Smitty's attempt to educate and to a much lesser extent, entertain, about all facets of life; but primarily the meteorological and the climatological aspects of the earth sciences.
Just a very quick post to my loyal readers that this is indeed a hideous wave of heat, not just for us, but the entire northeast quadrant of the USA. Please be careful when you hear of record heat in major cities as I've seen many pundits and talking heads quoting the heat index (real feel temps) vs the actual thermometer reading. Clearly, the heat indices are 100°F+ in many locations across the northeast; however, the actual temps are having trouble rivaling the triple digit temps that are records in many places for this time of year. Frankly, it is due to the extreme humidity and the wet ground from all of the recent rains...
First the heat advisories and warning in effect as of this writing...
And the current observations as of 4 pm eastern...
Note how the rain from the cluster of T-storms both in the Carolinas and the WI-MI region cool the air...and tomorrow, the 500 mb ridge is still holding strong in the northeast quadrant...the yellow colors show above normal temps in the upper atmosphere still tomorrow...
...but by Tuesday, check this out! Relief, O Canadian style! The blue colors are below normal temps aloft, and the deeper blues are much below normal! And much below normal for July will feel just fine!
OK...with me saying blues so much, maybe a blues tune. Well, not so much! My lovely bride loves Linda Ronstadt and here's a song that's quite apropos...enjoy!
Relief is on the way...
Smitty
AA: Hot yet Sunday; transition day with numerous storms Monday, temps dropping below norms for middle of next week and becoming normal by week's end. 50 years ago tonight, we landed 2 humans on the moon! Show your kids the moon tonight (though it rises late at 11 pm) and mention to them that only 12 humans have ever walked on the moon (and 4 are still living today!)
