Weekend Update: Escaping The Worst & Breaking The Heat

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8:48PM

99 at  Boston Friday. Broke the old record of 98, but fell shy of triple-digits by 1. It was humid, but not super-muggy, in the immediate Boston area because of a west wind downsloping off the hills and drying out slightly. Not the case closer to the South Coast where soupy dew points were in the upper 70s. Ick!

One more day of heat Saturday. Should break 90 just about everywhere except typical South Coast areas that get wind off the water. What about the severe storm threat? It’s there, but things are looking up just a little from closer to Boston northward. The best dynamics to pop bigger storms should be southwest of the city from south central MA into CT and RI. This is not to say there will not be any big boomers up closer to the city and up through southern NH, but the chance is just a little less. We should still see one main line, or broken line of storms, forming and moving southeastward across the region during the afternoon and early evening, and it may struggle to hold together all the way to Cape Cod in the evening. But regardless of where you are, keep an eye to the sky and listen for warnings, in case. Stay safe!

Heat breaks! Warm but drier Sunday, mild and still on the dry side into Monday as we get a quick hit of a dry air mass from Canada. This won’t last long though. The humidity comes back, without the heat, for much of next week, along with an unsettled weather pattern as a trough takes up residence in the Northeast.

Updated forecast for southeastern New England…

OVERNIGHT: Hazy with a few clouds later. Muggy and very warm but a nice breeze at times. Lows in the 70s, may not drop below 80 in Boston. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

SATURDAY: Hazy with sun/clouds. Heavier clouds arrive from the NW during the afternoon with an area of showers/thunderstorms, timing most likely to be any time after 2PM for southern NH into northern MA to between 4PM and sunset heading southeastward through Boston then down toward Cape Cod. Watch for strong to possibly severe thunderstorms with potentially damaging winds, favoring areas southwest of Boston, but not impossible to get anywhere. Highs upper 80s to middle 90s before storms, may cool significantly where heavy rain falls and more gradually in places that only light showers occur or storms miss. Wind SW 10-20 MPH with higher gusts, may become variable and then strong and gusty near any storms.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Any showers/storms southeastern MA and RI diminishing, otherwise partly cloudy. A few fog patches in valleys, swamps, and bogs. Lowering humidity but mild. Lows in the 60s. Wind W to NW 5-15 MPH.

SUNDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs in the 80s but drier. Wind N to NE 5-15 MPH.

MONDAY: Sunshine, clouds later. Low 58. High 79.

TUESDAY: Cloudy. Periods of showers or rain. Low 61. High 76.

WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Periods of showers, possible thunderstorms. Low 62. High 79.

THURSDAY: Variably cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Low 65. High 85.

FRIDAY: Partly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Low 66. High 86.

195 thoughts on “Weekend Update: Escaping The Worst & Breaking The Heat”

  1. Thanks TK.
    One more day of this stickorama before a little break. I like seeing that 58 for a low Sunday night an indication of a more comfortable airmass.

    1. Jimmy – it appears “stickorama” as you call it will be back shortly from midweek and beyond…UGH! 🙁

      I guess all I can do is enjoy Sunday through Tuesday while I can. 😀

      1. Hi Philip…. The way this summer has been so far it will be a real treat to have a short break from this heat and humidity.
        62 days to Fall!!!

  2. I hope everyone is staying safe, healthy and cool through this extended heatwave! Any thoughts on a pattern change from the extensive heat/humidity through the remainder of the summer? I thought I read somewhere that August’s temps may be closer to normal or even on the cooler side.

  3. Thanks TK.

    STINKORAMA!!!!!!!!!!!

    9:15 at night and it’s still 90 Bleeping degrees here.. YIKES!!!

    That’s INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. Excellent blog entry TK! Thank you!

    Haha, every time I read “heat breaks” I kept thinking it said “heart breaks”. Then that made me think, well maybe some people find this heat heart breaking 😛 It seems that in the summer everyone wants it to be winter, and in the winter those same people want it to be summer. 😉 For me, I look forward to the next seasons, but I am always reluctant to let go of each of them. Personally I prefer fall…although, you could ask me again next year and I may have a different answer. The thing is that there are so many different aspects of each season that I love.

