While the Great Basin roasts, the Plains and Midwest are asking what the heck is going on? We have the much anticipated late September air mass firmly in control and supressing afternoon temperatures in the 60s as far south as Kansas and even Oklahoma while 50s with even an odd 40 up against the still cold waters of Lake Superior. This is VERY unusual to see this level of cool at the very warmest time of the year.

Current satellite shows the ‘arctic’ front sagging all the way south into the northern Gulf states, emptying unusually cool Canadian air unusually far south!

Check out these lows from across the country this morning.

Source: weather.com

It hit a frosty 36 degrees this morning in Hettinger, ND while it dropped as low as 43 at Norton, KS.

Current temperatures more suited to late September.

Source: weather.com

It was a mere 65 in Gage, OK late this afternoon, that’s an astonishing 29 below normal for July 15. It was 95 and 1 above normal just yesterday!

15 to 25 below normal this afternoon over the Plains east into the Ohio Valley.

Source: PSU / Via Ralph Fato

It’s another, potentially chillier night in store for many…

Source: NWS

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Here’s the reason for such unusual chill when it’s meant to be the hottest time of the year!

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For those searching some heat, the good news is this chill weakens and gets replaced by something more typical of mid-summer come late week into the weekend.

CFSv2 shows clearly just how cool it is compared to normal in week 1 (present) then has the warmup week 2 which commences late this week.

Unfortunately, the GFS ensemble too shows the ridge come and go with yet another significant trough dropping into the Midwest and East towards the end of July.

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Latest on El Nino’s progression….

When looking at the below chart off the CFSv2, the Nino is certainly not going super and still on track for a ‘modoki’ and central based winter! That points to another cold winter for the Eastern US with Europe likely to join in rather than being left out like last year!

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