Spring 2016 thread (Northern Hemisphere) (climate, snowy, hot, warm)
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Could the midwest see very high dew points in the upper 70's and low 80's like in 2010? If they see a lot of rain this summer.
That would depend on how much rain we get within the next several weeks. Usually transition summers to La Nina are more drought prone. Although 2010 is thought to be an analog year.
Extreme dew points July 2010
The deadly heatwave of 1995 had very high dew points because Iowa and Missouri were swamped with rains.
Here is an analysis of that heat wave. Just look at how much real estate in the Midwest had over 80F dew points
Last edited by chicagogeorge; 04-30-2016 at 07:23 PM..
Only made it to the low 60s today, but temps will continue to hover there overnight with clouds and rain. Warmer tomorrow with a high of 78F, and hopefully thunderstorms developing in the afternoon.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS THEN
DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL SNOW THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
SHOULD AMOUNT TO AN INCH OR LESS.
* WIND...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH...DECREASING OVERNIGHT.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL FALL TO 1/2 MILE IN PERIODS OF
MODERATE SNOW. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES HOVER IN THE LOWER 30S.
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY...
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
AROUND 15 INCHES ON HIGHER PEAKS AND EAST FACING SLOPES.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS
EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE
NIGHT HOURS...BEFORE MODERATING ON SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSISTING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...GENERALLY OUT OF THE EAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH.
* SNOW LEVELS...STARTING ABOVE 8500 FEET...THEN DROPPING TO
VALLEY BOTTOMS THIS EVENING.
* LOCAL IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE VISIBILITY WILL
DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT DURING PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW.
And FYI ... Payback for 9 straight days of sun and dry weather? Rain and clouds all week
I told you... "We need rain"...."Enough with the rains". We say those things often!!
Drought is the biggest hyped up pointless thing to worry about in our region.
Cambium how is the NAO doing? Haven't heard about it in a while.
NAO is negative recent days which makes sense since we have the blocking over Greenland and the trough in the Northeast but about to go neutral now meanwhile PNA about to go negative which means a Trough in the West which means East could be warming up by mid May.
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