Yesterday's high of 100ºF at the Salt Lake City International Airport gives us day 10 this summer of triple digits. Yup, double digit triple digits. We're now nearly half way through July and are running 6.2ºF above the average temperature for the month. Oh the humanity!
Forecasts for the next 7 days show very little change in the overall large-scale circulation with a long-wave ridge dominating the pattern over the western US. Below is the forecast for 0000 UTC Sunday (6 PM MDT Saturday) showing the ridge in firm control.
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| Source: NOAA/ESRL/PSD |
Subtle variations on smaller scales will give us some weather variability during this period in terms of the coverage and intensity of monsoonal convection, but that's about it. These are the dog days of summer. Personally, I'm hoping for as many highs as possible at or above 100. The high 90s are such a waste.
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