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Post by Snowstorm920 on Aug 22, 2023 14:16:09 GMT -6
I was just about to post this. Well I already have the pic uploaded so here it is lol  |
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Post by bdgwx on Aug 22, 2023 15:57:03 GMT -6
It is of course unofficial until the NWS confirms, but one of the 5 min METARS reported a minimum HI of 118 F today.
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Aug 22, 2023 17:30:27 GMT -6
This is without a doubt, the worst heat and humidity I've ever experienced in my life!
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Post by REB on Aug 22, 2023 17:51:08 GMT -6
Curious. Do any of you have a handheld thermometer like I’m seeing reporters hold on different reports concerning our current conditions? If you do, what kind is it and when do you find use for it?
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Post by bdgwx on Aug 22, 2023 18:09:38 GMT -6
Curious. Do any of you have a handheld thermometer like I’m seeing reporters hold on different reports concerning our current conditions? If you do, what kind is it and when do you find use for it? I've been seeing the media use IR guns a lot lately so I'm assuming that is what you are referring to. I have the Fluke 62 Max. It is awesome. It gets used frequently by the entire family mainly to measure the temperature of the pool, but we use it for a lot of other things too. |
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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Aug 22, 2023 18:25:17 GMT -6
I bought an IR thermometer gun on Amazon years ago. You might be able to find something locally at Grainger or an HVAC supply company
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Post by yypc on Aug 22, 2023 18:49:33 GMT -6
This is without a doubt, the worst heat and humidity I've ever experienced in my life! The difference between 98/70dp and 98/80dp is absolutely massive I would agree that I havent seen consistent humidity like this ever. |
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Post by Lovableweatherguy TROY,MO on Aug 23, 2023 5:35:29 GMT -6
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Post by Worldserieschampions (Chicago) on Aug 23, 2023 11:20:53 GMT -6
Wow, feels like I’m back in STL.
Heat Index of 113 already here in Chicago.
Feels like a furnace.
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Post by Worldserieschampions (Chicago) on Aug 23, 2023 11:26:20 GMT -6
Strong El Niño Will probably be a bummer if you like consistent cold and snow throughout the winter (relative to regional averages). The Atlantic Ocean is super heated though. I feel like there will be a couple large (8-14 inch) type events in the Ohio Valley region, separated by long periods of mild and dry. Nor’easters should be a plenty so a miserable season is possible if we miss the 1-2 big events in the center of the country. I’m very much not excited unfortunately. |
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Aug 23, 2023 11:29:38 GMT -6
I just want one good wrapped up, classical mid-latitude cyclone that pulls a healthy def zone through that's not cold rain...is that really too much to ask? Last winter had way too many teases and close calls for my liking.
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Post by cardsnweather on Aug 23, 2023 11:39:47 GMT -6
Worst week of weather I've ever experienced. 60 more hours of this.
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Post by amstilost on Aug 23, 2023 12:41:10 GMT -6
1995 must of been a hell of a miserable year. Personally, I don't remember anything sticking out this particular year but I was working in a boiler shop welding, usually TIG welding which prohibited a fan from blowing across you. Didn't have to 'suit up' with the super heavy leathers with TIG welding though. Looking back through STL Dewpoint Climo ( Clicky) during August, 1995 there were, actually, 3 days in a row that had a dewpoint 80* or greater. The first day during the 'run' that year was 79*. This data only goes back to 1946. There were several days in 1995 at upper 70's or 80+ dewpoints during July-August and there could be more since there are alot of asterisks that only show the latest date of a tie. Fascinating. Bring on Fall.  |
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Post by tedrick65 on Aug 23, 2023 13:02:03 GMT -6
1995 must of been a hell of a miserable year. Personally, I don't remember anything sticking out this particular year but I was working in a boiler shop welding, usually TIG welding which prohibited a fan from blowing across you. Didn't have to 'suit up' with the super heavy leathers with TIG welding though. Looking back through STL Dewpoint Climo ( Clicky) during August, 1995 there were, actually, 3 days in a row that had a dewpoint 80* or greater. The first day during the 'run' that year was 79*. This data only goes back to 1946. There were several days in 1995 at upper 70's or 80+ dewpoints during July-August and there could be more since there are alot of asterisks that only show the latest date of a tie. Fascinating. Bring on Fall. Stranger still, 1995 shows up several more times from September-December, but only in the lowest DP column! |
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Post by yypc on Aug 23, 2023 13:05:05 GMT -6
1995 must of been a hell of a miserable year. Personally, I don't remember anything sticking out this particular year but I was working in a boiler shop welding, usually TIG welding which prohibited a fan from blowing across you. Didn't have to 'suit up' with the super heavy leathers with TIG welding though. Looking back through STL Dewpoint Climo ( Clicky) during August, 1995 there were, actually, 3 days in a row that had a dewpoint 80* or greater. The first day during the 'run' that year was 79*. This data only goes back to 1946. There were several days in 1995 at upper 70's or 80+ dewpoints during July-August and there could be more since there are alot of asterisks that only show the latest date of a tie. Fascinating. Bring on Fall. According to this link the record dewpoint is 83 from 1946-2020. Interesting and thanks for sharing. It’s also interesting that the avg depoint for a given day never surpasses 70, tops out in the high 60s in July. |
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Post by jeepers on Aug 23, 2023 13:33:00 GMT -6
DP 82.2
Gnarly.
