Good Wednesday to one and all. Our early season heatwave continues to bake the bluegrass state and this has another day or so to go before we change it up. While the weekend feels much better, the heat tries to snap back for a bit next week.
Let’s do this breakdown thing again:
TODAY
- The numbers will be similar to what we had on Tuesday.
- Highs of 95-100 in the west and 90-95 east.
- Heat index values will still be in the 100-110 category. Local numbers will hit 110-115 during peak heating hours.
- There’s the chance for a storm or two to go up, especially in the south and east. The Storm Prediction Center even has a low-end risk for a few severe storms there…
THURSDAY
- Highs are still 90-95 for most of the state with a heat index down from today. It will still feel 100-105 for many.
- A cold front drops in from the northwest late in the day.
- Showers and storms will be around in scattered fashion.
- The Storm Prediction Center has the east back into the low-end threat for a few severe storms…
FRIDAY
- Feels much better as the massive heat wave starts to breakdown.
- Of course, feeling better is a relative term to where we have been. It’s still pretty steamy ahead of the front.
- This brings a line of storms dropping in from north to south.
- The storms don’t look widespread, but a few could be strong.
Temps over the weekend come way down and will go below normal for many…
Check out the low temps…
This is a taste of some of the good stuff, but it’s only temporary. Heat quickly builds back in from the west early next week, but to what extent?
The EURO usually is the hottest of any model and that’s certainly the case by the middle of next week. Check out these highs…
That’s pretty much an extreme solution, especially when compared to the GFS at the same time…
The Canadian is in-between the two…
Something we now have to consider for the first time in several years… Our ground is slowly drying out. With below normal precipitation expected over the next few weeks, the heat may win the battle more than I originally thought.
Shades of the summer or 2012 are showing up with this pattern, folks. Here’s hoping we don’t go to that extreme.
I leave you with your regional storm tracking tools for the day…
Current watches
Possible Watch Areas
Make it a great day and take care.
The Chicago area experienced its hottest day Tuesday since July of 2012 as Midway Airport reached 100 degrees, with a maximum heat index of 107. The official reporting station, O’Hare Airport, reached 98 degrees with a maximum heat index of 104, just missing the record high of 99 set in 1987.
Here is an updated link regarding the violent supercell thunderstorms which struck the northern and central parts of the Chicago area early Monday evening, causing widespread tree damage and some roofs being blown off. A brief EF-0 tornado was confirmed. Most of the damage came from straight-line winds, which were estimated to be as strong as 90-95 MPH in West-Central Cook County.
https://weather.gov/lot/2022jun13
Glad no one was hurt or even killed by the storms, but it’s going to be an expensive clean up and repair. They did a very good job reporting the aftermath of the storm.
It’s already 90 degrees here in Maple with very high dew points. Maybe a brief cool off this weekend before the first 100 degree temperature ushers in the official start to the Summer season.
Sad to say, but we are overdue for a 2012 repeat. 🙁
After that summer of 2012 the following 3-4 winters we has some dandy snowfall during them winters
i know the extreme heat is dangerous in certain situations. that said, im loving the heat. anything below 65 is just too cold for my liking. i used to not be like that. 10yrs ago id sweat sitting on the porch at 70 degrees. losing over 120lbs made me cold all the time. i lost all my insulation 🙂