There was frost this morning in Bloomington. The temperature got down to 37 degrees.
My personal Indiana wx observations.
44 degrees tonight. Ouch! Enjoy the first day of Autumn.
Here are some things that I've noticed about the weather over the five years. And this is specifically to Bloomington, Indiana. See if you have noticed the same thing.
1. Fall starts one month earlier, say about August 20th and even the leaves change colors earlier.
2. Winter stretches on into April more often.
3. There are fewer tornadoes during March Madness.
4. There are more fall tornadoes and severe storms.
5. Snow storms are not as big as they used to be.
6. The sun seems hotter than normal. I get sunburns from sitting in a traffic light for 45 seconds. The heat from the sun seem way more intense.
7. There's more flooding that normal but at shorter intervals or time periods.
8. There's also more periods of drought.
9. We haven't had an ice storm in a long time.
10. Wildfires out west have become so large that they affect the air quality in Indiana.
The current temperature in Bloomington is 95 degrees!
Woooo hoooo!
.Long Term...(Thursday night through Wednesday) Issued at 253 PM EDT Wed Sep 21 2022 A transition to fall-like weather for the first week of Fall appears likely. After a recent bout of temperatures in the 80s and near 90, today`s cold front will signal a bit of a pattern shift heading forward. General troughing across the eastern United States will be the primary synoptic scale pattern through the long range. A return to negative AO/NAO pattern is anticipated and this may allow for a bit of variability within the trough ridge pattern by late next week. In fact, many of the deterministic models currently depict the jet stream pattern becoming quite chaotic a week from now. Overall, with troughing in place expect generally cooler conditions more reminiscent of Fall through the period. At the surface, a large area of high pressure should build in Thursday night. Optimal conditions for radiational cooling could allow low temperatures to dip to near 40 degrees in places by Friday morning. Return flow ahead of a fast-moving shortwave embedded within the broad northwesterly flow aloft will allow for a brief rebound in temps over the weekend. It will not be hot by any means, but more seasonal high temperatures in the mid 70s and lows in the 50s can be expected. A few scattered showers or thunderstorms are also possible this weekend as the wave passes through the region. However, moisture will be limited as well as instability. So not expecting anything widespread, but will include slight PoPs for Saturday and Sunday. Beyond that, ensembles generally show the broad troughiness amplifying considerably next week. This appears to be in tandem with Hurricane Fiona becoming an intense extratropical cyclone and occluding over maritime Canada...possibly blocking the overall flow progression a bit. Northerly flow at the surface returns as the weekend`s upper-level wave slows down and deepens to our east. Surface high pressure should then rebuild into the region, allowing low temperatures in the 40s to return. Of course, with a large high pressure system this time of the year, nighttime/morning fog is possible as radiational cooling is optimized, combined with cooler
temps and longer nights.
Hurricane Thursdays and #BOTS!
The GFS model is bringing a hurricane close to Florida just about every Thursday.
Today is the last day of summer and its going to feel like it.
Today's high temperature will be 94. Autumn starts tomorrow with a high temperature of 70. Enjoy!
Summer's last stand.
Are you ready for summer to be over and done with? Well, first we have to get through next week. High temperatures will try to hit 90 degrees next week between next Monday and Thursday. After that, the 90 degree heat is over with. Here's what the National Weather Service says:
Long Term...(Thursday night through Wednesday) Issued at 243 PM EDT Wed Sep 14 2022 * Above normal temperatures into next week. * Largely dry except Sunday night into Monday. Ridging at the surface and aloft will set the stage for broad southerly/southwesterly low level flow over the weekend into next week, with a prolonged stretch of above normal temperatures expected as a result, with highs generally in the 80s each day (with a few low 90s readings possible), and lows generally in the 60s, save for tomorrow night when lows in the mid to upper 50s can be expected. The ridge aloft will gradually deamplify during the period, although the broad southwest flow will remain in place as it does so. This will leave the area largely dry throughout the long term portion of the forecast, save for late in the weekend into early next week. Deterministic guidance diverges a bit in its placement and intensity of a broad upper level wave expected to move through the Great Lakes Sunday night into Monday, and thus can justify no more than chance pops during this period. Convective indices suggest thunder potential and will carry this in the grids as well. The system should be progressive enough to prevent any prolonged rainfall or significant hydrologic potential, and this likely represents the only opportunity for rainfall through the seven day forecast.
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