I was wondering last night as I sat outside watching fireworks how much blood (in gallons) the mosquitoes drank from our bodies – darn little vampires. This would have been a good year to have stock in the companies who produce bug spray. Seems if one left one inch of skin untreated the little critters would find it. Trying to work outside the past few mornings has been miserable – between the humidity and the bugs it has been a struggle to get anything done without having a free hand to swat or wipe sweat with. I suppose this is natures weight loss clinic.
We did manage to get a bit of needed rain here yesterday afternoon – a quick .17 of an inch which started as large rain drops and the air cooled 15° which felt nice – it didn’t take long for the heat and humidity to build back in when the sun came back out. My step son who lives about a mile away didn’t get a drop which goes to show the hit and miss variety of storm cells we have been seeing as of late.
Today will be another miserable day with high temps near 90° and high humidities – I think I will stay inside today and play in my electronics lab or woodshop. I have spent this past week working on outside projects – I think it is time to stay inside and rehydrate.
There is some relief coming as a cold front approaches tomorrow and dewpoints will slowly fall – temps will remain in the 80s though and the mosquito forecast is still near 100% probability.
Rain chances are around 30% for the area for today and then low to nothing through mid week next week. Temps will manage to fall to a more tolerable low 80s by Sunday.
The latest update from the CPC shows our temps to remain slightly above normal through mid-month and rain chances near normal.
My Saturday post is up just go to the next post link on the right.
Slim
A new all time record high was set in Anchorage, AK yesterday when the high reached 90° that was not only the record for the date but the all time record (the old record was 85 set on June 14 1969) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE, AK 446 AM AKDT FRI JUL 5 2019 …………………………….. …THE ANCHORAGE AK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 4 2019… CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1952 TO 2019 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ………………………………………………………… TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 90R 400 PM 77… Read more »
That’s shocking! Now we can’t even go there to get away fro the heat!
That is incredible!
How did this years July 4th stack up compared to past hot July 4ths? Yesterday the official H/L at Grand Rapids was 90/71 There have been 23 years where the high at Grand Rapids reached 90 or better on July 4th two of them were at 100 (1897 and 1911) two more were at 99 (1921 and 2012) 5 at 94, 4 at 93, 2 at 92, 4 at 91 and now 4 at 90. There have been 18 times when the low did not get below 70 with the warmest being 78 in 2012. Last year the H/L was… Read more »
The overnight lows that don’t get below 70 during hot stretches like this are what make things miserable. You just can’t get a break when it never cools down. Walking out of the house at 4:30 in the morning is usually refreshing, but not this week.
Heat index of 90 already this morning!!! Unbelievable heat for this time of year!!
85° already at 11am. Got pretty fried yesterday. I will be avoiding the sun today.
Lately the daytime average high has been reached already by 9 or 10 in the morning. Yuck!
Terrie Debore Wood tv 8 says last day approaching 90* degrees and overall if this is the last one for the Summer I’m ok with that to ….3 months from now the Bow will be out deep in the woods ….Have a super Friday getting the sprites and grill right today …INDY!!
Enjoy the SPRITES today INDY!! You’re going to need a bunch to stay hydrated!
That’s all I have been Doing Andy is drinking them Sprites to hot at night can’t sleep …have a great Friday my Friend INDY
Same here INDY! Have a great weekend too!
Just another above average temp day in GR! And July is now a whopping 8 degrees above average for the month!! WHO KNEW?!?!!??!
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1pm and 5pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 97. Southwest wind 6 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wow!!! 4 out the last 5 days at 90 degrees!! That is INCREDIBLE HEAT for this time of year!! Wonder if Rocky has turned on his AC yet?? LOL!!!!
A lot of rain in parts of the GR metro area here at my house I recorded 1.25” of rain yesterday afternoon to this morning. While at GRR the total was 1.16” But at Lansing it was just 0.19” and at Muskegon no rain fell at all. At this time here at my house I have a temperature of 74 with a DP of 72 once again it was a nice warm walk this morning with clear skies and a good touch of humidity in the air. Summer is here.
Slim
Dew points in the 80’s and three 90 degree days so far in July. Incredible!
About as bad as it gets when you go to work at 5 a.m. and the dew point is in the 70’s and overnight lows hardly get below 80. Going to be a long day today. On the plus side in 10 days we will be in the Colorado mountains where they are still clearing snow off the back roads. Should feel way better there.