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Well it’s about to get HOT throughout the Pacific Northwest just as points east of the divide start a cooling trend. While some areas stretching from eastern Montana to the Ohio Valley potentially recieve record cool temperatures for August, the Seattle to Portland corridor look on track to recieve record or near record heat and certainly […]
The back is broken in terms of summer heat from Denver to St Louis in a big way with cool shot no. 2 coming acalling late this week. Just when many thought this seemingly never ending summer would continue, the flip has begun but like I said in the previous article, this doesn’t mean summer […]
It may have been a long and hot summer for the bulk of the nation but at least there is light at the end of the tunnel, starting late this week when a significant shot of cool comes down from Canada. Summer is by no means over but the back will be broken with worst in […]
June and July saw relentless heat centred from Denver to St Louis with days on end in the 90s or 100s. It was a pattern straight out of the 1950s, 1988 and of course the 1930s with the return to a cold PDO and onset of the El Nino. These factors greatly aid in supporting a dry […]
Highs yesterday remained stuck in the 70s from Minneapolis to Detroit with Chicago ‘shivering’ at 75°. It was even cooler around the Lakes with highs in Wisconsin and Michigan only topping out in the mid-60s. While many are in the 50s this morning, International Falls on the Canadian border fell to a chilly 37°.
Summer 2012 has been hot over the Plains and parts of the East but it has been cool compared to normal over Southern California and other parts of the West but in coming days it will be anything but cool. In fact, the hottest part of the nation over the next 5-7 days will be centred […]
It’s sure been a long hot summer not only for Chicago but for much of the Midwest and nation with as many as 33 days of 100°+ in Wichita, KS, 24 in Oklahoma City, OK and 22 in Dallas, TX. A hot summer which seems to have started back in March which of course saw super warmth and records […]
The gears of the summer pattern are changing as we progress deeper into August with more troughiness set to dig into the Lakes and East while the heat shifts to further west. The worst of the summer heat is done with the Plains and East despite more warmth coming and going. Although the hottest weather has likely occured Out West […]
The next 7-10 days will see the heat dominate the West with strong high pressure firmly established and centered over the Great Basin. This heat will expand up into the Northern Rockies as well as intensify over the Deserts by late week with 110s easily returning to both Las Vegas and Phoenix. Even Montana may see a few days […]
Seattle-Portland See First 90s, 100s in Two Years While Heat Streak Snaps For Parts Of Midwest, West
Following what has been a cool summer over the Pacific Northwest, yesterday saw Seattle, WA top the 90° mark for the first time in 2 years with a high eventually climbing to 93°. Portland, OR scorched to a record 102° yesterday and this was the first 100° in the Rose City since July 2009. According to The Weather […]
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