The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 74/47 there was no rainfall. The highest wind gust was 17 MPH out of the E. The sun was out 93% of the time. For today the average H/L is 83/62 the record high of 98 was set in 1910 the record low of 43 was set in 2001. The warmest low of 74 was set in 1911 the record coldest high of 67 was set in 2009. The most rainfall of 3.18” fell in 2008. Last year the H/L was 78/69 and there was 0.29” of rain. The overnight low here in MBY was 59 there was no rainfall. At the current time it is cloudy and 62.

Heat advisory today with heat indexes reaching 110. Strong storms move in tonight and continuing off and on through the 4th. 0z models indicate 2-4+ additional inches of rain possible. Excessive rainfall will be a problem for Missouri and Iowa over the next 3 days.

Update: no video tonight as I decided to finish my demo reel except for one clip which is on tomorrow's video. I toyed with 110 for Corvallis on Saturday, but am keeping at 109 for now. PDX 2 degrees colder (107, though I was toying with as high as 109).

Crud, the forecast has become hotter since yesterday...

Eh, the early and middle 2010s were rife with both midlatitude cyclones and energetic regional thunderstorm outbreaks, many examples of both being quite severe. That stretch includes some of our hottest summers in memory, such as 2014 and 2015. If anything, there was a notable, if not brief, uptick in anomalous weather events along with the 2013 climate shift. While it may be "abnormally normal" these days, we were definitely spoiled for a short while. For what it's worth, what we've lost in spooky warm season weather events has been made up for in the form of glorious arctic outbreaks nearly every single winter, regardless of ENSO. Can't beat that in a "dying climate".