TimB

I wasn’t online much this weekend either, but certainly was an interesting read RE: severe weather and some of yinz finally scoring a good rain. There weren’t even that many sports posts in those 10 pages!

I feel certain I get into the 50s on Thursday morning. Then again, Pittsburgh recorded a low of 59 yesterday as well. But yesterday was just an ugly day here, a high of 82 and a low of 59, not a drop of rain, a fairly sunny afternoon, dewpoints near 60 all day, and a beautiful sunset. /s I can’t remember which model broke first from the consensus that next weekend would be cool, but that one looks like it will win this round.

Models have really trended in the wrong direction for anyone who wants another break from summer this month. Sure, it looks mostly seasonable to slightly above with no big heat, but “mostly seasonable to slightly above” in PA in July means temps well into the 80s.

Enjoyed some ice cream today, as well as what I would consider another fantastic summer day.

Somehow the EC is once again possible to root for. Fantasyland GFS brings some ridge influence, though nothing lasting.

@Bubbler86 ”Weekend trough”? You must have misheard me, I said “weakened trough.”

AZ monsoon storms are some of the most incredible storms there are, at least as far as rainfall rates go.

Dangerously politics-adjacent.

Craft brews? Where?

But you could forgive a Yankees fan for not knowing if whatever player they just acquired from their farm team in Pittsburgh is good.

It really isn’t, but still time for things to change. Models are steadfast on never really bringing a big ridge into this area, but if we’re talking about one rogue day hitting 90 vs. a prolonged heat wave (which I know is also on your wish list), we don’t need a massive ridge when our normal high is 83. I’m more interested in seeing if our streak of above normal July temperatures adds a 7th consecutive year, or if this is the first July since 2014 that ends up below normal. We’re sitting right at 0.0 through today and the next two weeks figure to be relatively typical for late July, so it really could go either way. Also, it has rained at my house all 7 days this week. I agree that it’s time for a pattern change.

But that EC precip total for central PA...

What say you, heat enthusiast? Will we see 90 in July?

These flame wars were better when there was a coronavirus thread and they could be conducted under the guise of talking about covid.

The 107 was in 1966, so it couldn’t have been that. My best guess is 1995.

What was the high in Pillow that afternoon?

Here come the storms again. Warning out for northern half of Allegheny with more warned storms upstream in Ohio.

As records go, that all timer of 107 was one that seemed relatively safe to me up until my view of such things was clouded by what just happened out west.

Side note, today is the 33rd anniversary of the hottest day in Pittsburgh’s history (103)*. I hope we never get there again. *tied with two other dates in 1881 and 1918

That run isn’t bad for temps but it is a 2 week period in which very little rain falls after tomorrow.

Any decent bars or nearby breweries? (I know, I’m reaching here.)

Maybe NSFW but definitely SFWFH.

I’m actually a little surprised that they’ve never played in football. Ever. I guess that’s a product of one of the schools only ever going to 16 bowl games.

Oh right, @mahantango#1’s desert microclimate.

Bubbler’s desert microclimate cools so well at night, I’m envious.