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The June Thread 2021

Myfrotho704_ said:
By far one of the lamest summers for storms I’ve seen so far
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Yeah, I agree. It's almost July and we have had very little way in severe weather. Everything has once again, has occurred in the MA/NE and the Midwest. Where are our daily mountain to Piedmont storms? And we can't even get a MCS. Really hope this pattern changes soon...
 
Dewpoint Dan said:
Given the right conditions ( dry ground, downsloping, etc) i think 120 would be possible.
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I don't think Atlanta is set in a position to get downsloping winds because its a higher elevation then the lower piedmont to the southeast, and its higher than the big valley to the northwest. The mountains just to the north are oriented southwest to northeast, so even straight northerly winds would only affect places east and northeast of Atlanta. I call it the bottom of the V where the arctic winds are uninhibited from the northwest, but also affected by CAD from the northeast.
 
Rain Cold said:
I can't even fathom why you make posts like this. I mean it's technically within the realm of possibility, but that's like saying Raleigh will probably get a 4 foot snowstorm this winter. It doesn't seem worth much discussion in a serious thread.
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His parents didn't give him enough attention
 
Dewpoint Dan said:
Given the right conditions ( dry ground, downsloping, etc) i think 120 would be possible.
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I don’t know, Atlanta’s record high is 106, which is lower than Portland’s was even before this heat wave. Anything is possible, obviously, but that would be pretty wild. Now, when the climate is presumably a few degrees warmer decades from now, I suppose it could happen eventually, but even then I’m doubtful. Our climate is much wetter and we don’t have the same geography. We just don’t do extreme heat well around here.
 
superjames1992 said:
I don’t know, Atlanta’s record high is 106, which is lower than Portland’s was even before this heat wave. Anything is possible, obviously, but that would be pretty wild. Now, when the climate is presumably a few degrees warmer decades from now, I suppose it could happen eventually, but even then I’m doubtful. Our climate is much wetter and we don’t have the same geography. We just don’t do extreme heat well around here.
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We don't do extreme cold well either ?
 
superjames1992 said:
I don’t know, Atlanta’s record high is 106, which is lower than Portland’s was even before this heat wave. Anything is possible, obviously, but that would be pretty wild. Now, when the climate is presumably a few degrees warmer decades from now, I suppose it could happen eventually, but even then I’m doubtful. Our climate is much wetter and we don’t have the same geography. We just don’t do extreme heat well around here.
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Exactly our regional climate isn't primed for extremes. If we didn't hit 110 in some of the past excessive heat and dry periods in the last 20 years it's hard to think rdu can top out much above 105.
 
SD said:
Exactly our regional climate isn't primed for extremes. If we didn't hit 110 in some of the past excessive heat and dry periods in the last 20 years it's hard to think rdu can top out much above 105.
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I agree, you would think that if the southeast was ever going to see widespread 110+ temps, it would have occurred in August 2007 here on the Carolinas. That was a situation where we saw everything come together at one for extreme heat and for to stick around for awhile
 
SD said:
Exactly our regional climate isn't primed for extremes. If we didn't hit 110 in some of the past excessive heat and dry periods in the last 20 years it's hard to think rdu can top out much above 105.
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Raleigh hit 107 at NC state in 2011 , RDU 105 is the record . Unless we get some crazy dust bowl period again I doubt our chances are high we ever hit 110.
 
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