TimB

On that note, lock in that GFS 4th of July. Won’t get tarred and feathered for those maps.

This Pacific Northwest heat wave early next week could be historic, and that’s now 3 regions of the country with historic June heat waves.

And now even some chilly mornings in July.

Crazy how fast that flipped. Days that are really only ~150 hours out went from being modeled to be in the mid-90s to barely touching 70 in a matter of a couple runs.

That’s actually incredible. One time while I was having trouble falling asleep I tried to remember the names of all 67 but only got to 62 or 63, but I don’t know if I could do the map.

RE: the first bolded point, I agree that the tornado warning and “possible tornado” probably had much more to do with the decision to survey than anything else. My comment was meant somewhat facetiously. RE: the second bolded point, I absolutely concur. We didn’t get slammed in my immediate vicinity, but I live in the north hills and I’ve driven through parts of McCandless and Hampton several times in the past week and the tree damage seems to be a bit more than your typical low-end severe thunderstorm.

I’m interested in the sanctity of weather records, whether it be PIT, MDT, Antarctica, or the moon.

That would include the all-time record low.

Not to be cynical, but do you think the fact that 6 trees got uprooted next to a playground where rich people’s children play had something to do with it?

It’s official, there was a tornado in Allegheny County on Monday. Thankfully looks like mostly a non-event.

Probably too early to call it, but King CMC might have had it right all along.

And what about the people who answer “yes” to “do you wear a helmet when you ride” when they don’t? I’m sure it’s not an insignificant number, since there’s no way to enforce that.

Your 90s are coming. And quite possibly before we get out of June at that. Well maybe. I think we could get there Sunday but it’s less likely after that.

An insurance company is a business. The more they pay out in claims, the more everyone’s rates go up. Just because it isn’t explicitly spelled out that way on your bill doesn’t mean it isn’t baked into the premiums somehow. Also, I’m absolutely certain there are plenty of people who ride without helmets but don’t tell the insurance company they ride without helmets. But this is so far off topic that I’ll stop there.

18z GFS holds serve or dare I say doubles down on the ridge.

The bolded is why this won’t fly. People are all caught up in the illusion of American exceptionalism, especially when compared to countries where they view the people as “other”.

I mean I’m sure I’m biased toward that, being an introvert, but the things I’ve discussed in the past regarding this haven’t had all that much to do with being social. I want to work from home at least 50% of the time forever, not because I fear human interaction at the office, but mostly because I don’t want to waste hours and hours of every week commuting. I like the idea of wearing masks especially when feeling ill, but wearing masks doesn’t prevent one from socializing with other people. And I like the idea of strangers continuing to give personal space when waiting in line (where feasible), but how often do you interact with the person in front of or behind you in line anyway? EVERYTHING in this world is built for extroverts, it’s time to settle that score a little.

I saw. The CMC is unfortunately an outlier.

Yeah, weren’t there a lot of people early on in the pandemic that had an issue with masks “because it would make it harder to identify criminals” (or at least framed it this way because their real reason for having an issue was even less logical)?

CMC is completely out of sync with the GFS on that one. GFS has me in the 90s by Sunday, CMC has what looks like a stratiform rain and temps of 70 Sunday afternoon. Everything is displaced 500-1000 miles east.

Yeah, hitting our first 90 before the end of June is still in play. Some parts of the Midwest desperately need that rain, so I’m willing to give it to them.

Quick glance at the 0z Euro and GFS and both are showing a max temperature in Washington state next week of 120 or above. The state record is 118.

Congratulations, but some of us aren’t lucky enough to go years and years without getting these bugs that are constantly passed around. And yes, I know there’s some skill involved too, but it takes a fair amount of luck to go 10 years without getting a communicable disease that is very common.

So colds and flu and other crap are just necessary facts of life and it isn’t nice to get them less often?

Yes. We’re barely past the days of mask wearing and I already have a cold that was so bad that I got a covid test on Friday (negative). I’m still wearing a mask until my symptoms are gone out of respect for others. Didn’t stop some 70ish year old woman from standing less than a foot behind me in line somewhere the other day, but if she catches my cold that’s her problem not mine.