    As for this heat…yes, it is tough to handle if you are going to be outside a lot and if you don’t have AC. But people seem to forget how much they will miss it when it is gone…:)

    I hope everyone is staying cool, but also enjoying this weather 🙂

    1. I absolutely agree about letting go of the season we are in. It is always hard isnt it? This may be unusually uncomfortable but it is also making a memory and I love memories. Glad you are enjoying summer Emily.

        1. I am. I’m a bit frustrated because its been too warm this past week to sit out on the porch and deck. I love being outside and even when I’m inside I sit by a window. But this shall pass and ill be back on that deck in no time. Thank you. Have a great weekend

  5. Thank you TK. Looks as if it will be an interesting vacation week. Maybe well her big waves?

  6. Good stuff as always TK !

    Wow, mid 70 dewpoints in Boston now too.

    Returning from a pub crawl, the town up here is celebrating its centennial.

    Misty, foggy, I think the temps are rising, as are the dewpoints. At least 20F milder than last night.

          1. Haha. I love it. I’m awake and about to enjoy my coffee on the deck on this beautiful morning 🙂

  8. If I recall correctly, Logan’s warmest part of the year, climatologically, is July 16-29. Here’s what I could find on Taunton NWS climate data for the last handful of July’s. Hottest days really have fallen in the climatological period of warmest weather.

    July 19th, 2008 : 95F
    July, 2009 never had a 90F day… (Remember that 6 month spring season ? 🙂 )
    July 17th, 2010: 93F ( it actually hit 100F on July 6th of that year)
    July 22nd, 2011 : 103F
    July 17th, 2012 : 97F
    July 19th, 2013 : 99F

  9. Well, perhaps its the transition within a season.

    For the last 4 weeks since the solstice, its been about the heat.

    The length of day and sun’s altitude haven’t changed much the last 4 weeks, but they will now. Its 8 min’s and a degree of angle every 4 days or so going foward.

    I’d say we’ll be transitioning to a 6-8 week focus on the tropics, which probably will begin to pop soon.

  10. Through my radio hobby I learned of some free weather software that could be interesting. I haven’t downloaded either program yet but will do so tomorrow morning. The site is http://www.wxspots.com. A well respected radio hobby magazine called Monitoring Times wrote a nice review of the two software packages. I’ll try to scan the review later and post a link.

    1. one quick note…I just dl’d the wxwarn software from the above site…easy install and my Norton AV said the files were fine. But it does try to install some type of backup software but you can just say no to that.

      1. Actually guys and gals..hold off installing this program as it does seem to have a piggybacked program (Strongvault) with it that tries to install once you go to open the program “wxwarns”. I had to twice tell it not to install. Then “wxwarns” opens fine. But I still want to check this out more before I think it’s ok. I’m going to email the developer and the magazine.

        1. Sorry to clog up the board again but I was able to get rid of the Strongvault installer program. Pretty easy to do. I went to http://support.microsoft.com/fixit/ and 1. Chose “Top Solutions”. 2. Install or Upgrade Software or Hardware 3. Fix Programs that can’t be Installed or Uninstalled.

          So the program is running fine now…will play with it a little tomorrow. The other program wxspots seems very interesting.

  11. WOW! 1 Am and it’s 86 degrees. I have NEVER seen that before.
    This takes the cake!

    INSANE!!!!!!!!

    1. It’s been a super warm summer os that’s for sure, today will make it the 30th day this summer it has hit 88+ degrees, yes 30th!! Last year we had 19 the entire summer, what a difference a year makes 🙂

  13. It’s been worse than this. I remember the dewpoint hitting 79 one day in 1982. I also remember the temp of 87 at 1AM on July 5 1990. That was one hot night, and a huge tstorm complex went across northern New England that night.

  14. Good morning weather people. I am very much looking forward to some cooler, dryer air. I have a few questions – i’m sure that these have been discussed before but I don’t always get online to read the blog, so here you go – 1. I live near Worcester. It drives me nuts that the temp in Worcester really misrepresents the real temperature. It looks like we live in an oasis – when in fact, it really bakes in Shrewsbury on days like yesterday. 2. the ocean temps are very warm – would this help feed any hurricanes to stay strong or intensify as they move toward us, or if we have more normal temps going forward, would the ocean then cool off enough to help prevent storms? Is this a concern at this time? Thanks!

