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Fourth Of July Weather – Watching Elsa – National Forecast For July 4, 2021
National Weather Forecast For Independence Day across the nation, a stalled-out boundary near the Gulf Coast stretching back into the Southern Plains will help spark off some showers and storms with ample moisture in place. A boundary in the Northern U.S. could help...
Tracking Elsa Into Independence Day Weekend – National Forecast For July 3, 2021
National Weather Forecast On Saturday, a stalled-out boundary from the Southern Plains to the Southeast will bring the potential for showers and storms. That boundary stretches north into the Northern Plains, where it will slowly move east through the day, sparking...
Expanding Drought – Tracking “Elsa” – Why Many US Cities Weren’t Engineered to Withstand Extreme Heat
Smoking Hot 4th of July Holiday Weekend I remember summers where it wouldn’t stop raining, agitated neighbors walking dogs in light jackets, shaking their fists at me, and a cool sloppy sky. “Will we be cheated out of summer” they asked. I could only shrug and blame...
Does Unprecedented Western Heat Wave Signal Record-Hot Summer for US?
Sunny Warming Trend Into 4th of July For the record I’m very pro-sunshine. I feel more energy and optimism when Earth’s nearest star is visible. Most of us do. Yet there is such a thing as too much sunshine. There’s a good reason why corn doesn’t grow in southern...
Once In A Millennium Heat Wave Northwest and British Columbia – Made Worse by a Warming Planet
Heating Up For 4th of July Festivities I’m seeing things on my weather maps I’ve never witnessed before and I’m fairly sure that’s not a good thing. Like an extraordinary “4-Sigma” heat wave for the Pacific Northwest, 4 standard deviations from the mean, or an event...
2020 Study: Extreme Heat Claims Over 5,000 American Lives Annually – Historic Heat Wave Grips Northwest
90s Return In Time For 4th of July Weekend Minnesotans earn their summers and this year we are getting an extra serving of heat and sunshine. “Peak Summer” for me falls between the Summer Solstice and the 4th of July, when there’s still a twinkle of twilight on the...