Jeff Berardelli - Think July In The Desert Southwest Was Hot? August Says "Hold My Beer"

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Last edited Sat Jul 29, 2023, 09:35 AM - Edit history (1)

Jeff Berardelli is Chief Meteorologist at WFLA in Tampa.

Jeff Berardelli on Twitter:

Think July was hot in the desert SW? Aug says hold my beer. A monster heat dome likely by next weekend – the most intense yet this summer. Magenta indicates where all-time record heights are forecast. This on top of PHX so far beating its hottest month on record by almost 4F!!

So far in July PHX avg temp is 102.9 Old record 98.9 in 2020. To beat your hottest month’s temp by ~4 degrees is remarkable. Enter August… This next heat dome is forecast to be around 4 sigma. These heat “ridges” measure the column heat by how high the 500mb pressure sfc is.



Since hot air expands, the hotter the column is, the higher it pushes the height in which you would have to ascend to reach a pressure of 500 millibars. Now, this is just a forecast. It may not verify. But the models have had significant support for it. So it seems legit. Since 1970, average summer temperatures have increase by 3.8F. The hottest major city in America continues to get hotter due to greenhouse warming and urban heat island effect.



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https://climatecrocks.com/2023/07/28/think-july-was-hot-august-says-hold-my-beer/

[2naSalit]

1. Guess the...

Desert SW is reclaiming its status as a desert.

[hatrack]

2. It's kind of like Big Boy - it never really went away.

[CrispyQ]

3. Will we do anything?

Hold another global conference with world leaders, perhaps. With invitations to the oil industry, too.

[hatrack]

4. Yes, I think there's a meeting in the desert this fall, with an oil CEO hosting it . . .

[Think. Again.]

5. COP28

...it needs to be shut down.

[orthoclad]

6. Ah, what a relief!

(do I need a snark tag? )

[bronxiteforever]

7. Kick

[NickB79]

8. How much longer can the grid hold out?

A grid failure in a major city in that heat would kill tens of thousands.