    1. Hi Suzanne. Nice to see you here :D. There has been considerable discussion about the ocean temps and although I am the least qualified person to answer, I’d say everyone agrees that the ocean temps would definitely feed any hurricane tracking up the coast

        1. Haha. This is the place to be then. The knowledge is unquestionably here but the willingness to share it is amazing as well

  15. Today’s AccuWeather Trivia Quiz.

    What is one of the leading causes of the hot weather pattern we are in?

    A. Ground Temperatures
    B. Ocean Water Temperatures
    C. Solar Flares
    D. Climate Change

    Answer later today.

    1. Boy I wouldn’t have chosen any and know it won’t be right but on general principle will say D. 😀

    2. It’s not climate change, because we’ve seen this before, therefore
      I’ll take a stab at ‘C’ – Solar Flares.

  16. Through yesterday, we are now 6.2 degrees above normal for temp at Logan for July. 11 days of the 19 this month have had a high at 90 or above.

    Worcester is 6.5 degrees above normal for the month.

    1. Which pretty much proves Suzanne’s point about the Worcester temp not being an indication of the area. It seems to me its a worse choice than Logan.

      1. Hi Vicki…. What a treat for the players playing the Open Championship with those mild conditions. The only bad
        part is the wind when it kicks up. Big difference from ten years ago from Murfield where the Open is being played
        when those were some of the worst conditions I have ever seen during a golf tournament in the third round. The combination
        of the rain and wind made it nasty. Tiger Woods shot at an 81 that day.

  19. C.

    I agree with all the points on Worcester …. I do find the obs from there have a benefit. Worcester and Mt. Washington, to me, are nice, easy to access snapshots of the atmosphere above.

    For example, in late October, on our first clear, calm, frosty suburban night, when its 28F in suburbia, but Worcester is 39F with a light SW wind, I know its warm above and there’s a decent chancethe coming autumnal day is going to be mild. It can be used that way in the other seasons as well.

    Humidex alert for Cape Breton today 🙂 SW wind, sunny hazy skies and compared to the last 3 days, its hot already !!

    1. PS … I didnt pick D because its too debatable, however I would assign a small percentage to it. 🙂 🙂 🙂

    1. From the SPC:

      THE PRESENCE OF A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND A MODERATELY STRONG WESTERLY WIND FIELD WILL RESULT IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF MAINLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

      From NWS at Taunton:

      AGAIN…THE BEST CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED STORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN WESTERN NEW ENGLAND AS 0-6KM SHEAR INCREASES TO 35 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON…BUT BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE MAY BE FURTHER E NEAR THE COASTAL PLAIN. PRIMARY MODE OF CONVECTION SHOULD BE MULTICELLULAR LINE SEGMENTS WITH DAMAGING WIND THE GREATEST THREAT
      FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS…ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN HIGH PWAT AIRMASS.

      They were also concerned about cloud debris and not enough destabilization.

      My thought on that. BS. There is plenty of sunshine out there and it is freaking HOT already.

      1. Boston 9 AM Observation:

        Boston, Logan International Airport, MA
        (KBOS) 42.38N 71.03W

        Last Updated: Jul 20 2013, 8:54 am EDT
        Sat, 20 Jul 2013 08:54:00 -0400
        Weather: Mostly Cloudy
        Temperature: 87.0 °F (30.6 °C)
        Dewpoint: 73.9 °F (23.3 °C)
        Relative Humidity: 65 %
        Heat Index: 95 F (35 C)
        Wind: Southwest at 12.7 MPH (11 KT)
        Visibility: 7.00 miles
        MSL Pressure: 1006.4 mb
        Altimeter: 29.72 in Hg

  25. After today’s severe weather outbreak and a couple warm/dry days it looks as if we get into another anomalous trough weather pattern for another week or so. This summer has been amazing. If it’s not sizzling into the 90s, then it is raining. Joe Joyce called for this troughy set up last week so kudos to him. He also noted that this period of hot weather COULD be our last for the summer due a persistent trough and climate change as we head into august. We will see how that plays out but it looks awfully wet for the forseeable future.

