TimB

I believe Peter Sinks set some kind of obscene record for cold in the lower 48 in October 2019. Like -40 or more, if I’m not mistaken. (Though it also holds the #2 all-timer for the Lower 48 at -69 in February 1985 as well.)

It’s been awfully nice not having a cold or the flu or anything else for the past 15 months. I like to think masks had something to do with that too.

Had to go get his gun, I guess. But at that point, I’d say it unquestionably becomes premeditated first degree murder.

If an employee of a business tells you to do something, regardless of the reason, you comply if you want to continue to shop at that business.

If it plays out like the last heat wave and areas on the fringes of it get the pop up storms (we did well enough out here last week that we’re actually back to normal for the month for the time being), then it’s promising.

Funny thing is the run with the heat wave actually has less precip. (Including a min of 0.3” for the entire run at Altoona.)

I like that idea, and quite honestly about 3 of the 4 GFS runs every day have that cooler long term, so there’s more support for that.

But re: the GFS, the “for entertainment purposes only” portion of the 0z run does bring a heat wave into PA.

Hopefully that happens a lot this fall as well. And I don’t just mean the GFS with the heat.

Well yeah that, hopefully that gets restored sooner rather than later.

Was thinking about this with respect to Phoenix the other day, but I think it applies to Vegas too. I’m 100% sure neither would have exploded in population to become the large cities they are today if not for A/C.

I’m wondering if the evening might actually be pretty decent once this round of storms clears our area. Kicked the humidity up a few notches again but might shape up to be a pleasant evening.

The forecast discussion from NWS Las Vegas is about as strongly worded as it can get.

SPC discussion implies another line develops WSW of that.

Understood, and I’m really trying to dial back the negativity, but I understand that premature bust call yesterday was an egregious violation of that. Outside of that and a lesser comment I made earlier in the week, I don’t think I’ve been particularly bad since the end of our snowless March. Then again, the weather in April and May made me happy even without thunderstorms. The real test will be the next time we face adversity. Not the first time, but I hope it will be the last. I appreciate you calling me out on it, guilty as charged. I’ll work on it. TL;DR: I apologize for my negativity, but I’ll never apologize for being a severe weather fan.

Sorry you lost things as a result of these storms. Not going to apologize for rooting for interesting weather, especially after an incredibly boring spring, but I can empathize with it sometimes being impractical to do so as a homeowner. I wasn’t home when the storms hit, I was out in Mars and did see a good storm with strong but non-severe winds and a lot of lightning (possibly the same storm cell as the one in question?), which as I’ve said before is enough to satisfy me. The power was back on at my house when I got home at 8:30, though it had been out at some point - not sure for how long but obviously not long. But I would guess if a tree fell on my house or I lost everything in my fridge as a result of severe weather, I would be able to return to enjoying a good strong to severe thunderstorm once I got through wrangling with the insurance company to get my house fixed or buying hundreds of dollars of groceries to restock the fridge. But I have a few questions: 1. Considering my rooting for these storms wasn’t what made them happen, is it fair to be angry at people who enjoy severe weather when you are affected by it? 2. Regular non-severe thunderstorms can also knock the power out and destroy everything in your fridge depending on what the lightning hits. Are those also off-limits to root for? There are people in this thread that like their summers hot. I’m going to go ahead and guess that this storm might have been less severe if the hot weather lovers didn’t get their overperforming high of 87 yesterday. Where do you draw the line? 3. Go read any thread about a severe weather event in the subforums on here that get them frequently. Are all of those people (and there are quite a few of them) sociopaths/monsters? Sorry for the rant, but it rubs me the wrong way when people make me second guess my enjoyment of severe weather. But the thing is, my conscience says you might be right. One more thing: I apologize 100% for my premature comment about the Allegheny County split. Clearly that didn’t even close to happen.

I said it’s no more irrational to root for one vs. the other.

Who was praying for a destructive severe storm?

And that too. The original post was made tongue-in-cheek. For most places, 9 inches falling in one day could turn tragic, no matter the antecedent conditions.

Lol really?

I think the 128 is the hottest temperature ever recorded in AZ. (Though it has an outside chance of being matched this week.)

It was iffy, but looks like MSP kept their 90 streak alive at 9 days now. Tied for 3rd with 6 other years. None of the other streaks 9 days or longer were even in June, let alone in early June.

I just don’t think that’s going to be the case this summer. I see the heat in other parts of the country eventually getting blasted east.

And it’s one of those runs where the cold keeps coming back. The “for entertainment purposes only” portion of the run looks cooler this time, a far cry from the Excessive Heat Warning look it had on the 6z.

The models always surprise me, but I think the truly unseasonable cold next week might be dead. That said, a long, cool period with mostly low humidity is pretty ideal whether it comes with extreme anomalous cold for a day or not.