TimB

Still, we’re talking about temperatures in some parts of ND/northern MN reaching levels that rival all time June records (Grand Forks, ND having the best shot at setting such a record). And it’s not like it’s the end of June when you would expect these kinds of records to be set if they’re going to be set, it’s June 4th. Incredible.

I can get behind that, minimal rain would mean the humidity has been kept at bay. The 6z GFS run looks very wet (5.1” over the model run) but it largely seems like most runs of the models haven’t been notably wet.

That’s the thing at Pittsburgh, with the airport being so far from the city, UHI is a bit mitigated in our official records.

That said, CTP still says MDT gets to 90 for four straight days, which I’m going to assume is somewhat rare for early June. As it stands right now, I won’t be seeing a 90 degree day just yet (and that’s fantastic).

Heatwave looks to be DOA. I wouldn’t bet against the cold air coming back, it’s already happened 4 times this spring, about 3 weeks apart each time. Next weekend would be a bit early by that pattern.

He said real-ass dude (note the hyphen), as in a hardass. I’ll let you decide if it was sarcastic or not. Why would anyone be butthurt over an election that was years ago and was undone through another election in decisive fashion? I’m happy you got the vaccine, but believe me, that former president is about as relevant to me as other former presidents Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce.

Also a 974mb hurricane off NC on 6/15...

It’s aided by rain and not the high temp for that day, the following panel (0z) is about 5 degrees warmer, but that day is past the halfway point of June so it’s not like we’re going to get a partly sunny day with a high near 60.

Lock this in.

GFS has a 43 in St. Marys one morning...

Both seem to bring plenty of relief late week and into the weekend, makes summer haters happy.

It’s actually pretty impressive how much of the US managed below normal temperatures for a 4 month period. You don’t see that much anymore.

Who?

I don’t think anyone “digs the lockdowns”. As I’ve said before (and adding a few more that may or may not be my personal beliefs), I think: 1. A lot of people recognize that there’s no reason they ever need to go back to the office and would rather work from home forever, not because they’re afraid of getting covid but because wasting up to 10 hours a week commuting absolutely sucks. 2. A lot of people don’t have an issue with people being 6 feet apart forever and not have someone up their ass in every public place they go. 3. A lot of people probably have no issue with not having to receive unsolicited handshakes and hugs all the ****ing time and agree that it’s another unhygienic practice that doesn’t need to be brought back. 4. A lot of people have no issue wearing masks because they also cut back on the transmission of cold and flu, and: 5. If people really do enjoy the staying at home a lot part of lockdown, they can continue to do that whether there is a lockdown or not.

Watch, PIT tops out at 89.

That and we know NWS offices are conservative with any changes to their forecasts, especially radical ones like a 5 degree drop in temperatures and significant increase in rain chances (think about when models decide at the last minute that a snowstorm is going to bust. We know it, but the NWS won’t tell us).

Looks like CTP doubled down on the heat and now carries a point forecast of 93, 94, 93, 93 at MDT from Sun-Wed (but with rain chances Tues/Wed). So there must be support for it somewhere.

That’s impressive in a relatively boring June weather pattern.

And didn’t reach 70. We’ll have to wait until tomorrow, maybe Friday to start our long streak of 70+ degree days.

Sorry to hear. It’s my favorite place I’ve ever been. Hope you get to go someday.

At the end of the day, the Royals have as many titles as the Yankees in the past 20 years. That’s incredible.

I mean, if my options on who to believe are 97% of people who have devoted their entire life’s work to studying the climate, or some theoretical physicist (not climate scientist) who happened to write a book and some guy on a weather forum promoting said book, the choice is pretty clear.

It sounds like the EU may be open to vaccinated Americans very soon, though countries can still opt to impose additional restrictions. Fortunately I went to New Zealand in 2019, so that isn’t on my list to travel to anytime soon (though I’d move there permanently if it were at all feasible). So yeah, maybe that particular issue is a non-issue at this point.

I’ll always be grateful to him for giving me the chance to watch playoff baseball for probably the only time in my adult life, and he’s probably my favorite Pirate of all time, but man did his production mysteriously fall off a cliff at a young age. It’s understandable now that he’s almost 35, but it happened suddenly by the time he was 30.

And Cutch.