    1. July 20, less than one month into astronomical summer, and calling for this to be the last period of hot weather for the summer? Let’s not even… 🙂

        2. LOL. I think he was deducing that we may not have another heat wave this summer. I agree. Way too soon to deduce.

  27. The front cutting through this hot and humid airmass will provide the lift necessary to fuel strong to possibly severe storms. I had a few sprinkles a couple hours ago and now the sun is back out. It looks like a setup where a potential squall line could set up and move through. Strong to possibly damaging wind gusts my biggest concern with these storms.

  28. Sunny here but with a combination of high thin clouds and what looks like some debris clouds. Finishing up some paperwork this morning then out to the pool for a bit before we have my dad over to celebrate his 91st birthday.

    1. Keith, enjoy cooling off in your pool and celebrating your Dad’s 91st birthday!
      Wow, 91 years!!! Now that deserves a special celebration! Happy Birthday to your dad 🙂

      1. Thanks…he’s still living on his own and doing well. Keep cool and stay safe if the big boomers show up.

  29. For amount of sun, have to look at the region in a broad scale to start with. There has been a whole lot of “debris” coming across the sky so far today. It hasn’t stopped Boston from cracking 90 but with the launch pad they had, not surprised.

    There are as many if not more things working against widespread strong to severe storms today than their are working for them.

    1. I was in the truck headed to the local bakery, used the A/C, which was a mistake, cause now I can really feel the humidity. So, it wouldnt surprise me if we saw some storms….. An aside, the bread up here out of the bakeries, unbelievably good !

    2. The irony is, you may. Support is better up there, and southwest of the Boston area. The hole in the action may be right here where most of the bloggers are. 🙂

  34. Everything’s gotta be perfect in New England to get a widespread severe weather outbreak, mostly cloudy here

  36. Joe Joyce said on air this morning that the best chance of severe storms will be well N&W of Boston and from Boston to Cape Cod could actually end up being completely dry for the duration.

    I believe the SPC supports Joe’s thoughts on this.

    1. from NWS:

      HAVE UPDATED GRIDS TO SLOW DOWN THE PRECIP ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN AREAS UNTIL AROUND 18Z AND BEYOND. DEWPTS ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN FORECAST…MAINLY IN THE MID 70S NEAR AND S OF THE MASS PIKE WHERE THEY APPEAR TO BE POOLING…SO MAY BE A FOCUS OF ANY CONVECTION THAT MAY DEVELOP PROBABLY AFTER 18Z.

      1. NOTING A LOT OF SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR ALOFT WHICH IS TENDING TO BREAK THE DEBRIS CLOUDS THAT HAVE MOVED ACROSS FROM NY STATE EARLIER THIS MORNING ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION.

    2. It’s probably more like southwest of Boston. Greatest pre-storm heating combined with moisture in that area.

  39. Tk u mentioned earlier in a comme that there is a hole right in our area where all the bloggers are. Why is it only this area!? Hoe come north of us and southwest of us gets more storms? Ughh I swear thunderstor ms always run away from me. They always get weak when they enter reading!

    1. SURFACE HEATING IS MAXIMIZING WITHIN THE LEE SURFACE
      TROUGH ALONG THE URBAN CORRIDOR…FROM WASHINGTON D.C. AND BALTIMORE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH PHILADELPHIA…NEW YORK AND BOSTON…WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE NOW IN THE 90S. THIS IS CONTRIBUTING TO LARGE MIXED LAYER CAPE IN THE PRESENCE OF HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER CONTENT NEAR 2 INCHES…WHICH INCLUDES SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 70S.

    2. It’s lkighing up like a Christmas tree!!!!]

      I guess the CAP was broken!!!! WOW what activity!!!

      1. Not sure if I’d say a Xmas tree…but it certainly is starting to look at little more active. Using the NWS site it actually more active than the Wundermap site. Sure as heck looks like a broken line trying to come together.

        1. Will be interesting to see if that second line up in NW NY turns out to be a big one when it comes through later.

        2. I’d sure say so!! Sorry, we disagree. 😀

          Plenty of action though, no matter how you slice it.

