The current 7-day stretch across the Eastern two thirds of the country may well be the hottest of the entire summer from Dallas to Charlotte up to Chicago. For cities such as Indianapolis and Pittsburgh whom have not yet hit 90, we will watch this current heat surge carefully!
ECMWF 7-day mean 500mb heights
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7-day mean 2M temps/anomalies
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Yesterday’s highs.
Heat builds next few days across Midwest with potential 2-4 days of 90s in Atlanta, Charlotte and Chicago, 5 days of 100+ in Dallas.
Wet ground over the Mid and Upper Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley, like we’ve seen all summer long, may thwart the intensity of the heat as it lifts northward. The heat like’s to go where it’s dry so it’s not a given that the heat will be as impressive as modelling are making out!
58% of CA is in extreme drought.
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Why heat may be tempered yet again.
July
July Anomaly
Change in soil moisture content since May 31.
As you can see, the drought has eased over the S Plains but worsened over California as expected but notice how the rains are increasing and expanding further south and west in response to the El Nino and warmer PDO as we head into fall and winter. California should see an easing of the drought through the upcoming winter.
This setup with eastern heat, supports some high elevation Rocky Mountain snow.
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Spot on! As usual… Our home state of CA is having a rough go of things with the drought and hopefully things will improve soon. Relieved to see your information pointing to rain for CA this winter.
Here in Nashville, TN we are seeing a few hot days here and there but even when heat is predicted it frequently doesn’t get anywhere near predicted highs. At least where we’re living we’ve had recent heavy downpours (3+ inches in several hours) and also cloudy skies which seem to work to keep the temperatures comfortable. Also the nights, again with a few exceptions, are cooler than expected.
Having lived for several years in Austin, TX and Fort Lauderdale, FL, we’ve experienced hot, humid climates where there rarely seems to be a break from the heat/humidity. Even though we’re not that far North here your predictions seem to be applicable even at the Southern end of the Ohio Valley.