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Angela's Corner: July 20, 2008
Jul 20, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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  People have been asking “Where’s Summer” since the start of June and now the heat is really settling in over the St. Louis region. Sunday and Monday of this week will see the   hottest weather so far this season, though actual temperatures do look like they will stay below 100 degrees officially.  The impact of the urban heat island will result in high temperatures in the upper 90s in the city of St. Louis and mid-90’s in the metropolitan area.  Combine the hot temperatures with our nasty humidity levels and St. Louis will see heat index values topping out around 105 degrees. A Heat Advisory is in effect for the city of St. Louis until late Monday. The surrounding metropolitan area will also experience extreme heat Sunday and Monday and should exercise caution.

  As for the rest of the week, isolated storms Sunday and Monday afternoon around the area, the pop, summer time variety. Good chance of an MCS along the MO-IA border Sunday night which could send a few early morning showers and storm in the direction of St. Louis, especially North. The wobbly stationary front that’s bee up in Iowa for the last bunch of days is starts to drop south as a cool front on Monday. Should see some thunderstorm development Monday night ahead of this front and those storms could continue to affect St. Louis into Tuesday. Behind the front, not a huge break from the heat, though high temps should be a few degrees cooler. But there will be a short break from the high humidity Wednesday into Thursday as High Pressure from around the Great Lakes drops south.

 To the Tropics: Tropical Storm Bertha refuses to die. Now an extropical storm, it still has sustained winds of 70 mph. Tropical Storm Cristobal is hugging the Carolina coastline, about 15 miles ESE of Cape Lookout, N.C. This is that former Tropical Wave that sat off the coast of Florida for a few days. It’s moving slowly, 7 mph to the NE. Winds, as I type on Sunday morning, at sustained at 50 mph. Lots of rain for the East Coast from this storm, along with storm surge of 2-3 ft.  Shall we all sing… “Well, Hello Dolly.” We also now have Tropical Storm Dolly in the Western Caribbean. Warnings are out for the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. As I type, the storm is about 230 miles SE of Cozumel moving at about 17 mph. Sustained winds are at 45 mph. The center of Dolly could move across the Yucatan Peninsula Sunday night and into the Gulf of Mexico. This will be a big rain maker for the Y.P.

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BRTNWXMAN read my blog view my photos
Jul 20, 2008 | 1:57 PM

Yep, it's gonna be a scorching couple of days between today and tomorrow. Not exactly a heat wave, but by the time it's all over with, we'll have seen a week straight of 90+ temps. For anyone who works outside, as myself, it's been a tough week, with heat and humidity levels increasing day-to-day, and the sun baking. Luckily, there is light at the end of the tunnel, with a decent cool front dropping in on Tuesday. The cooler air will be short-lived though, with the heat and humidity quickly building by the end of the week. Next weekend may be saved, as far as heat goes, by a backdoor cold front, but there's quite a bit of discrepancy between the GFS/JMA solutions(backdoor), and the EURO(less amplified). I'd have to hang my hat on the GFS/JMA solution, as the EPO telegraphed a trof into the Eastern US around that time.

As far as rain chances go, they will be increasing nicely from tomorrow into Tuesday. As Angela alluded to, another MCS should fire tonight across IA and W/N IL, which should puke out an outflow boundary across the area tomorrow, focusing enough lift to fire isolated to scattered storms, especially North of town. Monday night should feature another MCS, which could very well affect our area directly. Showers and storms will linger through Tuesday afternoon. I figure many folks will see more than a half inch by Tuesday night.

In the mean-time, stay cool out there!
PattiJo52 read my blog view my photos
Jul 20, 2008 | 2:52 PM

Temperature here is 100.6 right now. Stay cool everyone.... this is dangerous heat to work in. Drink lots of water.
BRTNWXMAN read my blog view my photos
Jul 20, 2008 | 4:53 PM

Cooler up here in the country - 95*. BUT, the dewpoint has been 73-76*, which makes the HI 105-110...
rosie read my blog view my photos
Jul 20, 2008 | 5:29 PM

101 HERE, ITS ABOUT TIME.. AND I DO IT WITHOUT AIR COITIONING AT HOME
crickyann read my blog
Jul 20, 2008 | 5:42 PM

My electric bill has already quintupled in this heat...regardless of closing the air off rooms not used. (don't run the air that much.) '80s are OK, but 90 plus is a little rough on the system.
imapayne read my blog view my photos
Jul 20, 2008 | 6:29 PM

This weather really stinks and Rosie, your crazy! My house is so dark with all the shades down and drapes shut.My thermastat is set on 76 and it feels warm to me.

