Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Heat Wave Will End By 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!

1 comment:

Bourbon St. Blues said...

Well I would have said 3-5 degrees cooler, but still hot....but that's me...

This hot and dry spell has our pool has been like a sauna...plus I have to add water as the sun absorb the water.

To try and beat the heat I mowed my lawn about 7:40 last night and went well into the night. A few flood lights and for the most part I see what I am doing...don't know if this is better than mowing at 8AM but it works for me...

Go to see it being a slow hurricane season...I hope mother nature fools us to keep those GW people making up stuff..