Posted on 08/04/2009 12:47:17 PM PDT by dopplerdale
Through much of the month of July a large upper level ridge held strong from Texas northwestward through much of the western U.S. providing for a hot month while a trough held tight bringing cooler and wetter than normal conditions to the East. A flip in the pattern will take place through this week into the start of next allowing the ridge to switch with the trough. This means it will cool off in the West and heat up in the East. 90s will be the rule again for much of the southeastern fourth of the nation with 100s building again across much of the Plains, Kansas to Texas. In addition, high humidity levels will add to the heat allowing heat index values to rise 100-110 degrees for many. This pattern switch doesn’t come easy and quiet, though.
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Bookmark to find your website again (my fam are weather junkies:)
Well it would sure be nice to *have* a summer now that summer’s almost -over-.
I don’t want it to change. It’s been gorgeous in WI.
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