Angela, when are you taking over for Glenn again? You ought to have a blog on Saturday mornings.
PattiJo52 read my blog view my photos
Jul 20, 2008 | 7:08 PM

I hit 102 here for a short time this afternoon. I too have rooms shut off and blinds closed. I still dread the price of filling a propane tank, come fall tho. $600. each fill and need three per yr. It will be $1000. or better this year. Think I may invest in electric heaters to help with the heating.
Peagcu read my blog
Jul 20, 2008 | 10:03 PM

Wow PattiJoe. I'll tell you what. I installed one unvented gas heater last winter and that thing is about as efficient as it gets.

Running gas line was kind of a pain, but the result was well worth the time. This furnace is so darn inefficient that I am almost tempted to run gas lines all around the house and putting a couple of more of these unvented units in.
guyatacomputer read my blog view my photos
Jul 20, 2008 | 10:11 PM

Time to watch for severe weather again, too, folks. Tonight the SPC has us in a slight risk area for tomorrow and tomorrow night. Here's the disco on it:

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...MAINLY IN
THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

The NWS has a 60% chance of storms for the city tomorrow night so it will definitely be worth checking again in the morning.
AngelaHutti read my blog view my photos
Jul 20, 2008 | 11:19 PM

Hit 98 for a high at my house today in central St. Louis county. I left work today wanting to take a walk. Haha, I waited until 8:00 to go. So hot...be careful out there!
AngelaHutti read my blog view my photos
Jul 20, 2008 | 11:21 PM

I'll be filling in for Glenn again starting on the 28th. See you soon!
AngelaHutti read my blog view my photos
Jul 20, 2008 | 11:23 PM

Wow, the blog is full of typos this week. I'm sorry all.
PattiJo52 read my blog view my photos
Jul 21, 2008 | 4:20 AM

Peagcu,
I have an energy efficient furnace. But... we have had a couple of cold winters and it still runs me three fills. Also have gas cooking, water heater, and clothes dryer. I do have the wall unit type of unvented heat in my attached garage.That is on during winter too, as we keep it set very low to keep above freezing. So...I will be using some gas regardless, but decided to cut back with electric heaters inside the home. Have even thought about a heat pump to switch over to during winter. This home had one when I purchased it 18 yrs. ago, but was old, and gas was cheaper at the time. Alot of decisions to make before winter sets in.
asmerelda read my blog view my photos
Jul 21, 2008 | 6:50 AM

Angela come back and take Glenn's place. You blog with us LOL!
b8kedbeans read my blog
Jul 21, 2008 | 9:58 AM

oh my brother and mother just left for montego
guyatacomputer read my blog view my photos
Jul 21, 2008 | 2:06 PM

We won't dock you for typos, Angela. I just circle them on my monitor with a red marker. LOL

Still the possibility of severe storms for later today into tomorrow morning. Plenty of heat to lift the humidity at the ground. And plenty of humidity at the surface wit ha dewpoint of 69. But so far not much in the way of clouds except for cirrus, which won't develop into storms. Apparently the air is about the same temp through all the levels. Gonna take that cold front that's up over Iowa and northern IL to get moving and provide the trigger. Right now there's not even any storms over IA or IL.
BRTNWXMAN read my blog view my photos
Jul 21, 2008 | 2:45 PM

Right now, there's quite a bit of subsidence behind the outflow and shortwave that moved East this morning, not to mention lack of jet support right now(confluence), and no trigger at the surface. According to the NAM though, convection should quickly fire around 5-6pm across West-Central IL, and Northern/Northeast MO, and sag SE into our area perhaps before sunset. The severe threat should be fairly low, unless the convection builds upscale into a large MCS, and is able to establish a cold pool. If that's the case, fairly widespread wind damage could be a threat.

Gotta go to work(and out in the heat :( )...
WEAXWATCHER read my blog view my photos
Jul 21, 2008 | 6:00 PM

Where in the heck did that moderate risk come from?????????????????????????????????????????
Peagcu read my blog
Jul 21, 2008 | 6:15 PM

AN
ORGANIZED BOW ECHO MAY DEVELOP AND THREATEN PARTS OF IA/MO/IL WITH A
DERECHO EVENT LATER THIS EVENING. THIS IS THE ZONE THAT HAS BEEN
UPGRADED TO MODERATE RISK.
WEAXWATCHER read my blog view my photos
Jul 21, 2008 | 6:35 PM

I read that PEA, just wasn't expecting it... kind of suckerpunched me! It is exciting though!
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AngelaHutti

Born and raised in St. Louis, I'm living my dream of being a meteorologist. I came to Fox 2 in October 2006 after a few wonderful years doing weekend weather for a TV station in Anchorage, AK. Look for me weekend mornings on Fox 2 and at every Cardinals game I can possibly get to!

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