Good evening all and welcome to my new blog. I have never blogged before so this will be a test to see if I can keep up. I will mainly be posting about the weather.. I mean what else would I talk about. The weather fascinates me and I hope maybe to get some you all who do read this to become just a little more interested.
So I am sure by now you all know it has been extremely hot the last several days. A stacked ridge of high pressure at the surface and upper atmosphere has been stuck over us the last five days. When a high pressure system is sitting over you aloft and at the surface, it can get extremely hot due to limited amounts of cloud cover from sinking air which allows the air to warm. Since the high pressure extends off the coast and out into the Atlantic, low level moisture is plentiful as it is being fed into the area from the flow around this high so it makes it feel worse. All of these conditions have led to the first heat wave of Meteorological summer (June - August). Below are the past 5 days high temperatures and records if they occured. Oh and not to forget our normal high for this time of year is 84.
Wednesday 6/4: 94
Thursday 6/5: 96
Friday 6/6: 99 RECORD; breaks old record of 98 set in 2002
Saturday 6/7: 100 RECORD; breaks old record of 97 set in 1947; Also the earliest RDU has gotten to 100 since 1944 when record began.
Sunday 6/8: 101 RECORD; breaks old record of 100 set in 1999.
The next 5 days....
It appears that this pattern will began to break down slightly this week, but not before one possibly two more days of 100+ degree heat. Then temperatures will be near 90 the rest of the week. Some computer model guidance has the area reaching 100 on Tuesday but I am not 100% sure on this just yet. Monday it is almost a definite though. Tuesday through Friday, the ridge begins to break down and move off the coast leading to an atmosphere that will support more clouds and the chance of showers and thunderstorms especially Wednesday through Friday. I am not gonna get into details on the reason why storms might be possible just yet. If the chance continues to show up on data in the coming days then I will. Here is my forecast for the week....
MONDAY 6/9: Mostly sunny, very hot and humid with a high of 102. Low around 73
TUESDAY 6/10: Partly cloudy, very hot and humid with a high around 99. Low around 75. An isolated thunderstorm possible.
WEDNESDAY 6/11: Partly cloudy, hot and humid with a high around 92. Scattered showers and thunderstorms possible in the afternoon and evening. Low around 75
THURSDAY 6/12: Partly cloudy, hot and humid with a high around 90. Scattered showers and thunderstorms possible in the afternoon and evening. Low around 76
FRIDAY 6/13: Partly cloudy, hot and humid with a high around 88. A chance of showers/storms.
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