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4 hours ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I honestly thought your number would be higher...I was hoping you'd respond because I wasn't sure how high it would be.  

Low 80s is perfection, although I don't mind even the 110s out here. The usual lack of humidity helps. Right now, I'm waiting outside for my delivery store to open their door and even at 108, with the dry air and the breeze, it's not that bad.

My favorite temperature would be 82, but anything over 70 suits me fine.

This might thwart our efforts to get to 120 and possibly break the all time record high. High clouds and upper level moisture have literally popped up out of nowhere over the metro area. A half hour ago there were virtually no clouds.

101 at 8:15am...

I'm posting this for you guys due to the historical nature of the event, and because I'm the only Arizona poster on the entire site, so if I posted in the western forum I'd be talking to myself.

I hope you all don't mind.

We are currently running 2 to 4 degrees higher than yesterday at the same time out here on the sun. If that trend continues throughout the day we will go to 120 to 124 for the high today.

We shall see... 

1.04" overnight in Tamaqua. 

Take your pick. Both stations are equal distance from my house...

I found a NWS co-op station about a quarter mile from my house. Looks like 118 might be our high for the day as it's after 3pm.

8:30am (early PA nooners) current temperature:

101 degrees.

Can we get to 120 today? If we do, it'll only be the fourth day in Phoenix weather history that it would have done so.

1 hour ago, Bubbler86 said:

"You got gas to drive to Furnace creek, right?  

"What, no I thought you got gas!"

 

I've felt 125 degrees before in Bullhead City, but that 135? Insane.

This morning's AFD snippet...

As we head into the weekend with 
unprecedented temperatures, highs in the 115-120 degree range and
lows in the mid-80s to mid-90s, nearly all lower desert/valley 
locations will experience Major HeatRisk while most populated 
areas, including Phoenix, Yuma, and El Centro, will experience 
Extreme HeatRisk. For many, the high temperatures this weekend 
will be the hottest ever experienced.

34 minutes ago, sauss06 said:

94 was my high yesterday. 

pretty muggy this morning 

One degree LESS than my morning low yesterday... 

1 minute ago, canderson said:

Water is going to be a huge problem in a few years. No idea how they’ll handle it. 

That's a good question. Short term, this past winter filled our local lakes/reservoirs, but if it was just an anomalous winter, then yes, water will be a big problem.

20 minutes ago, canderson said:

The people moving to Phoenix in droves (not you, you are fully aware of the climate) have to be really second guessing themselves. 
 

Moving to a desert isn’t smart, learn more at my Ted Talk. 

It's a big reason why for years the stats said that for every three who move here, two leave. If it weren't for the extremely hot summers, Phoenix and the metro area as a whole would probably rank #3 in population with only New York and LA being bigger.

And I have to add that even though I am fully aware of, and like the climate, it's a bit mind blowing to be slammed by mid 90's heat (this morning's official low was 95) walking out the door at 5am.

I'm not sure what's more impressive about this forecast. The fact that we're going to absolutely annihilate the consecutive 110 degree record or that we've already had three consecutive mornings with a low of 90 or above creating the chance of going nearly fourteen straight days where the temperature does not drop below 90.

I think my AFD melted the subforum... 

So here's a snippet from our AFD this afternoon.

Heading through the rest of the week and into this weekend, the
central anticyclone is expected to slide west-northwest or develop
a new center, with increasing H5 heights. The high is expected to
center over central CA this weekend before drifting back over AZ
early next week. This will unfortunately continue the prolonged
excessive heat we have been enduring. Surface temperatures are
expected to go up with the strengthening of the high. NBM has the
hottest temperatures this weekend, pushing 115-120F for many lower
desert locations. Morning lows will also remain quite warm,
ranging from mid-80s to low-90s, and even mid-90s in some
locations like Phoenix.

So here it is. The official low was 94. My Jeep thermometer is quite accurate since it showed 93 this morning. 

6 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

All those station numbers could be your temps at some point today.  LOL. 

We've been exceeding the FM dial for nearly two weeks now... 

10 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

In Azrizona, all of those numbers could be temps or radio stations. 

You know I don't mind this stuff...lol

But yes, the station number is nearly the same as the outside temp, not to mention possibly warmer that some PA locations yearly high temperature.

One of these years, Phoenix is not going to go below 100 overnight.

Temperature at work reporting time this morning...

51 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

That is so 2020!  Tamaqua has more qpf the last month than many of us have had in 3 months combined. 

That's because I'm not there... 

7 minutes ago, TimB said:

I’m sure you know this already, but there’s a consecutive days record in play that looks to be pretty much a lock as long as tomorrow hits 110.

I thought the streak would be broken as it was mostly cloudy today, but we managed to keep it going with a 110 reading just after 2pm. I do think we have a solid chance of breaking it, though.

Just saw this online. Perfect illustration of the Tamaqua Split®

Even out here, where 107 is the normal July high, the TV news is sensationalizing 110. That's only 3 degrees above normal, OMG...the sky is falling.

It's ridiculous (in a relative way). Every time they do that I damn near yell at the TV saying "it's July in Phoenix, what do you expect?"

Current rainfall so far for the day in Tamaqua...

0.00"