The Dog Days of Summer are upon us.......
"Everybody Complains About the Weather, But Nobody Does Anything About It" (Mark Twain or Charles Dudley Warner - Depends on what you believe)......Enjoy the seasonal weather over the next couple days, because the Dog Days of Summer are going to kick in by this weekend.
The Big Story For The Week Ahead:
A cool front is situated over the Ia/Mo border keeping Iowa on the cool side of the front until Friday. The front will push back north by the weekend and put us in a very warm regime for the following 10 days or so. We've been wanting drier weather - we'll get it, but we'll pay the price as temps reach into the mid 90's in Central Iowa - may even see near 100 just to our west. Our Heat Index will bump up to near 115 degrees by Saturday, and stay in that range thru at least 7 days. Our night time lows will stick in the High 70's, and in some cases, near 80.
Today 13th: Dry thru the day - Temp 81 - Isolated Tshower Evening/Overnite.
Thurs and Fri 14th/15th: Breezy - May see an Isolated Tshower Late Thursday Afternoon - Otherwise Dry both days - Temps 83/88.
A week to 10 days, beginning on the 16th looks to the warmest air of the Summer so far (Dry/Hot). Very strong high pressure will build over the Southern half of the country. Expect Average High Temps to be Well Above Normal - and Rainfall to be Below Normal. The main storm track will be well to our North, so expect only outside shots at any Tshower activity, mainly in the evening and overnite hours..........
Sat thru Wed 16th-20th: Dry/Hot/ Very Humid - Temps Low/Mid 90's.
Thurs Thru Mon 21st-25th: Continued Dry - Hot/Humid.
Tues and Wed 26th-27th: Storms - Then Dry/Cooler.
On this day in Iowa weather history...
1995: A record breaking heat wave peaked across the region with very high temperatures and dewpoints combining to produce dangerous heat index values. The heat wave was most severe from July 12-15 and caused approximately 700 deaths in Chicago as well as many others in Milwaukee, Saint Louis, and other large cities throughout the upper midwest. At least four deaths were attributed to the heat in Iowa. Most observing stations across the state recorded heat index values exceeding 120 F on July 12th or 13th and many locations maintained dewpoints in the lower 80s through the night, especially in eastern and southeastern Iowa. On the 12th the temperature reached 108 F at Sioux City and at 6 pm on the 13th the temperature at Cedar Rapids was 100 F with a dewpoint of 85 F, resulting in a heat index of 131 F. Near Storm Lake a single large turkey farm lost nearly 120,000 birds to the heat in just 24 hours and statewide more than 300,000 turkeys and 4,000 cattle were killed.
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