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.
As I was out and about the last several days, I heard many comment, as did I in my own head, how warm it has been. And indeed it has been warm for this time of year. For some folks, (like me), that's quite alright! Others, (like my lovely bride), love the very cool and crisp mornings of September that ever so reluctantly allow their coolness to give way for an escapable brief period of warmth in the middle of the day. Either way, September weather is very unique in these parts. But this September has been one with little rainfall and extreme warmth to this point...
First the warmth; man, Mizzou must have been hellish!
And now the lack of precip in these parts...only coastal Carolina has had significant precip this last month or so thanks to devilish Dorian...for us here in PA; a time to fry and a time to dry!
And now for the next couple of weeks as seen by the Euro...endless summer! (Personally, I'm ok with that above normal temperature map...just sayin'...)
But we could use some rain, but the Euro says..."No Rain for YOU!" In fact, this map is suggesting no tropical activity along the east coast during the next 2 weeks either...
And the 500 mb supports this extended summer with a nice "heat ridge" over the east in the means the next couple of weeks...what the graphic below shows is the fact that the model believes that the atmosphere will be warm in the eastern part of the continent and therefore expansion keeps the constant pressure heights higher than normal whereas in the west (Montana), the cold will contract the air and the "heavy" cold air will be closer to the earth! Isn't meteorology awesome?!?
OK...enough said. I'll "leave" y'all with this. A tune done by many; but I kinda like EC's version...enjoy! And enjoy this endless summer if that is your cup of tea...
Enjoy your meeting free Wednesday...for most of you that I know might glance at this...
Smitty
AA: Next couple of weeks appear to be much above normal in terms of temps and much below normal in terms of rain. Time to maintain the mowers prior to the end of season which is delayed but will certainly not be denied! After all, you gonna watch those eliminated BoSox anymore this season?
