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Ditto here. 3 days in a row in the 40's. MDT below normal 15 of the last 16 days and probably another one coming up today and if the zones are tight, Saturday as well.
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I just got a chance to peruse the 12Z's. Wow, what a difference in the GFS and CMC vs the Euro to close the month. GFS only has 1 day where MDT stays above 70 at night, CMC 2 days, Euro suggests 5. Will go a long way toward a lot of things including where this summer ends up on the all-time scale (currently at 5th). CMC also goes ape shit one day and has Wed approaching 100.
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August cool stats * MDT is on their way to their 7th day of staying below 80 in August. That would put it tied for the 4th highest total since 2000. Many of the days were rain free making it a bit more significant. * Yesterday was the second consecutive day of double digit below normal departures. That is the first time this has happened during Met summer at MDT since Aug 13th and 14th 2013 assuming my output stats are right. Also, of interest from August 2013, MDT had no days above 87 that month.
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Sounds like Voyager is needed to my SW. Hauling in water. In West Virginia’s core drought area, stream levels are low, soils are dry, and pastures and meadows are not regenerating, resulting in a detrimental impact upon cattle and livestock. Many farmers and ranchers are hauling water for livestock and irrigation. According to August 18 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) statistics, 87% of the topsoil and subsoil in West Virginia is short or very short of moisture (dry or very dry), and 65% of the pastures and rangeland is in poor to very poor condition.
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EBNOONERS. 66 and mostly sunny.
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Totally understood, I am not arguing I am just speaking to the point. If you take out all the other variables and just look at it this way, why is the areas only official recording location situated on a river beside an airport, it is enough to question it. The answer is probably because it is the easiest to staff but it leads to inappropriately warm (or cool when the wind is coming off the water) temps that leave us guessing what MDT will show. Just this week both MJS and I mocked the chances of them reaching the 40's because of this worry. All good though :-). As to where, a location that is at least 10-15 miles from the river and not near heavily travelled locations. North of Lancaster maybe or Somewhere in between Carlisle and Harrisburg are two thoughts. Somewhere at a median altitude for the area so cannot do it too far north. OR we take a triangulate approach as JNS has alluded to. THV. MDT, MUI, LNS averaged, etc.
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I think that since most of the area is not part of the concrete jungle it would be more appropriate in a less urban area away from the only major river in the area. To me using MDT is no different than using THV. The extreme THV lows do not represent reality either. If MDT had gotten down to 54 or 55, I would be less inclined to say anything but 57 was not reality IMO. Totally understand the clouds last night on a one-time issue. IN closing (LOL) I will summarize that the temp at MDT was higher than any temp reported here or other official stations so not a median per se.
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My feeling on it is that a large majority of the area got into the 40's or low 50's...even Canderson made it. This is not a onetime occurrence; they misrepresent the area as a whole weekly. Their temp is the basis for average temps over here, North of Pillow, etc. The frequent highest temp/near highest in the area should not be our official temp for record keeping. Mui had 51, LNS had 54...hard to find many if any temps that stayed at 57 last night.
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The legend of MDT lives on.....57 was their low. So inappropriate that they are the official spot for the entire area. They now stand -1.1 for the month with another 2-3 BN days on tap.
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45 this Am.
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Down to 51 here believe it or not. MDT was down to 63 but up to 65 right now.
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Kimbrels best move right now is looking behind him at the flying ball.
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Euro was a frying pan at 0Z but is much cooler now.
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And some new open lines of credit compliments of:
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Well, I was kidding. :-)
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I don't know. I was at the strip mall place where they give me $200 for Plasma. Do you sell your Plasma?
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I had yet another "I know someone who saw it snow in July" convo yesterday at a Dr's office.
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Nooners, mostly sunny, breezy and 65.
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If my search is outputting the right info, MDT has not a record low since April 30, 2022 when it hit 35.
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RGEM says you will need your 40's pants Fri AM as well.
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The radiational cooling master does hand out more 40's tonight
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Here is some footage of your opening day commentary
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Gotcha, yes he is very defensive. With the way the last couple decades have gone (though last Aug was not too shabby) this is great!
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If he is suggesting this used to happen more often, he is right. The HDD stat I posted this AM backs it. MDT number of days with HDD in August:
