Weather Channel for Aug 31
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All that means is that is guaranteed to snow
Wasn't the Iowa game 2 years ago a scorcher?
I could see that game this year being warm, too.
It was pretty hot. I had to go to a wedding near Tama and was sweating my balls off. Mid September heat waves seem to be all but guaranteed anymore.
You couldn't dream up a better pattern than what's being forecasted. Sfc/Mid-level high pressure system should be parked almost directly overhead during the day Saturday... meaning there shouldn't be more than a cloud or two in the sky.
Heat wouldn't be a concern here... but if overnight lows drop into the low 50s it might be a little cold if you hit the tailgating lots at 5am. Shouldn't be too humid either. Can't ask for much more for August in Iowa!
Hopefully forecast models don't shift around too much in the meantime.
You couldn't dream up a better pattern than what's being forecasted. Sfc/Mid-level high pressure system should be parked almost directly overhead during the day Saturday... meaning there shouldn't be more than a cloud or two in the sky.
Heat wouldn't be a concern here... but if overnight lows drop into the low 50s it might be a little cold if you hit the tailgating lots at 5am. Shouldn't be too humid either. Can't ask for much more for August in Iowa!
Hopefully forecast models don't shift around too much in the meantime.
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/fxus06.html
Discussion of the models, but the last paragraph is the key paragraph for the 6-10 day outlook:
FORECAST CONFIDENCE FOR THE 6-10 DAY PERIOD: Above average, 4 out of 5, due to good agreement between models on the predicted 500-hPa height pattern, and among the temperature and precipitation forecast tools.
Now that is a serious case of a model "blue ball" forecast.
You couldn't dream up a better pattern than what's being forecasted. Sfc/Mid-level high pressure system should be parked almost directly overhead during the day Saturday... meaning there shouldn't be more than a cloud or two in the sky.
Heat wouldn't be a concern here... but if overnight lows drop into the low 50s it might be a little cold if you hit the tailgating lots at 5am. Shouldn't be too humid either. Can't ask for much more for August in Iowa!
Hopefully forecast models don't shift around too much in the meantime.
Might have to consider my mid-winter Carrhartt jacket for this one...
I prefer that high pressure system moving in from the
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Yes, and the models have been pretty insistent on the 500mb pattern since my first post in this thread a few days ago. Unless the ridge axis changes and high pressure ends up shifting out east ahead of schedule, there's really no threat for bad weather, it's more of a question of "will the temperature be 70 or 75?"
Those are the questions us meteorologists enjoy asking
Yes, and the models have been pretty insistent on the 500mb pattern since my first post in this thread a few days ago. Unless the ridge axis changes and high pressure ends up shifting out east ahead of schedule, there's really no threat for bad weather, it's more of a question of "will the temperature be 70 or 75?"
Those are the questions us meteorologists enjoy asking
Believe me, I've been keeping an eye on it. I don't know what all the words mean, but I understand higher confidence! As long as it means lower humidity in my neck of the woods, I'm for it (especially since I've got an 8k on 8/31).
It was even hot in Mpls for the OU gamewatch. Have it marked in my biking log because I rode that day with the gamewatch as a stop point. At my ride time it was 88 with heat index of 94 dew point of 71 and winds SW 8. Geek boy spreadsheet.
Gamewatch became more of a water stop than beer stop.
God that OU game was miserable.
It was even hot in Mpls for the OU gamewatch. Have it marked in my biking log because I rode that day with the gamewatch as a stop point. At my ride time it was 88 with heat index of 94 dew point of 71 and winds SW 8. Geek boy spreadsheet.
Dew points in the 70's are not fun. Current dew point here is 72. Ugh.
My wife needs to get a job at a university with a better climate.
We had our 3 year old with us, but we left that game early. I've only left games early 2 or 3 times in my life. Not that crazy cold Kansas game, not when we'd be losing by 50, never.
But screw that heat. That wasn't good for anybody.
There were people dropping like fly's at the OU game. Hell, I was even filling water bottles in the mens room with the Hot tap water in a last ditch effort to stay somewhat hydrated.
forecast now says 40% chance of rain in the AM. whoever started this thread... thanks
