Heat Wave ends this weekend...NWS came out with this ditty in their PM discussion…” this week is without question the hottest week of the year to this point after a somewhat below average Summer temperature-wise.” As I previously mentioned, HISTORICALLY the last week of July & the 1st week of August are our hottest period (average-wise) and this year is no exception. Translation…it’s SUPPOSED to be hot in August. This is not anything unusual, but people think/believe we have never had this kind of heat. Data proves otherwise. Get use to it as real cold fronts don’t arrive until mid September. In the short term, a Heat Advisory has been extended thru Wednesday evening and may be extended into Thursday as well. There are signs that the Strong upper ridge that has given us 5 straight days with highs 95+ will finally weaken and allow a return to typical (40-50%) coverage of daily T-Storms by Friday. This would keep highs 3-5 degrees less hot! None of the tropical models see any activity thru August 15th. However, we usually see a burst of storms develop between Aug. 20th – September 30th and I still think that will happen. Again I’m surprised that Dr. Gray’s team didn’t lower their total numbers. NOAA will be out with their final forecast on Thursday. Stay tuned! Bob Breck
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 03:48:56 +0000