Extreme Temperature Diary- July 23, 2018/ Hot Topic: Oh Canada! Global Warming Targets Ontario

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Monday July 23rd… Dear Diary. The main purpose of this ongoing post will be to track United States extreme or record temperatures related to climate change. Any reports I see of ETs will be listed below the main topic of the day. I’ll refer to extreme or record temperatures as ETs (not extraterrestrials)😊. Here is today’s main climate change post related hot topic:

Oh Canada! Global Warming Targets Ontario 

With each passing year I am seeing stranger and stranger weather patterns that can definitely be associated with climate change. While subtle at first during the start of my career during the 1980s, like U.S. heat waves and droughts from that decade, now we are seeing phenomena at higher latitudes that can only be chalked up to a warming Earth. Attribution with these newer events, which I will describe on this post, should be much easier than those of thirty years ago. Today let’s look at three such events from this month.

First, my how hot Ontario and, in general, eastern Canada got this July. Check out this article describing widespread wildfires occurring in northeast Ontario near Hudson Bay:

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/07/22/fire-crews-continue-battling-dozens-of-fires-in-northeastern-ontario.html 

Quoting from this article:

Thousands of hectares are burning out of control in parts of Ontario

What it’s like on the front lines of B.C.’s wildfire fight

Parry Sound 33 is one of more than 63 fires burning in the region, with 20 of them out of control as of Sunday afternoon — a slight improvement from the previous night.

Firefighters and equipment have poured in from across Canada, the United States and Mexico to help Ontario-based crews. Five waterbombers were aiding hard-pressed ground crews in their struggle to contain the flames.

Palmer said they had to evacuate the entire park yesterday afternoon.

“It was a ‘grab your stuff and go’ moment yesterday,” he said. Heavy smoke filled the air and there was concern for the elderly and children, he said.

“The fire grew exponentially out of control. It’s not contained, it’s a wildfire,” he said. “We dumped everybody out of the park as fast as we could,” he said, noting that more than 200 vehicles were on site at the time.

Yesterday I wrote a post about the return of the Dipole and its effects on the U.S. Of course, the thing is affecting Canada, as well. Here is the 500 millibar pattern over North America from this morning:

Notice how warm it is across Canada and in particular James bay and Ontario. It’s no wonder that at the surface we are still getting reports like this:

Yesterday’s low of 18.7°C in Sault Ste. Marie, ON is warmest on record for July 22, beating 18.2°C in 2001. Records kept since 1945.

6:33 AM – 23 Jul 2018
Typically our friendly Hudson Bay Low vortex would keep Ontario chilly, even in summer. There is nothing typical about the current pattern across the Northern Hemisphere.
It would appear that a front will bring beneficial rain and cooler temperatures to areas affected by the fires in Ontario by Friday.  Let us keep our fingers crossed:
Here is another post I saw this evening about Canada:

“So my homeland is melting, and it’s causing yours to go underwater…”

How is Climate Change Affecting Canada?

5:03 PM – 23 Jul 2018
Second. What’s up with Japan? My this is some extreme heat reported from a country with a typical cool marine climate:

Robert Fanney Retweeted 森さやか

The 47 C heat index in Fukuoka is equivalent to a ‘feels like’ temperature of 116 F. This is deadly heat capable of inflicting serious injury or death. However, if we keep burning fossil fuels places on Earth’s surface will start seeing heat indexes of 150 to 190 (F).

Deadly continues to impact Japan. The mercury hit 38.4℃ in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, making it the all-time record high for the city. With high humidity, the heat indices have reached the mid-40’s today (July 20)!…
7:09 AM – 23 Jul 2018
What did the heat dome look like over Japan last Friday? Here is a Pivotal Weather chart showing some eye opening high 500 millibar heights from over the weekend:
Note the plethora of upper lows around Japan, which I’d contend is a sign of a weakening summer vortex, and thus climate change.

It was 106°F in Japan today — the hottest temperature ever measured in that country’s history.This comes after parts of Japan recorded *70 inches of rain* *earlier this month*, causing historic flooding.
Climate change is real, and it’s happening now.
6:22 AM – 23 Jul 2018
Third, by now we have seen several reports of astounding levels of heat in Scandinavia, some higher than 90F north of the Arctic Circle. It would appear that the heat dome responsible for this record episode is going to make a big comeback as we head towards August:

This is the definition of – honestly I don’t recall if I have ever seen this strong ridge above the Scandinavia in ECMWF forecasts.

Figure credit

Here is a lot more on  “global weirding” across the Northern Hemisohere that has been occurring recently: 

Where is it hot? Everywhere except central and SE North America, Argentina, Kazakhstan, central Siberia, and Greenland.

11:44 AM – 23 Jul 2018

“Summer of extreme temperatures continues, to the beat of climate change” via Brandon Miller () of :
1:50 PM – 23 Jul 2018
O.K. climate change denialists. I can’t wait to here your reasoning attributing these three events to natural variation. Don’t be shy. Like the charge of the Light Brigade bring it on.😉
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By Tuesday most of the U.S. will be free of dangerous heat. A cooling trend will continue in Texas. Unfortunately record heat will be plaguing the Southwest once more. Near record heat will spread northward unto the Pacific Northwest:
Here are Monday’s ETs from major sites:

Today’s 114F is the hottest temperature ever recorded in Waco, where records go back to 1901.
5:03 pm: Waco has reached 114 degrees and broken its ALL TIME record high temperature of 112 set on August 11, 1969.
3:46 PM – 23 Jul 2018

Both San Angelo and Abilene set new record highs today. San Angelo hit 109 degrees, breaking the old record of 104 set back in 1936. Abilene hit 106 degrees, breaking their old record of 104 degrees set back in 1943.
3:33 PM – 21 Jul 2018

Phoenix Sky Harbor broke the previous record of 114 which was set back in 2014!

3:25 PM – 23 Jul 2018
The El Paso high temp record for July 23rd was previously set in 2016 at a warm 104.

Today we increase that record to 105! Today, shade is our friend. Stay cool!

4:55 PM – 23 Jul 2018

locations had no difficulty breaking their daily record today, with a whopping 122 F at , and 119 F at . , and tied their record.
5:50 PM – 23 Jul 2018

Dallas Love airport (KDAL) has had 4 consecutive days of 110 or hotter. That is a new record for the most consecutive days of 110+ there on record.
3:47 AM – 23 Jul 2018
The near 600 decameter ridge above this Atlantic high is another sign of climate change.

Who do we blame for the East Coast steam bath? Huge high pressure system over Atlantic (image L) pumping tropical air (image R – green) all the way into Maine.
1:22 AM – 23 Jul 2018

Wednesday looks to the hottest day of the week. Here are Wednesday’s expected high temps and associated heat risk.
Afternoon high temperatures for Wednesday, July 25
Experimental Heat Risk for Wednesday, July 25th
5:12 PM – 22 Jul 2018
This piece is brilliant!:

Got so fed up with the reporting on the heat wave that failed to mention or underplayed climate change that I wrote a thing
5:28 AM – 23 Jul 2018
Here are Monday’s national maxes:
Today was the last day of ridiculous heat in Texas. The Southwest, as expected, is starting to cook once more.
As usual I will be adding relevant news and information to this post as the day progresses. 

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