“With You In Spirit”
By Gannon Medwick
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
If you are planning to spend time at our beautiful beaches later this week, I will be with you in spirit! I will be working – inland – where daytime temperatures will at least reach the lower 90s from Thursday right through this weekend.
Storm Team 9 has been telling you about an approaching “upper-level ridge of high pressure” in our forecasts. Think of an upper-level ridge as a pocket of very warm air high in the atmosphere. As a forecaster, I have come to appreciate how effective these features are in preventing daytime clouds and showers from developing, and in August, lots of sun = sizzling heat!
At the beach, breezes off the marginally cooler ocean will help a little. You can bet I’ll be imagining cool ocean breezes as I mow my grass this weekend. Happy August!
Feel free to respond to this blog! I look forward to reading your comments.
Take care,
Gannon
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