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Low of 68 and a very underwhelming .06” of rainfall. As others have mentioned, things are going to get very dry after we bake out under this extreme heat this week.

I see Mt. Holly has already issued EHWs... I expect LWX probably will tomorrow

The subtropical North Atlantic is the warmest on record for June 26th.

Maybe because its 4th of July weekend and so many people will be out? Go extremely hot and try to get the word out? I mean besides us... I dont think many people are going to care for the difference between 100 and 105.

There wasn't any improvement worth mentioning for Falls Lake from yesterday. Looks like today is the last chance for about a week for any real rainfall there. We will see how much it drops off during the net heatwave. At least they lowered my forecast high to 105F for Friday lol.

Mount Holly going with 101 and 102 here respectively for Thursday and Friday. Pretty bold. I have never seen 100 here on my station. I will take the under.

Classic track. Goated video.

The 3km NAM has a couple of 6-7" bullseyes for later today in the area. Of course, it has a 4" one this morning and nobody is getting that, so trust level = low. 0.32" since Friday.

For reference:

I really don't know what the NWS is thinking by putting 104 and 105 into the zones. You don't forecast historic heat 4-5 days out, especially when the only guidance giving those types of numbers are models that have known boundary layer issues. From the AFD: ================================================================== *** ALL-TIME RECORD HIGHS *** ================================================================== Baltimore 107 (set on Jul 10, 1936) Washington 106 (set on Jul 20, 1930 + Aug 06, 1918) Sterling-Dulles Airport 105 (set on Jul 22, 2011) Baltimore Downtown 108 (set on Jul 07, 2012 + Jul 22, 2011) Annapolis 106 (set on Aug 06, 1918) Hagerstown 105 (set on Jul 14, 1954) Martinsburg 112 (set on Jul 11, 1936) Charlottesville 107 (set on Sep 07, 1954 + 3 other times) ================================================================== *** ALL-TIME RECORD WARM LOWS *** ================================================================== Baltimore 83 (set on Aug 05, 1930 + 2 other times) Washington 84 (set on Jul 24, 2011 + 2 other times) Sterling-Dulles Airport 79 (set on Aug 08, 2007) Baltimore Downtown 88 (set on Jul 02, 2011 and Jul 10, 1993) Annapolis 92 (set on Jul 07, 1994) Hagerstown 86 (set on Jun 15, 1899) Martinsburg 86 (set on Jul 21, 1930) Charlottesville 85 (set on Aug 07, 1918) ================================================================== *** JULY MONTHLY RECORD HIGHS *** ================================================================== Baltimore 107 (set on Jul 10, 1936) Washington 106 (set on Jul 20, 1930) Sterling-Dulles Airport 105 (set on Jul 22, 2011) Baltimore Downtown 108 (set on Jul 07, 2012 + Jul 22, 2011) Annapolis 105 (set on Jul 21, 1930 + Jul 02, 1901) Hagerstown 105 (set on Jul 14, 1954) Martinsburg 112 (set on Jul 11, 1936) Charlottesville 107 (set on Jul 10, 1936 + Jul 20, 1930) ================================================================== *** JULY MONTHLY RECORD WARM LOWS *** ================================================================== Baltimore 83 (set on Jul 21, 1930) Washington 84 (set on Jul 24, 2011 + 2 other times) Sterling-Dulles Airport 78 (set on Jul 24, 2010 + Jul 08, 2010) Baltimore Downtown 88 (set on Jul 22, 2011 + Jul 10, 1993) Annapolis 92 (set on Jul 07, 1994) Hagerstown 83 (set on Jul 24, 2010) Martinsburg 86 (set on Jul 21, 1930) Charlottesville 84 (set on Jul 22, 1930) ================================================================== *** DAILY RECORD HIGHS | WARM LOWS *** VALID: Jul 01 ================================================================== Baltimore 103 (1901) | 80 (1933 + 1901) Washington 102 (1901) | 79 (1977) Sterling-Dulles Airport 96 (2012) | 72 (2017 + 3) Baltimore Downtown 101 (2012) | 82 (2012) Annapolis 103 (1901) | 79 (1945 + 1901) Hagerstown 100 (1901) | 74 (2017 + 1977) Martinsburg 102 (1933) | 74 (1933) Charlottesville 101 (2012 + 1945) | 78 (1901) ================================================================== *** DAILY RECORD HIGHS | WARM LOWS *** VALID: Jul 02 ================================================================== Baltimore 103 (1901) | 80 (1901) Washington 101 (1898) | 79 (2012 + 1872) Sterling-Dulles Airport 98 (1966) | 75 (2022) Baltimore Downtown 102 (1966) | 84 (2002) Annapolis 105 (1901) | 80 (1901) Hagerstown 100 (1966) | 74 (2018 + 1901) Martinsburg 102 (1933 + 1931) | 75 (1933 + 1901) Charlottesville 100 (1954) | 76 (1910) ================================================================== *** DAILY RECORD HIGHS | WARM LOWS *** VALID: Jul 03 ================================================================== Baltimore 104 (1898) | 80 (1898) Washington 101 (1966 + 2) | 80 (2018) Sterling-Dulles Airport 103 (1966) | 73 (2018 + 2) Baltimore Downtown 102 (1997) | 82 (2018 + 1983) Annapolis 100 (1901) | 84 (1896) Hagerstown 102 (1966) | 76 (2002) Martinsburg 102 (1941 + 1911) | 74 (1980) Charlottesville 100 (1966 + 1954) | 79 (1911)

