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.
Although the resolution of the graphic is not the best, yes...the Phillies did SWEEP the Marlins with their walk-off win on Sunday! And that would be a correct answer to be sure as to what is wrong with the above graphic! However, being the wx guy that I am, I was alluding to the last 2 games listed with a wx related postponement in both San Diego and Anaheim! That's correct...it never rains in California...especially in July. In fact for the Angels, it was their 1st rainout in 2 decades dating back to 1995. Additionally, the Angels in their 55 years in SOCAL have only lost 16 games to rain; all but 2 being during the months of either September or April! All of this rain over the past weekend compliments of what was tropical storm Delores. The 0.36" of rain that LA received on Saturday was by far a record for July!
Here is how the NWS Doppler radar appeared during the widespread rainfall for the desert SW...
And this "blob" of moisture continues to move across the Great Basin of the western USA...note the areal flood watches and localized flood warning near Las Vegas which again is very rare for mid-summer.
Here is the water vapor imagery as of this morning...also note the huge cluster of storms over the mid-section of our country as well...
And this "blob" of moisture and atmospheric energy in the form of deep moisture and the associated latent heat should enhance some storminess over the Rockies and into the Plains the next couple of days...here is a look at the precipitable water anomalies approaching 2-3 stand deviations above the norms across the 4 corners spreading into the southern plains...of course the big blob of moisture remains in the atmosphere off the coast of CA!
And here is how this manifests itself in terms of western storminess...
OK...OK...enough of the west Smitty...but what about us here in PA? Well, the next graphic I show you is somewhat ironic and more telling as to how much cooling is again on the move for midweek. Here is a 5 day average of temps that included yesterdays observed heat and the forecasted heat for today...
And the coolest 5 day stretch I could find centered on Wednesday afternoon with the map below...
As for you lovers of summer and you beach bums...well, next week, the heat will return along with the moderate to high humidity...quite frankly...typical late July wx...
As an aside..."Late July" is an awesome product...sorry I digress...(and no, I am not trying to monetize this blog)...
So with that I'm off to throw some kettle-bells around, row a bit, and brush Ziggy and Zola. (Our 2 dogs get crazy when they get brushed; its really quite humorous!) I'll be listening to the 70s whilst I move about with this ditty possibly popping up on XM...I hope you enjoy as much as I will...
Enjoy the week...and the break from heat and humidity Wed-Friday!
Smitty
AA: Two rare west coast rainouts yesterday...so your BoSox play 2 today! As for us, hot & humid today with storms breaking the heat and humidity Tuesday afternoon. Nice wx for Wed-Friday...enjoy it! Big Orioles-Yankees series this week! Let's Go Os!
