Summer 2013 Thread — Northern Hemisphere (warm, records, temp, rainfall)

[chicagogeorge]

Another shot of TO's storm today from twitter




For us a muggy night, with just a couple of pop up storms hugging the north lakeshore





Tomorrow on the other hand the storms may become more widespread and severe

[Humid Subtropical]

Record Hailstorms and Hail Stones | Christopher Burt

"There have been some interesting hail events the past few weeks. The town of Santa Rosa, New Mexico was hammered with up to a foot of hail accumulation last Wednesday July 3. Snowplows had to be employed to clear the highways. On June 25th a very rare, if not unprecedented, hailstorm struck Singapore. This is an updated blog to one I posted two years ago about the greatest hailstorms on record and the largest individual stones yet measured."

[Humid Subtropical]

"As of 10pm, Toronto Pearson reported 123 mm of rain, making it Toronto's rainiest day ever, unofficially."

[Cambium]

Greenland about to get snow everyday from now to July 19th says the Euro00z. Big storm there on Saturday. Baffin Island on Friday.

If anyone has forecast links or records from there, please post.

[nei]

It hasn't really rained in over a week. And might not get much this week. Drought possible?

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by nei

It hasn't really rained in over a week. And might not get much this week. Drought possible?

LOL, I was thinking the same thing. We can't win huh. Too much or too little. I only have .71" since June 19th

[Cambium]

Bringing this up again. I understand there are different forecasters within the office that write up the discussions but it seems like everytime I look they are trying to avoid saying anything relating to "cooler" weather.

First... here's NWS Burlington, Vermont. Beautifully said.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
646 AM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013

LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 424 AM EDT TUESDAY...THE LONG AWAITED PATTERN CHANGE APPEARS TO BE ON THE HORIZON...WITH A MAINLY DRY EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST.

TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT BELOW NORMAL AT THE START OF THE PERIOD...THEN TREND BACK ABOVE NORMAL TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD.

Now take a look and please point out to me where NWS New York mentions anything regarding relief? I mean temps have been in the 90s with a real feel of upper 90s/100s. Why not say its going to get cooler or drier in that nature? Instead they go on and on about the rain chances and then have to mention the heat and humidity coming back. Are You kidding me????

In fact, they mention the warm temps on Wednesday then skip to Monday?????????

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
725 AM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013

VERY WARM AND INCREASINGLY HUMID CONDITIONS ON WED...WITH TEMPS IN
THE MID TO UPPER 80S NYC/NJ METRO AND INTERIOR...WITH LOWER TO MID
80S ALONG THE COAST IN SOUTHERLY SYNOPTIC FLOW.

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
UNSETTLED WEATHER ON TAP FOR THE MIDDLE TO THE END OF THE WEEK AS
LOW PRES TRACKING ACROSS EASTERN CANADA DRAGS A COLD THROUGH THE
REGION ON THURSDAY. THE FIRST ROUND OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF IN THE FIRST HALF OF WEDNESDAY
NIGHT....AND THEN ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP ON THURSDAY AS WEAK LOW PRES DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONT AND
SLIDES THROUGH THE REGION. WITH PWATS AROUND 2"...CAN EXPECT HEAVY
RAIN. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL IMPACT THE REGION
THROUGHOUT THE DAY...TAPERING OFF LATE.

COLD FRONT WILL BE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY EAST OF THE AREA. H5 TROUGH/SHORTWAVE MOVES RIGHT OVER THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND THEN STALLS OUT OVER THE AREA. EVEN THOUGH HIGH PRES BUILDS IN AT THE SFC...WILL HAVE TO KEEP AT LEAST CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND DUE TO THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER THE AREA. RETURN FLOW SETS UP BRINGING AN INCREASE IN THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY AGAIN ON MON

Give me a friggin break. So you mention the return of heat at the end of your long range forecast yet you never mentioned the cooler temps coming before that. It's so transparent.

[Patricius Maximus]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Parts of panhandle Florida got 12 inches of rain in the last 7 days.

Got to love that Gulf Coast rain.

Originally Posted by Cambium

Greenland about to get snow everyday from now to July 19th says the Euro00z. Big storm there on Saturday. Baffin Island on Friday.

It's not every day that we see a snowfall map for Greenland. Thanks.

[nei]

Originally Posted by Patricius Maximus

It's not every day that we see a snowfall map for Greenland. Thanks.

I assume most of it is on higher elevations, on the ice sheet, away from inhabited locations. Still very different from last year, when it was warm enough even the highest elevations of the ice sheet to melt, though only for a day.

Some interesting data on the melt season for the Greenland ice sheet so far this year:

Greenland Ice Sheet | Surface Melt Data

Below average lately, but oddly early June was well above average.

[chicagogeorge]