After literally baking in 100 plus heat for all of the first
week of July, we got some rain on the eight. Now, the new regime appears it
could be both high heat coupled with high humidity! Sometimes it seems you just
can’t win.
Currently, the total rainfall stands at .84 of an inch (the
average is 3.15 for the month) with only a hope of more to come in the form of
popup showers. Other than a very weak frontal boundary that barely moves, there
has been nothing in the way of an organized front to get the atmosphere
percolating once again.
Thankfully, the water that did deign to fall (.04 on
Saturday the 7th and .80 on the 8th), has done a lot to
perk up both the lawns and the trees in my area. While it may be hard to see so
early on, these three pictures show a marked improvement in the color of the
grass which had been almost all brown.
One thing that appears to be for sure; the temperatures are
trending upwards possibly in response to climate change. A change that may be
accelerating. Each day of the first week averaged out to 104F. Even more
disturbing was how warm the overnight periods were averaging at just under the
70 degree mark. The normal average has been 65 over the past thirty years! This
trend, should it stick, will bode poorly.
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