Hottest June Ever? Could be...

While golfing with the marvelous one, Marvin Bernstein & buddy Skip hand, I felt noticeably hotter today compared to yesterday.  The difference was zero cloud cover.  Without our daily PM T-Storms, we're gonna suffer with highs in the mid to upper 90s.  So I locked up some graphics to see if this June is really that hot.  The answer...YES!  Included are some graphics grabbed from Bruce Katz's 4 pm program.

Today's 96 ties the record and is the 18th day above normal/average.  Note the average temperature ((highs/lows divided by 2) so far is 84.8 degrees.   Only one other June has been hotter (2011) and that turned out to be our hottest summer ever.  So what could change all this heat?

The upper pattern is slowly changing.  The omega block is still there ( trough over west and off east coast, ridge between) but the strength of the upper high has weakened.  Note some storms have bubbled up to our north.

No we have no fronts coming, but I do think our daily shower chances will increase as we head towards the weekend.  Chicago was 95+ yesterday, but they're in the mid 80s today behind a cold front.

Some storms have fired off to our north but the coverage is well below average.  In the short term, expect little relief until the upper high weakens further.

The FOX 8 forecast is calling for near 100 for the next 3 days.  Hopefully by Sunday, storm chances increase bringing us some relief from this brutal heat.  Finally

The tropical Atlantic & Caribbean remain quiet while the Eastern Pacific stays active.  Several models are hinting that something might develop near the islands by the end of this month.  For now it looks like we'll get through June with only one named storm.  Stay tuned!