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Through yesterday, we are now at .4 above average for the month around here. Tomorrow will be well below average and the lows around here for sure will be below average the rest of the month. The highs might be too but Sunday might be close. I think we’re going to end the month slightly below average with the low temperatures leading the way which has become quite unusual in recent times.

I still think that all of the extra water vapor/moisture around the globe(compared to a few decades ago)helps keep the summers cloudier and cooler there while keeping the other seasons warmer. Every year when October rolls around these days, the temp anomaly maps go from light blue to dark red. It just can’t cool down as fast as it used to with so much more moisture in the air. Having more open water than decades ago probably just adds to the moisture.

We have some of the bluest sky I’ve seen in a long time here. A nice Canadian airmass with no smoke. It was down into the low 50s last night and should get to the mid 70s today with dewpoints in the 50s. It’s in the low 60s now with a breeze. It has a September feel to the air.

This weekend/early next week might actually bring you some organized widespread convection for a change.

We had 2.2 inches yesterday and 1.25 inches last week so all grass is green and happy again.

We got a good region wide soaker over here this evening after some downpours late this morning/early afternoon too.

Yeah. It’s getting crispy around here now too. We’ve definitely had more rain than you’ve had this summer but with these slow/nearly stationary storms, it almost has to develop over top of you or it rains itself out before it moves 5 miles. lol

People forget that 2012 fell off a cliff in August. Prior to that it wasn’t that low relatively speaking. Also when a graph only has this year and 2012 on it, it’s hard to get a visual on how it compares to other years since then.

I was hoping the SW flow later this week would push the smoke out. Maybe not if it’s way down there. lol

Then on top of that, if the ONI ends up cold neutral but RONI is into Nina, does the ACE rule apply then? Neutral and weak are tough because there’s just so many competing influences on the pattern.

It’s even raining here. I don’t think any of the models had the rain even close to getting this far north. The forecast still only has a 40 percent chance here. lol

Sunny with highs in the low 70s and dewpoints in the 40s. Boring as ever but you can’t really beat it comfortable wise in late July. Already down to the low 60s and most likely headed to the 40s tonight. Who says we can’t get low dewpoints in the summer anymore? lol

Yeah. I said that last winter. Some of the air masses last winter were very cold. We had a couple of mornings here that were below zero with strong winds. It takes a very cold airmass to achieve that around here with the warming influence of the Great Lakes. Below zero temps are much more common here in clear, calm nights. If we would have had any clear and calm nights when those air masses were overhead, there would have easily been some -20s in some spots. The center of those Arctic highs were generally south of here so the atmosphere always stayed well mixed

Mid 40s here this morning. Feels refreshing.

Nice cool day today. Only in the mid 60s with lots of clouds. Feels nice.