It was 84 yesterday, might go to 90 today. And now, I get this wonderful news!
Scientists who probe the atmosphere is search of tomorrow’s weather have already picked up signs of major heat waves looming for American cities, particularly eastern ‘burgs like Boston, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.
Now NASA is giving us a heads-up that residents of yet more cities might soon face increased risks of getting frizzled by lightning or charley-horsed by walnut-sized hailstones. The space agency has released new weather models based on a 2007 study by Purdue University’s Robert Trapp, who examined what might happen if the concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gas were to continue increasing until the end of the century. Trapp’s evidence suggested that by the late 21st century the United States (and no doubt other places) will have many more days with ideal conditions for severe thunderstorms – you know, the ones with towering convective clouds and associated “high-impact weather such as destructive surface winds, hail and tornadoes.”
Whee!
Not New York City? Or is that understood….
New York City, a vast heat island, destroys any weather that comes its way with less game than Sandy…
I’ve been thinking this might be happening, given the incredible number of precipitation events this past winter.
And with heat? OMG, the humidity!
And I can’t afford the AC bill….
“Derecho” will be a much more familiar term.
Well, and right on schedule, we’re getting an intense band of thunder storms here in northern NJ suboonia.
the temp dropped from the 89’s down to the 60’s, then intensely dark gray clouds rolling in, with a few showers, followed by darker clouds and lots of thunder and lightening. Heavy duty rumbling.
Sharp differential in temps, lots of moisture in the air.
May be a long summer.
Stop it.