Heat Wave...

I find it interesting the AGW crowd always links any summer heat wave to man.   As a believer that ocean currents, solar radiation & volcanoes play a much greater role,  one just has to look at the SST anomaly over the Pacific to find a raging El Nino going on.   We SHOULD be seeing some record heat during an El Nino summer & that is happening in Europe.   Only the western U.S. has had a really hot start to summer.  Dallas has yet to top 100 & I don’t think Chicago has hit 90 but once.  But I know the agenda…

 

The Tropics are exploding over the western Pacific with 3 named storms & that is where the MJO is in the favorable (rising air) mode.  The Atlantic is in the sinking air mode & that, coupled with African dust & strong wind shear should mean little, if any activity for the rest of this month.  Remember it’s August & September that we need to be on high alert as that is , historically, the peak (most active) of hurricane season.   Locally, an upper high will slide our way capping any shower activity later this week.  Below normal showers result in above normal temps.  We could flirt with 100 degrees this weekend!  Yikes!  Stay tuned!