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This year so far in Osoyoos, BC:
It's been a weird year. Cold, wet February and no real heat extremes until July. But summer came on like crazy.
Stats look good (about normal) except that weird cool february, I think normal high should be about 7C.
Hotter than normal July and august (so far) but not way above normal,
normal highs are in 31-32C range anyway depending on which station,
Osoyoos West or Osoyoos STP, not sure if there is 1981-2010 stats for both anymore.
Yeah, but almost 35C avg high and 17C low is more like Roswell, NM than Osoyoos, BC
Stats look good (about normal) except that weird cool february, I think normal high should be about 7C.
Hotter than normal July and august (so far) but not way above normal,
normal highs are in 31-32C range anyway depending on which station,
Osoyoos West or Osoyoos STP, not sure if there is 1981-2010 stats for both anymore.
Yeah, but almost 35C avg high and 17C low is more like Roswell, NM than Osoyoos, BC
It was one of these extremely rare winters where February was colder than both January and December. One of the coldest Februaries ever too. By contrast, this was the hottest July on record in Osoyoos. The smoke kept the temperature down to 35 in Osoyoos yesterday.
The most impressive temperature from yesterday was the blisteringly hot 38C/100F in Puntzi Mountain way up on the Chilcotin Plateau (elevation 910m/3000ft). This is the hottest it has ever been there in the 30 years of records. The old August record was less than 35. In hot weather like this the lapse rate can be as much as 1 degree per 100m, and since Puntzi is more than 600m higher than Osoyoos, this is like Osoyoos being 44C (which it has never been).
10:10 AM PDT Tuesday 12 August 2014 Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for:
Central Okanagan - including Kelowna
North Okanagan - including Vernon
South Okanagan - including Penticton
Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts and heavy rain.
Thunderstorms developing over Washington State are expected to move into BC southwestern interior late this afternoon and may become severe. Wind gusts to 70 km/h and rainfall amounts up to 15 mm in a short period of time could produce localized flooding.
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Hmm, I thought it was the dewpoint that had an effect on the sky colour as people here said. Right now the dewpoint is 16C yet the sky is just as blue as yesterday at 9C dewpoint.
Hmm, I thought it was the dewpoint that had an effect on the sky colour as people here said. Right now the dewpoint is 16C yet the sky is just as blue as yesterday at 9C dewpoint.
Hmmm, Could be because you have High Pressure overhead. "surface" dewpoints and up in the sky might not directly related such as todays situation.
Take a look at the data for 12z this morning... Bone dry from the mid to upper levels which is probably why you got Blue up above but high surface dewpoints.
And it looks like you have to go to 10,000 feet to get freezing temps.
And again I look and you got 60s for DPs. Gees. lol Even with a Dry High!
Another day of unusually low dew points for the area between Lake Okeechobee and the Atlantic. This is the third day in a row when the dew point went below 65. Relative humidity below 35 enclosed in the red circle. That's considered very low here, especially in summer. I wonder why it's so localized.
Awesome deluge of late summer moisture over the weekend. Yesterday was the 4th wettest day in the Lexington records.
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Originally Posted by Cambium
Indication of whats coming? Maybe..
Rainfall total forecast Tuesday and Wednesday... Nice!! Flash Flooding Possible.
Gonna be interesting to see the rainfall total maps. Atmosphere was loaded and I had a feeling after reading G8RCAT's post. Keep em coming. I like knowing whats coming southwest of me.
Baltimore just got 6.12" of rain. 2nd highest 1 day total next to August 23, 1933. Still raining there.
"Linthicum, Glen Burnie, Brooklyn, BWI Airport area last 1.5 hours. Water rescues ongoing "
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2nd highest 1 day total next to August 23, 1933. Still raining there.
