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Pattern June 29-July 2 Heat Wave

After only one 90 degree day so far this year (6/25) FFC forecast has 90s here everyday starting tomorrow through early next week. Heat really cranking on Thursday-Saturday.A0890E61-E2DA-464A-B9AD-D085CA20C4B6.jpeg
 
Figured I would post a warning for the community so that the same thing that happened to me doesn't happen to someone else. Two weeks ago I had an intense thunderstorm come through that created a couple of really quick power surges from my electricity going out and coming right back on. I didn't realize it until later that evening but something was seriously wrong with my AC unit. I had a company come out the next day and they confirmed that the surges had grounded out my compressor. Luckily it was still under warranty however the compressor had to be ordered. Hopefully it will be fixed this week. One thing I will be doing in the very near future is to have surge protection installed to make sure that this doesn't happen again. I hope many of you will consider doing the same or at the very least be hyper aware of the havoc that these intense lightning storms can cause.
 
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It looks like the run of staying below 90 is going to come to and end starting at the earliest Friday. It's been a great run around here. Aug 9th of last year. Almost a year. That's about unheard of around here lately as we usually always hit 90 early May or earlier each year. I'll take it.
 
Brent said:
First 100 likely tomorrow and I'm not remotely excited. I mean it's not as unusual here as back east but still. The real story continues to be the insanely high dewpoints which are unusual this time of year

At least next week looks a lot better
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I'm seeing upper 70s and even an 80 dew point there. That's pretty far inland for those numbers.


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Jimmy Hypocracy said:
Mickey Mouse heat wave. 11 years ago this week was a real heat wave. Still holding these screenshots. View attachment 135622View attachment 135621
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Yeah, that one and Aug/07 were pure MISERY and I hope to never see those again. I'm glad this one is centered farther West or we might be in that boat, but mid 90s are still going to be torture. That 2012 wave is the last time my backyard reached 100.
 
Iceagewhereartthou said:
Yeah, that one and Aug/07 were pure MISERY and I hope to never see those again. I'm glad this one is centered farther West or we might be in that boat, but mid 90s are still going to be torture. That 2012 wave is the last time my backyard reached 100.
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If I remember correctly, 2007 was a pretty dry heat. Not too much humidity.
 
Chazwin said:
and there was a strong MCS on the afternoon and evening of the 1st. I had a big oak tree get uprooted and crushed our deck
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That was one of the most unstable days we have had. One AFD compared it to throwing a lighted match into a can of gasoline. The storm we got went from nothing to a monster in about 30 minutes.
 
JHS said:
That was one of the most unstable days we have had. One AFD compared it to throwing a lighted match into a can of gasoline. The storm we got went from nothing to a monster in about 30 minutes.
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Yes and it really wasn’t forecasted until that morning and even then I think only 20 or 30% chance was put in. It was by 12z models that you looked and saw what was coming. The temperature at my house dropped from 103 to 76 in about 20 minutes which is the fastest temperature drop I’ve ever witnessed
 
Depending on how any convection or remnant MCS’s play out overnight into tomorrow morning I wouldn’t be surprised to see forecast highs here bust tomorrow. FFC has a high of 97 for tomorrow in my area right now
 
Brent said:
True. Were actually behind last year on first 100
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Last year was pretty close to the ceiling, so it would be quite a feat to top it.

That said, for Dallas, there's only been 16 other Summers on record with 6 100*F+ days before July 1st.
 
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Atlanta up to 88 as of noon. But clouds and ultimately rain moving in, so that may be the high today. A far cry from the 96-98 that’s been forecast all week but I’m thankful!
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