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Post by Jeffmw on Aug 23, 2023 13:35:43 GMT -6
So I guess no jokes about it being to cold outside?
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Post by Lovableweatherguy TROY,MO on Aug 23, 2023 13:44:09 GMT -6
So I guess no jokes about it being to cold outside? Maybe next week... |
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Post by Lovableweatherguy TROY,MO on Aug 23, 2023 13:45:34 GMT -6
Speaking of next week. I guess better weather will return?
Any signs that the ridge will move back in?
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Post by jeepers on Aug 23, 2023 13:56:31 GMT -6
So I guess no jokes about it being to cold outside? Someone, somewhere will announce that things are ‘cooling off’, when it will still be as hot as purgatory. One of my favs. |
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Post by Snowstorm920 on Aug 23, 2023 14:17:08 GMT -6
I just want one good wrapped up, classical mid-latitude cyclone that pulls a healthy def zone through that's not cold rain...is that really too much to ask? Last winter had way too many teases and close calls for my liking. We had what, two perfectly wrapped up cyclones last winter that had us in the deformation zone bullseye except it was just a cold rain Hard to even get excited about winter around here anymore |
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Post by Worldserieschampions (Chicago) on Aug 23, 2023 15:45:59 GMT -6
I just want one good wrapped up, classical mid-latitude cyclone that pulls a healthy def zone through that's not cold rain...is that really too much to ask? Last winter had way too many teases and close calls for my liking. We had what, two perfectly wrapped up cyclones last winter that had us in the deformation zone bullseye except it was just a cold rain Hard to even get excited about winter around here anymore Two blizzards modeled within 4 days that didn’t materialize. |
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Post by beaker - Dardenne Prairie, MO on Aug 23, 2023 16:00:49 GMT -6
Ill hv to try to read that article again. What i saw was a good textbook description of how the weather patterns are affected by enso events, so i bailed out. In general i tend to think a fast pacific flow with this kind of pattern during the core winter months and therefore timing is difficult to get that sweet combo, with a persistent split flow in the jetstream. But i know the experts will say, el ninos arent always alike. Maybe this article offers something different than my conceptual view of a strong el nino pattern. Ive heard east based, west based, strong, weak, etc, so i get the variances but at the eod, its hard to get those mid latitude cyclones going with a strong deformation zone in recent years. Ill try to read it later.
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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Aug 23, 2023 16:17:14 GMT -6
We didn't hit 100 today. Second day in this string where we didn't get to triple digits. So there's that.
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Post by ajd446 on Aug 23, 2023 16:21:28 GMT -6
Odd how we hit 100 yesterday witb east wind. But not today with much more sun and west wind. I would think 105 would be likely tomorrow with west wind and downsloping. But this heat wave is an entire different animal
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Aug 23, 2023 16:23:44 GMT -6
We didn't hit 100 today. Second day in this string where we didn't get to triple digits. So there's that. 80+ dews kinda make that an extremely moot point, lol |
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Post by ajd446 on Aug 23, 2023 17:58:08 GMT -6
I think we are making a run at the all time hottest night tonight with these high clouds moving in. I bet we bottom out only 84 to 87 at lambert
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Post by yypc on Aug 23, 2023 19:48:04 GMT -6
I think we are making a run at the all time hottest night tonight with these high clouds moving in. I bet we bottom out only 84 to 87 at lambert We had an 85 degree low on 7/28/23, that’s the highest ive ever seen here. |
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Post by Lovableweatherguy TROY,MO on Aug 23, 2023 21:18:28 GMT -6
Omg! Now Friday is creeping up in temperature! Going to be 100°+ now
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Post by bdgwx on Aug 24, 2023 6:52:34 GMT -6
The record highest minimum temperature for August 24th was 81 F in 2011. The low this morning was 82 F. It is looking likely that this record will be broken today.
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