of Laurel, Gaithersburg, Washington,
Ballenger Creek, Herndon, Lisbon, Alexandria, Sterling, Culpeper,
Centreville, Jarrettsville, Baltimore, Elkton, McLean, Ashburn,
Greenbelt, Franconia, Rockville, Camp Springs, Odenton,
Chantilly, College Park, Dale City, Arnold, Manassas, Turnbull,
Reston, Bowie, Frederick, Ellicott City, Arlington, Purcellville,
Annapolis, Columbia, Falmouth, Haymarket, Warrenton, Severn,
Leesburg, Clinton, Suitland-Silver Hill, Severna Park, Damascus,
Silver Spring, Annandale, Lake Ridge, Germantown, Falls Church,
Glen Burnie, Cockeysville, Bethesda, Reisterstown, Eldersburg,
Montclair, Aberdeen, South Gate, Westminster, and Woodbridge
236 PM EDT Tue Aug 27 2024

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Heat index values of 105 to 109 degrees expected.

* WHERE...Portions of DC, central, north central, northeast, and
  northern Maryland, and northern and northwest Virginia.

* WHEN...From 1 PM to 7 PM EDT Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
  illnesses.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

&&

$$
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5 minutes ago, George BM said:

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. && $$

I always appreciate the admonition to only drink fluids. Drinking solids can be a real choking hazard.

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31 minutes ago, kgottwald said:

Cloudy in Tysons Corner right now - will this stick around and moderate the heat?

Cloudy here too. I hope it totally ruins our run at extreme heat. Heat is the only weather we do right and it's the only weather i hope fails. Give me nuking cold blast and wind. That's fine. I'll hike all day in that. 

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27 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

We might have the nicest Labor Day in a long time around these parts. Just have to get through this week. 

Until then, warm and muggy….details at 6 

Friday looks coolish potentially, if still muggy. 3k NAM keeps us in the low 70s and GFS and GGEM similar.

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17 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

Let's gooooooo

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Love to see it...I'm heading out west next week for a couple weeks and have a limited desire for chilly weather right now.  As I get older, I look forward to colder weather and shorter days, less and less...

unless it's snowing.

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