tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post6032045920231562003..comments2024-03-26T10:45:14.207-05:00Comments on The Minnesota Forecaster: Widely Predicted Heat Wave Finally Arrives in Earnest. Eighties or 90s Next Weekend?Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02905775514055182861noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-66825159861833875712011-07-20T00:27:36.892-05:002011-07-20T00:27:36.892-05:00There is no "official" definition of wha...There is no "official" definition of what constitutes a heat wave. Subjectively and colloquially I think people consider a string of 90+ temp days a heat wave.Phttp://p.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-36075090115485091232011-07-19T19:50:32.118-05:002011-07-19T19:50:32.118-05:00Bill what ends a heat wave,do you or anybody knowBill what ends a heat wave,do you or anybody knowBig daddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-76382258689030661172011-07-19T17:27:58.365-05:002011-07-19T17:27:58.365-05:00Holman Field, St. Paul with a DP of 83.Holman Field, St. Paul with a DP of 83.CWY2190https://www.blogger.com/profile/07489877587725781507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-60531447660605047412011-07-19T16:59:43.050-05:002011-07-19T16:59:43.050-05:00Its somehow actually worse today.Its somehow actually worse today.CWY2190https://www.blogger.com/profile/07489877587725781507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-45301508925778054362011-07-19T16:47:59.813-05:002011-07-19T16:47:59.813-05:00YIKES!!!! at MSP at 353pm 95/82= heat index of 119...YIKES!!!! at MSP at 353pm 95/82= heat index of 119°randyinchamplinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-62502577143183392352011-07-19T16:26:26.936-05:002011-07-19T16:26:26.936-05:00PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERV...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT<br />NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN<br />400 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011<br /><br />...UNOFFICIAL DEW POINT RECORD SET IN THE TWIN CITIES TODAY...<br /><br />THE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE AT THE MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL<br />AIRPORT WAS 82 DEGREES ON THE 3 PM AND 4 PM OBSERVATION. THIS IS THE<br />HIGHEST DEW POINT TEMPERATURE REPORTED ON AN HOURLY OBSERVATION AT<br />THE MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE HOURLY DEW POINT<br />RECORDS BEGAN IN 1945.<br /><br />THE PREVIOUS HOURLY DEW POINT RECORD WAS 81 DEGREES...WHICH WAS SET<br />ON JULY 30TH 1999. A DEW POINT OF 81 DEGREES WAS ALSO REPORTED AT<br />THE AIRPORT ON SUNDAY...MONDAY...AND EARLIER TODAY /JULY 17-19/.<br /><br />THE MINNESOTA STATE CLIMATOLOGY OFFICE IS THE OFFICIAL SOURCE OF<br />DEW POINT RECORDS ACROSS THE STATE. THIS NEW RECORD WILL BE<br />CONSIDERED UNOFFICIAL UNTIL IT IS CONFIRMED BY THE STAFF AT THE<br />STATE CLIMATE OFFICE.randyinchamplinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-53670103962901969332011-07-19T15:42:32.055-05:002011-07-19T15:42:32.055-05:00but we should still be caped at 700mb so I don'...but we should still be caped at 700mb so I don't think convection will fire offrandyinchamplinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-25412209815208476412011-07-19T15:41:12.534-05:002011-07-19T15:41:12.534-05:00I'll go out on a limb with this, but i saw thi...I'll go out on a limb with this, but i saw this possibility last night, and it seems to be confirmed with the 12z runs. I just checked on local web sites, all are still calling for a 100 tomorrow. I have serious doubt's about that. The NAM is the only model that brings +30 850 temps into the area. Looking at the the GEM, GFS ECMWF, they all show the 850 mb height lowering during the afternoon, thus lowering the temps at that level, if we don't hit 100 by 2-3pm the chances are we wont see those kind of temps. I'm going for 96, call me nuts if you want but that's the way I see it. The Nam looks like the outlier at this time.randyinchamplinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-80228432315138265972011-07-19T15:09:44.538-05:002011-07-19T15:09:44.538-05:0094/117 now. Hottest of the heatwave so far where ...94/117 now. Hottest of the heatwave so far where I live!!!ABnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-48924610209548252942011-07-19T12:48:03.980-05:002011-07-19T12:48:03.980-05:00Waconia was at 92/108 at 11:00. The clouds rolled...Waconia was at 92/108 at 11:00. The clouds rolled in and our temperatures dropped to the mid-80s, but we didn't see a drop of rain. Sun's back out and we're already back up to 90.ABnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-61436050206555268362011-07-19T11:55:31.159-05:002011-07-19T11:55:31.159-05:00Thinking the airport IS going to get it...Thinking the airport IS going to get it...Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905775514055182861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-36015981242005837792011-07-19T11:46:48.220-05:002011-07-19T11:46:48.220-05:00Looks like the rain will miss the airport. Might ...Looks like the rain will miss the airport. Might be a situation where MSP hits 97 or so and St. Paul stays around 91.CWY2190https://www.blogger.com/profile/07489877587725781507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-40163670290260746872011-07-19T09:07:18.442-05:002011-07-19T09:07:18.442-05:00depends on weather there is a cold pool with it, A...depends on weather there is a cold pool with it, ABbemakinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-24247720888651392792011-07-19T07:33:29.341-05:002011-07-19T07:33:29.341-05:00So...cloudy, sprinkley morning. The weather up no...So...cloudy, sprinkley morning. The weather up north is heading southeast and looks to clip the north metro. Is this going to greatly affect daytime temps?ABnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-10724742954443190502011-07-19T02:16:30.118-05:002011-07-19T02:16:30.118-05:00so what is considered the end of the heat wave?,be...so what is considered the end of the heat wave?,below 90 high temp?under 100 heat index?,cuz whatever it is I am praying it gets here sooner rather then later!!!!!!!this crap can stay in the jungle as PD put it.big daddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-54722921348895776552011-07-18T18:56:21.330-05:002011-07-18T18:56:21.330-05:00But if he heard the Minnesota accent, the mystery ...But if he heard the Minnesota accent, the mystery would be all over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-44660057302713869732011-07-18T18:53:38.090-05:002011-07-18T18:53:38.090-05:00NWS SPC issued slight risk area for tommorrow... I...NWS SPC issued slight risk area for tommorrow... I am really hoping for no more torrential rain.<br /><br /><br />Speaking of all this heat humidity, and torrential rain, a blind man might mistake Minnesota as a rainforest right now, if he did not know where he is!!!bemakinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-65619441066557449862011-07-18T17:19:03.427-05:002011-07-18T17:19:03.427-05:00Not sure about accuracy with lows, but Intellicast...Not sure about accuracy with lows, but Intellicast's interactive radar is extremely inaccurate. Not sure if the data is incorrect or if it is juxtaposed incorrectly onto the map.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-9837138354515118662011-07-18T17:09:18.223-05:002011-07-18T17:09:18.223-05:00I am curious if Intellicast generally reports low?...I am curious if Intellicast generally reports low? I am wondering if they are routinely accurate because I'm wishing their forecast was right.RKooyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374879652782768199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483614767822693875.post-77318502568787887822011-07-18T16:45:40.558-05:002011-07-18T16:45:40.558-05:00Looks like some wind on Wed. Should provide some h...Looks like some wind on Wed. Should provide some humidity relief right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com