            1. the new wxwarns software program is certainly active…pretty cool with the voice alerts…

                1. I don’t think so as the software is on my computer. You can try the software yourself. Just remember to make sure that the Strongvault piggy doesn’t install. If it does you can follow the instructions from my earlier post to remove it. Here is the link to the software site. It’s run my a radio amateur.

                  http://www.wxspots.com/

                2. my post should ready make sure the Strongvault piggyback software doesn’t try to install

  44. From wsrisk.com:

    The Atlantic remains quiet for now, but a much-anticipated strong tropical wave over Africa will move over water next week, and the GFS has developed it into a tropical storm 4 runs in a row, moving towards the Lesser Antilles in about a week. For this reason, the wave will be watched, but its development chances cannot be gauged properly until the wave gets over the water for a day or two.

    https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/602973_621623661190307_1950256364_n.png

  45. Still 96 borderline 97 here. Sun shining brightly.

    Boy did that radar light up in a hurry!

  46. Just off the press from NWS:

    DID HAVE SEVERAL HOURS OF MAINLY CLEAR SKIES WHICH HAS ALLOWED FOR VERY GOOD HEATING AS TEMPS HAVE RISEN TO THE LOWER-MID 90S FOR MOST INLAND AREAS. WITH THE HIGH DEWPTS ALSO IN PLACE…ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS NEAR AND S OF THE
    MASS PIKE IN THE LOWER-MID 70S…HAS ALLOWED FOR QUICKLY
    INCREASING INSTABILITY. LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE RATHER HIGH
    ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS…ON ORDER OF 8-8.5 C/KM. ALSO
    NOTING INCREASING SHEAR /W-SW AT 30-35 KT/ ACROSS CENTRAL AND
    NORTHERN AREAS WHICH WILL SHIFT S AS THE FRONT MOVES SE.

    😀

    1. Yes, and often that is where the worst of the storms are usually located.

      Read the wording on the watch. Frankly it was about the most minimal
      wording I’ve ever seen for a Severe T=storm watch. Looks like conditions
      barely necessitated a watch. Only a moderate risk for severe winds.

      Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
      Very Low Very Low

      Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
      Moderate Low

      Severe Hail 2″+ Hail
      Low Very Low

      1. Thanks, OS. Gee, is that how they really worded it – Low Very Low? My opinion only – shouldn’t make statements like that, even if they are true. Weather is always so unpredictable.

  50. This pre-frontal trough likely will hamper widespread severe weather. I’m not as impressed as OS on what is showing up on radar right now.

    1. I’m only stating that much is popping up. I never said anything about how
      severe they are, till a moment ago, below where I indicated that NONE
      appeared severe.

      IF we don’t get severe from these, then, I agree we’re not likely to see
      severe. Still bears watching because the atmosphere is ripe.

    1. Cool!! Did that piggyback software try to install? There is also a second software that let’s you report and interact with others.

  53. Getting dark to the northwest. Wind has been strong off the land but cooled as it comes over the river so not bad if you don’t move

  59. Wow. Let me say it again. Wow. Awesome storm. Strike after strike in the ocean. Phenomenal light show. Although worrisome as four guys remained on the beach playing horseshoes

    1. More coming here too. One that just came thru looked to blow up just as it got right off shore which explains the light show. It was small and fast moving

  62. Lots of dark clouds just to the south here. Many rumbles of thunder too and even some lightning.

  63. It was interesting to see this evolve. An area of high CAPE slid into eastern MA and slightly colder air aloft weakened the cap just enough and off it went. The evidence started about 12:30PM when a dark-based non-precipitation cumulus slide right across Woburn but exploded into an isolated t-storm just east of Beverly. A friend of mine at the beach in Rockport got some photographs of the storm which passed literally about 1 mile from their location, just offshore of the beach.

    A couple follow-up cells then occurred just to the south of that. Another cluster formed and went through the Merrimack Valley (east part) and southeastern NH (Hampton Beach got nailed, scattering the people there). Then the cluster that got me in Woburn formed and came across. We had some good CG lightning before the rain but once the heavy rain got here the lightning was done.

    And of course the main line to the south and southwest of Boston now, heading across SE MA and RI. That is the pre-frontal trough. We’ll see what it does for allowing other stuff between it and the main front later. It’s possible that many areas have seen what they are going to get. This was a concern of mine as far back as 2 days ago – stuff firing a little bit early, before it could feed on absolute max heating and destabilization. Nevertheless, some potent storms where they are occurring.