We found Ineedsnow and Kooky Kenny

I’m still feeling mostly 98-100 in the hot spots right now…not buying the 2m 103-105 stuff with 850s of only 22-23C. I’m sure EWR will drop a 104° one day over the tarmac though. Just imagine all of those sweathogs in DC later next week for the 250th. No thanks.

Going to fall short of triple digits but we should string together 5+ 90 degree days, with near daily storm chances. 16 of the last 17 days have been BN. A classic summer heatwave was bound to happen.

Even the 88 figure in Downtown Baltimore seems excessive, but it's remotely plausible if the observation site is in the middle of the urban heat island, surrounded for miles on all sides by asphalt and brick buildings, with absolutely no green space.

US National Weather Service State College PA nspedSootr1a3646c41lu02354136h0gh2amh0h1tlh0cgi2179h3mii3i1l · Significant, dangerous heat wave expected from Tuesday into Independence Day Stay informed and take steps to protect yourself from heat related illness

In other words days and days of shirtlessness (perhaps down to short shorts?) with several packages of hard mikes and dude wipes on standby. Lfg baby!

@donsutherland1 Very strong coupling now (ocean-atmosphere/Bjerknes feedback) showing up….the ERWs (equatorial rossby waves) are constructively interfering with El Niño. Also, classic Nino standing wave convection/-OLR, strong westerlies and consistent -SOI

Try to make today a good day.

Yeah euro op is still pretty warm. Lots of 15-20C in the extended. ACATT squealing for help.

Cancel uncanceled

It’s like Ineedsnow drew that map

Makes you really miss years like 1996 with 77”-92” of snow and only 1-5 days reaching 90° on parts of Long Island. Snowfall Data for October 1, 1995 through April 30, 1996 Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. BRIDGEHAMPTON COOP 84.0 GREENPORT POWER HOUSE COOP 80.0 ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP WBAN 77.1 PATCHOGUE 2 N COOP 92.0 RIVERHEAD RESEARCH FARM COOP 78.8 UPTON COOP - NWSFO NEW YORK COOP 86.2 90° Day Data for January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996 Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. SETAUKET STRONG COOP 5 UPTON COOP - NWSFO NEW YORK COOP 3 PATCHOGUE 2 N COOP 2 ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP WBAN 2 RIVERHEAD RESEARCH FARM COOP 2 BRIDGEHAMPTON COOP 1 GREENPORT POWER HOUSE COOP 1

After the 4th we cool off but still summery. It’s here baby.

Looks a lot worse than typical. Long lasting with many records broken.

Why couldn't today have been yesterday's weather? I needed a morale booster so bad, and instead, I got the opposite.