Iceagewhereartthou

So still waiting on met Fall, but feels like mid summer still I'm thinking NWS is going to have to change their seasonal designations: Met Fall- Oct, Nov, Dec Met Winter- Jan Met Spring- Feb, March, April Met Summer- May, June, July, Aug, Sept

That's very interesting, never seen a graph like that. Most of the summer hasn't felt more humid than normal to me until recently. It has been rainy though, so there's that, guess the rainophiles got what they wanted this year

Yeah, GSP hit 88 today. It was 89 yesterday, breaking 10 consecutive days of 90+ , by far the longest streak this summer. This weather sucks royally! I can take it better now I guess, just knowing it won't last forever but lingering summers are hard to take; all those visions of fall in my head! GFS cool down keeps getting pushed back (of course), now it looks like a small cool down after tomorrow, but after the 20th until we resemble normal, let alone any bona fide fall front. That front we had in August may be the weather we see till sometime in October. Just hope accuweather isn't right; won't see my first 40s until 10/12, and second until 11/7, and no hard freeze until 12/3. BTW, both CAE and CLT continue to have a noticeably hotter summer than GSP. CAE normally does but CLT is usually closer to GSP.

Each of the last two GFS runs show a significant cool front pushing south from the north central part of the country down to the SE starting around the 13th. The 18z never quite gets it here, but it is definitely there. The 0z pushes lots of greens all the way to the gulf west of the apps. Darn thing doesn't make it east of the mtns with the nighttime lows, but cools daytime highs into the 60s for many. As we've said, it's the long range GFS, so specifics are pointless, but it can be good at indicating patterns or changes; let's see how it trends.

Hard to believe it's been a year! You might also want to add: 7. Temps in the SE of 22 or below are "too cold to snow," despite most of the remaining northern hemisphere having no problem seeing snow with much lower temps. 8. If we have a warm November and the pattern flips in December we'll have a different pattern than we did before.

60 this morning in Easley, looking for mid 50s tomorrow and upper 50s Sat!

Lol at the guys on the other forum freaking out on some OP runs of the GFS showing mid 90s for end of Aug/early Sept! GFS ALWAYS has a heat bias in summer, this time of year is not climo for major heat waves (heat yes, but not long sustained heat approaching 100 like they are saying, and those SAME GFS runs are showing significantly cooler temps by labor day. Too funny ! Everyone enjoy the first hint of fall the next couple of days and we'll see more of these in a couple weeks!

CAE above 90 again today, has not been below 70 at anytime since 7/22. The furnace of the SE!

Hard to believe there is any green around here. I am so SICK of the rain!! Just ready for some drier weather with lower dps!

Which models are you seeing that on, GFS certainly not showing it.

The long range GFS runs have been showing a lot of extremes lately. Obviously that's normal but it seems even more than normal; like lower 80s one run and then 102 the next run for the same time frame. I imagine this high variability, aside from being the long range GFS, is due to the first real changes in air masses for the season. It has been pretty consistent with bringing those colder dryer numbers to the NW (even some readings in the 20s), but it is struggling mightily with how far east and south it gets. That will be the case for awhile yet, but summer's days are numbered!

If that were to actually verify I think I would be in winter heaven. No way I get -5 to -7 average from Dec to Feb, but man that would be EPIC!

Pretty crazy to look at that chart, it's a whole different world up there. Jan 22nd; after weeks of total darkness the sun rises for 27 minutes!

So far, GSP has reached 90 just 8 days this month, and just 25 for the year. Only one day has reached higher than 94, which was a 96. No 90s forecast on the 15 day outlook. When we get to the end of July and there's no major heat through mid August I breathe a sigh of relief that summers days are numbered. While we've had a lot of rain, we've also had a lot of days with tolerable DP s in the 60s. Just got back from two weeks in CA and I'll take our upper 80s with some humidity over their "dry" 100 + every time! Also visited the coast and waaaay more humid there, been a pretty nice summer so far in the upstate. For comparison, CLT has seen 42 days hit 90, with 8 reaching 95 or higher with a high of 98. Overall, significantly hotter in CLT. CAE has seen 57 days of 90+, with 27 reaching 95+, 3 reaching 100+ with a high of 103. Pretty hot stuff, but about par for CAE. Undoubtedly they will add to the 90+ and 95+ counts for awhile yet.

Well I know what "tertiary" is but I have no idea what a cold front is!

Wow, haven't checked forecasts all day, but last I looked the 7 day was calling for upper 80s to 90 fmby. Now it says all lower to mid 90s after tomorrow; that's a terrible change! Why did you guys let this happen while I was away?

I'm calling fake on those pics, no way their for real!

The GFS seems to sniff out trends pretty well in the summer but it always overdoes the heat. Been showing the mega heat in Texas awhile now, but keeps backing off the bleeding east. The past two runs show less heat making it east, especially the 0z, but definitely seems to keep the wet cloudy pattern going.

I could not agree more. Way above average temp wise, mid summer humidity levels, a yard that is never going to dry out again, mosquitoes, only a few pleasant evenings, and looks to go on forever!

May have to break down and turn on my AC tomorrow, pretty hot and sticky tonight. I try to wait as long as possible, but may have to for a couple days.

Next 4 days gonna be torture, GSP showing 90 each day, with 94 on Sunday for Greenville proper. That would be close to a record, and the high for all of last summer was only 96 I think. At least after that it goes back to normal, but not liking the above normal May and start to the hot season. Can't help but wonder if the mid 90s forecast are bit too high.

GSP calling for near 90 this weekend for upstate . Need to take some Hirbernol to knock me out till mid September.

Not looking forward to the heat next week. Shetley calling for a mild summer so we are TOAST. 130 could actually happen.

Liking the drier air coming the next few days. If anyone says anything else about a drought I'm going to puke. Looks like May to start out well above average; here we go

Except GSP showing all 70s (but one day ) for highs over the next week and mainly 50s for lows in upstate at least. Sounds pretty safe for gardeners around here...