        1. Ok.

          I had been of the mindset that we had to watch for earlier stuff and favoring areas S-SW of Boston. Actually verifying.

    2. There was a storm that went through Hampton Beach NH around 2:30PM. Once it got offshore, it reorganized into what looked like a small rotating supercell. Wonder if it dropped a brief water spout out there. Looked like it could have done that – about 10 to 20 miles offshore.

  65. No a Drop here!!

    The one that went through Worcester completely went POOF as it approached our
    area. Could hear thunder from the ones to the South.

    Now we wait and see IF anything remains of the line with the front. 😀

    1. Thanks Oldsalty, game is in play. 15minute delay earlier but no rain. I’m so happy for my son. It’s hot even with no Sun.

  68. A friend of mine in Woburn was in a parking lot when the storm was approaching here and his hair stood on end. He jumped in his car as fast as he could and moments later a bolt struck just the other side of the parking lot he was in.

  69. There was nothing “overdone” about the forecast today. Convection is this way. Not everyone gets nailed every time. The line S of Boston has a host of severe thunderstorm warnings on it. Ask those people if the forecast was overdone.

    Better to know about what’s possible and miss it, agree?

  70. I do agree that some media outlets still make it sound like widespread gloom and doom coming when they really just need to alert people of what may happen and tell them to watch the sky and listen for updates.

    That method worked great in the 70s and 80s. 🙂

  71. Joe Joyce said this morning that many areas would end up completely dry w/o a drop.

    TK – Would you say Joe was correct and most of us are in the clear for the rest of the afternoon and early evening? I see absolutely nothing in western MA/eastern NY at this time on radar.

    Still waiting for that relief! 🙂

    1. Being in the muggy air mass with a little sun left to go makes me reluctant to rule out a few more pop ups ahead of the front, but for the most part, we’ve seen the worst of it.

  72. Storm gone thru. Was directly over us. Loudest thunder I’ve ever heard but wind had to be 50-60 or over. Trees were bent sideways. A piece of plywood on deck was torn in half. All deck furniture traveled from west side to east side.

    Air considerably cooler now

  73. I think I saw a small shelf cloud on the leading edge of the line. Pretty cool, clear sky then that cloud at the edge of the storm.

  74. A few drops and rumbles here in Marblehead. Sun is back out and temp is still 85. I am watching drier air come on in which will help limit new storms. I will continue to watch the radar and hope…

  75. All we got in Sudbury was some thunder. Temp. went down to 85 and has stayed there for the time being.

    I wonder when we’ll see some really cool and dry air come into New England? Sept.?

    1. Another example of why I don’t buy into the hype style so prevalent on media outlets.

        1. I think one problem is that the general public (not everybody obviously) are not informed enough to know that sometimes not everybody gets the storms that are forecast. Not everything is widespread. You know that, but I am using this spot to make that point in. 🙂

          1. Exactly TK. I was thinking the same. But you knew that also. And what an awesome welcome we had down here

  77. 96F at Logan today, seems to have exceeded expectations a bit.

    Actually have a thunderstorm, which started at the easternmost end of Nova Scotia and has since moved northeastward into the central part of Cape Breton Island. May see a storm in about 45 minutes, we’ll see. Seeing blowoff cirrus on the western horizon, and a huge nearly full moon rising on the eastern horizon. Hit about 30C today, 86F and humid !!!!!

  78. Answer to today’s AccuWeather Trivia Quiz. (Though I am not sure I completely agree)

    What is one of the leading causes of the hot weather pattern we are in?

    A. Ground Temperatures
    B. Ocean Water Temperatures
    C. Solar Flares
    D. Climate Change

    The answer is B.

    1. Ocean water temperatures is exactly the reason. They are the primary driving force behind development of large scale high and low pressure areas over the oceans, and since oceans cover the majority of the planet, these become the driving force behind the weather pattern. It’s been known for a very long time. Ground temperatures, solar flares, and climate change play rolls too, but each one less than the previous on the list.

    1. With other cells developing northeast of Antigonish, SW of the island. Could be an interesting night.

    1. It should. That’s our own doing. Too much information available. Nobody knows what to do with it.

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