CentralNebWeather Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 NWS Hastings says that lower dews are coming by Sunday and beyond. Let's hope they are correct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 57 with a dew point of 55...curled up under a blanket atm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted August 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Good morning from Fountain Hills, AZ! I decided to take a trip out here and stay for a little while. The wx was absolutely perfect for a day flight with barely any turbulence. HP dominated most of the trip. I posted some vids and pics from takeoff to landing. I love flying and have been fascinated with aircraft since I was a kid. I’d be lying to you if I wasn’t both surprised and excited to see that the entire state of AZ is under a flood watch. I’m soo looking forward to some tropical infused downpours tomorrow. It is a bit Hot and a touch humid here but nothing I can’t handle after what we’ve been dealt with in the MW in August. My plan is to go up north for the holiday and visit Page, AZ (horseshoe bend) and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Might even do some wild mushroom picking. We’ll see. The pic below of Fountain Hills is one that I see quite often when descending into the valley for landing. IMG_0870.MP4 IMG_0878.MP4 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westMJim Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 With just one more day to go it is now safe to say that August 2021 will be the 9 warmest August of record at Grand Rapids and Holland. It will be the 4 warmest at Muskegon and over at Lansing it looks to be the warmest on record. This was all done with few extremely hot days this August only had 5 days of 90 or better there have been 24 other years when August had more. Grand Rapids is way down the list even at the 89, 88, 87 list even at 85 there have been 15 years with more 85° days in August. For the overnight lows there were 8 nights when the temperature did not fall below 70 that is good for the 7 most. 2010 had the most with 12. And in the number of nights with lows of 65 or better this August had 18 and that is the 4 most at GR the most is 22 in 1995. So the bottom line is that August 2021 was very warm but with few "hot" days but it had may very warm nights. And of course it was very humid. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 A little cooler this morning as temps dipped into the upper 60s. Watching a strong line of storms in SE Nebraska, hoping they hold together. I would gladly enjoy a cool rainy day. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westMJim Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Summer 2021 will end up above average. The current mean with just one more day to go is 72.5 the new 30 year average is 70..9 and the 15 year average is 71.4. This will be the warmest summer since 2018 (72.6) and the first simmer since 2016 that all 3 summer months had a mean of 70 or better. 2016 had a mean for the summer of 72.7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralNebWeather Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Another warm and muggy morning. Been busy with coaching and going to games so I hadn't looked very close at the extended forecast. Today and tomorrow both show potential to touch 90. Starting Thursday, all days in the extended are 70's to perhaps 80 with lows in the 50's, maybe a day or 2 here or there of 60. Corn should really start drying out and the airmass has lower dews. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1976 Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Forgot to mention I picked up 2.15" over the weekend and tacked on another 0.15" last night. Today looks to be cloudy with scattered showers and temps in the 70s. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstorm83 Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 A line of strong winds and heavy rain finally moved in around 6:30 this morning. It didn't last long, but it was a wake up call for the entire house. 0.88" fell at the airport. 2 3 Quote Snowfall in Lincoln, NE: 2017-18: 21.4" 2018-19: 55.5" 2019-20: 17.6" 2020-21: 49.4" 2021-22: 5.1" Average: 26" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabel23 Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Picked up another 1.75" earlier this morning. The lightning was absolutely incredible! I took a picture of the radar return as it was over my place. Loud, bright and the rain came down in sheets! August rain total is 8.85"!!!! 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Nice band of rain coming through right now. It's so nice to have a cloudy rainy day after the heat and humidity from the last few weeks. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralNebWeather Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Forecast now calls for 60-70% of showers and thunderstorms basically all day and night on Thursday. That would be quite a day and probably the reason that projected high temps have trended downwards. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralNebWeather Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 I just glanced at our weather almanac. Sept. 1st in my area average high temps have dropped to 82 degrees and average lows are 56. We are losing about 2 minutes and 30 seconds a day of daylight, or 17 minutes a week. Hints of fall for sure. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 It is very cool here this afternoon.... upper 60s with showers and a breeze. 4 Quote season snowfall: 34.8" '22-23: 30.2" '21-22: 27.1" '20-21: 52.5" '19-20: 36.2" '18-19: 50.2" '17-18: 39.5" Average snowfall: ~30" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwxguy Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 4" rain late last night/ this morning 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralNebWeather Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 More rain coming according to the NAM. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1976 Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 Way nice out wow. Clear calm no humidity and 66 currently. Chops, potatoes and onions on the Weber. Had a busy evening so now its chill time out on the deck. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 Kansas City picked up 0.96" of rain this morning which gives us 5.24" for the month of August which is exactly 1.00" above normal. This was good enough for the 34th wettest August on the 134 year record. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttumwaSnomow Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 .55 fell today and sub 80 temp felt nice. Dewpoint still got to 71 though. In Aug: 1.75" rain one of my driest months in the past 36 months, compared to average. Throughout my area some were above avg and some below avg rainfall. high was 95 High dewpoint 84 This summer will be remembered for unending humidity. Worse ive seen ever in usa in 52 years and 5 years overseas. Ive seen over 18 days of 90F and 80 DP. Over 35 days over 90. Very very few day sub 70 dewpoint. Its been a growing season of long dry periods interrupted by very wet periods. A excellent season for lawn care, farming and gardening which I do. Another tidbit at my home no severe weather at all now 2 years. No wind damage, no hail, limited lightning and no flooding compared to what Ive seen in other years in southeast Iowa. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted September 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 7 hours ago, OttumwaSnomow said: .55 fell today and sub 80 temp felt nice. Dewpoint still got to 71 though. In Aug: 1.75" rain one of my driest months in the past 36 months, compared to average. Throughout my area some were above avg and some below avg rainfall. high was 95 High dewpoint 84 This summer will be remembered for unending humidity. Worse ive seen ever in usa in 52 years and 5 years overseas. Ive seen over 18 days of 90F and 80 DP. Over 35 days over 90. Very very few day sub 70 dewpoint. Its been a growing season of long dry periods interrupted by very wet periods. A excellent season for lawn care, farming and gardening which I do. Another tidbit at my home no severe weather at all now 2 years. No wind damage, no hail, limited lightning and no flooding compared to what Ive seen in other years in southeast Iowa. I'm thrilled to hear that your business and farm have done well right in the heart of the ag belt region of the MW. I'm curious though, have you increased your prices due to inflation? If so, are your customers ok with the price rise? Just wondering as I've seen costs have run up big time this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 Yesterday I was surprised by some little showers that developed into a defo band like feature after the main overnight complex had totally missed just to the sw. But the heavier showers again managed to miss all around by 4 - 6 miles where up to around 1” may have fallen to the west and north. Still got a decent .32” putting my August total up to 2.31” and that’s a lot better than August 2020 when I had under .60” when I normally should get over 4”. Some places to my se. near the Mississippi River got inches of rain yesterday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted September 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 I sure busted on my call for a cooler August around the GL's region as ORD ended up becoming the 6th warmest month on record. As @westMJim mentioned, overnight lows really did a number on the avg mean temp. Day time highs were not exceedingly high for August. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaSnowFan Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Here's my monthly summary for my backyard. Avg low: 66.4 (+.8) Avg high: 87.6 (+1.8) coldest low: 55.0 (2nd) warmest high: 96.8 (23rd) precip: 4.93" (+.33") Like almost everyone else had a hot and muggy August with 10 days over 90 degrees and multiple days with dews in the upper 70s and even low 80s. Up to 34 days this summer with highs over 90 now. Max heat index on my weather station was 112.5. It was mainly hot, humid, and dry to start the month, but the last 10 days were more active. Had 3 severe tstorm watches, 4 severe tstorm warnings, a flash flood warning with severe flooding downtown Omaha, and 5 days of heat advisories. Only had 1 day with measurable precip the first 19 days. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minny_Weather Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Better than June, that's for sure. 4 Quote Formerly *ahem*: LNK_Weather, TOL_Weather, FAR_Weather, MSP_Weather, IMoveALot_Weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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