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Pattern August 2023 Thread

Tornadocane said:
Yes. You had a red hot GOM in an El Nino Year, and there was only one storm in the Gulf in August. The next one came in November. It's the same scenario I had in mind. "Prolonged rains resulting from a nearly stationary frontal boundary during September 16–22, 2009, caused severe flooding in northern Georgia." https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1230/pdf/ofr2010-1230.pdf
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That’s a great comparison. If I remember also, that El Niño peaked during the late fall. I wonder if we might see the same thing with how early this one started
 
So with talk of high dps I wondered what the records might be. I remembered some years back Minneapolis having dews in the low 80s with a HI of 129, and I know Charleston has matched this before. I also remember hearing of HI in the mid 130s somewhere the last year or two. So here are the brain boiling numbers I found for dps and HI!

For the US from Wunderground:

Record Dew Point Temperatures | Weather Extremes

Just recently the Minnesota State Climate Office issued a statement declaring the 88° dew point temperature measured at Moorhead (on the Red River across from Fargo, North Dakota) between 7pm and 9pm on July 19, 2011 as a new all-time state record for the highest such reading ever observed. This...
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Highest Dew Point Measurements in the United States

Last summer (2010), Newton, Iowa recorded an 88° dew point on July 14th. Chicago, Illinois’s highest dew point was 83° at 8 a.m. on July 30, 1999 as was Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s with an 82° the same day. But it was during the July heat wave of 1995 that the highest dew point of all was measured in the Upper Midwest: 90° at Appleton, Wisconsin at 5 p.m. on July 13th of that summer. The air temperature stood at 101° in Appleton at that time leading to a heat index reading of 148°, perhaps the highest such reading ever measured in the United States. Here are the METARS for Appleton that day:

And here's for the world, per Guinness:

Highest dewpoint temperature

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At 3 p.m. on 8 July 2003, the city of Dhahran in Saudi Arabia experienced a dewpoint temperature of 35°C (95°F) accompanied by a dry-bulb air temperature of 42°C (108°F). This resulted in a total heat index (aka apparent temperature, or the temperature “it feels like” to the human body) of 81.1°C (178°F).
 
Snowlover87 said:
We are getting close to the time of year when the dry weather starts to set in. Late Summer and Fall seems to be very dry in most years when there isnt a tropical system involved.
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That’s not typically the case during El Niño though. We can expect to see the STJ get more involved as we get into fall.
 
I think what's been most amazing about this summer has been the rain chances were never far away for long here... I mean I know Texas has been in hell but up here and Kansas it seemed there was very few days there wasn't rain somewhere which is really unusual. Of course the downside is the insanely high humidity we've seen but yeah it's gonna be interesting to see if that persists as the weather gets colder and hopefully Texas will get involved with the probably active STJ
 
Downeastnc said:
this is the best weather ever.......said no one. 82 dewpoint is stupid....

Fair
82°F
28°C
Humidity100%
Wind SpeedSW 6 mph
Barometer29.96 in
Dewpoint82°F (28°C)
Visibility7.00 mi
Heat Index95°F (35°C)
Last update13 Aug 8:45 am EDT
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Wilmington is 86 over 80 HI 101 at 9am. Just walked outside and it feels like it. Gonna hit the beach in a minute to bake away the morning.
 
I'm in southport area and it ducks. Hopefully the beach will be okay.
 

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The highest dewpoint I've ever experienced was at Myrtle Beach back in the eighties one July 4th weekend. I remember that the air temperature was 90 degrees at midnight on July 3rd and the dewpoint was around 85 degrees. Highs got over 100 degrees that weekend which made laying on the beach miserable to say the least. Cruising the strip that night was not much fun with the air bring that hot and humid. I was younger then and my definition of having a good time was much different than it is now.
 
BHS1975 said:
Euro backed way off.


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It looks like a transient high that boosts highs a bit but then is weakened a good bit as the next trough tries to rebuild in the east. Pattern continues, but now the troughs are reaching a bit farther south. Either way, I'm going to enjoy mid-week as our dew points drop in to the mid-sixties resulting in more comfortable low temps per attached.
 

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weather bubba said:
The highest dewpoint I've ever experienced was at Myrtle Beach back in the eighties one July 4th weekend. I remember that the air temperature was 90 degrees at midnight on July 3rd and the dewpoint was around 85 degrees. Highs got over 100 degrees that weekend which made laying on the beach miserable to say the least. Cruising the strip that night was not much fun with the air bring that hot and humid. I was younger then and my definition of having a good time was much different than it is now.
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yeah cant see how it can get much higher than 85 on the dewpoint around here......today was about as bad as it gets this early, I have seen a few days where it was mid 90's and we held on to 80+ DP but thankfully those are pretty rare not that something like 96/77 is that much better lol....

This was 10 AM this morning here...

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10:05​
SW 10 G 1610.00
Partly Cloudy​
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As of 12:30. Open link and you can hover over individual site for current conditions including feels like. Scroll down and pick your state.

North Carolina Dew Point Map - Air Sports Net

North Carolina Dew Point Map. Current Dew Point map for North Carolina. Weather map with the current Dew Point for North Carolina.
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Went to Caswell Beach today to avoid the heat. I swear it was worse behind the Seabreeze. There were atleast a few showers near Wilmington that kept them down. This was miserable even on the beach.
 

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