I actually hope people start playing this one up... within reason. Call it responsible hyperbole. Potential for a pretty bad outcome and timed on a holiday with more out of towners in the mix.
Boy I really wish we had RAOBs from the Dust Bowl years. But I have gone back and looked at reanalysis from some of those hottest days and they generally had mid-upper 20C 850 mb temps advecting into the region, which with good mixing and pronounced drought conditions would've enabled those 105-110+ type readings.
Impressive to beat the records by that much.
Yeah, I don't think 850's can get much above 30C once you get east of the Mississippi or so, and even that is really rare. I know ILX had an ob of 30C back in 2012.
Met fall is almost upon us. Year just seems like it's flying by.
After a bit of a cool start especially in the first day or two, it appears a warmup may occur.
The names are out now.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5217557
The sons and I went to the same school. I didn't know the older one much but I knew Matt. I haven't seen him since high school so it would be stretching it to say friend but our social circles overlapped.
Tragedy for the mom to have so much of the family wiped out.
OT but I know the people killed in this plane crash. Identities haven't been released yet but the last name is Weaver. The dad and sons were killed. Very sad.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/07/16/americas/canada-plane-crash-missing-people/index.html
This is the Barry remnant. Although wind fields aloft are weakening, could have just enough shear for something. Wouldn't be shocked as it doesn't take much in these situations.