The main purpose of this ongoing blog will be to track planetary 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).😉
Main Topic: Heatwave Chevron to Greatly Expand This Weekend
Dear Diary. U.S. Heatwave Chevron is one dangerous beast that won’t die despite numerous sord jabs by cold fronts this August. Here was the state of the heatwave as of Thursday:
On THU 8/10/23 Historic borderline CAT3/4 #HeatwaveChevron was beginning to grow northward into the Mid-Mississippi Valley. The system will also roast the Pacific Northwest this weekend.@MichaelEMann @KBMcLeodFLA @olliemilman
— Guy Walton (@climateguyw) August 10, 2023
My categorization criteria: https://t.co/VGZsiRMZcD pic.twitter.com/lZ9pTZaFdt
The heat dome in association with Heatwave Chevron will grow over the Southeast into Monday of next week getting up to near 597 decameters and centered on Mississippi:
Notice that a separate heat done will build over the Pacific Northwest and quickly merge with the southern heat done by Monday. This should produce some dangerous gear for that area through early next week.
Fortunately, the southern heat domes will collapse by the middle of next week, and the Pacific Northwest system will retrograde westward into the Gulf of Alaska:
So, just how hot will it get over the weekend? These numbers are very toasty for Saturday, Sunday and Monday for both the Southeast and Northwest:
I’m sure that National Westher Service heat warnings and advisories will be issues for southern portions of the Midwest and Plains, the Pacific Northwest, and will be retained across the South. Stay tuned.
Here is more in association with this coming heat:
Record heat continues to bake the Deep South from Texas to Florida and there is little or no relief in sight: https://t.co/Dr4APXYRJm
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) August 11, 2023
Wet Bulb Globe Temperature of 35°C (95°F) forecast for August 11, 2023, 19 UTC, near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. https://t.co/fJjyT7LXbE pic.twitter.com/wEiqdrSR11
— Thomas Reis (@peakaustria) August 11, 2023
Confidence has increased in a dangerous heat wave for the Pacific Northwest beginning this Sunday, August 13th, and lasting through much of next week. Now is the time to evaluate plans and preparedness levels. Have a way to break your heat exposure and stay hydrated! pic.twitter.com/bUwBmHCA3z
— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) August 10, 2023
Weather models are predicting that the end of meteorological #summer will bring a return to a pattern of #heat domes circumnavigating the hemisphere & warm temperatures to the US, Europe & East Asia. One silver lining is pattern will slow recent accelerating #Arctic sea ice melt. pic.twitter.com/Btx7njefU2
— Judah Cohen (@judah47) August 11, 2023
Here are some other “ET’s” recorded from around the planet the last couple of days, their consequences, and some extreme temperature outlooks, as well as any extreme precipitation reports:
#ImageOfTheDay #OlaDeCalor
— Copernicus EU (@CopernicusEU) August 11, 2023
The third severe #heatwave of this #summer is gripping #Spain🇪🇸
On 10 August, air temperature🌡️in #Valencia rose to record values of 46.8°C♨️, surpassing its previous heat record by +3.4°C🥵
⬇️#Copernicus #Sentinel3 🇪🇺🛰️image acquired on the same day pic.twitter.com/inuUXu6oeP
Breaking News: Historic day in Morocco with its highest reliable temperature in climatic history today ,preliminary 49.7C and possibly breaking the 50C mark.
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) August 11, 2023
45.1C also in the Canary Islands and monthly record broken in Ceuta with 39.9C.
Updates later…. https://t.co/ITsud9C2Nh
**JAPAN RECORD**
— Sayaka Mori (@sayakasofiamori) August 10, 2023
On Thursday, the #temperature in Itoigawa of Niigata Prefecture did not drop below 31.4°C/88.5F, making it the highest daily minimum ever recorded in all of Japan. Eight other places recorded among the top 20 highest lows on the same day. pic.twitter.com/oXDdwHhdKU
Japan heat wave resembles now that of China in 2022 and is one of the worst the world has ever seen with weeks with hundreds of records beaten every day.
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) August 11, 2023
Yesterday 116 records fell
Here a list of the records of highest Tmins:
Today 27.2C Cape Erimo in Hokkaido:new all time high. pic.twitter.com/g0Gvmc3FQq
Another record in Agalega Island:
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) August 11, 2023
With 32.0C it beat again the Mauritius national record of highest temperature of August.
That's after beating those of May,June and July multiple times each one. pic.twitter.com/3RD1UJph1x
Florida. Is. Baking. And seeing a summer unlike any other.
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) August 11, 2023
The statistics are striking.https://t.co/NnDRVuP9eX
On Wednesday Key West broke their all-time highest AM record at 88. I’m sure there will be more of this along the Gulf Coast as water temps are far above record levels https://t.co/D1mdWnLdIj
— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) August 11, 2023
Current wet bulb temperatures in Texas and Louisiana are 90-94°F.
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) August 11, 2023
The human body cannot survive a wet bulb above 95°F for more than six hours. You literally can't sweat enough to cool down and you will die.
There's never been a summer like this.
We are in a climate emergency. pic.twitter.com/UR5OmbZpQx
Granted, this isn't a very long period of record, but the WeatherSTEM station at the UM Rosenstiel School just recorded its highest heat index ever on Thursday afternoon: 117°F. It came from a very believable 94/82. This summer is unlike any other. pic.twitter.com/pZdM4MBhnx
— Brian McNoldy (@BMcNoldy) August 11, 2023
South Florida has yet again recorded a sea surface temperature over 100°F as a severe marine heatwave continues to grip the region.
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) August 11, 2023
Severe coral bleaching is ongoing in the Florida Keys, with significant mortality reported on multiple reefs. pic.twitter.com/heFjzNmpM8
The latest guidance suggests that #Portland, #OR will see the development of an extreme heat event (Clarke et al., 2014 methodology) next week. If the forecast verifies, the 2021-2023 period would mark the first case where such events occurred in 3 consecutive years. #orwx pic.twitter.com/ewwaAwv38w
— Don Sutherland (@DonSuth89069583) August 12, 2023
Here is more brand-new July 2023 climatology:
July 2023 in #Colombia was very warm with temperature anomalies mostly between +0.5C and +2.5C above average. (left map)
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) August 10, 2023
It was generally slightly wetter than normal (right map). Temperatures ranged from +3.0C to +40.2C.
Maps by IDEAM pic.twitter.com/mVp4KssMbq
July 2023 in #Kenya had an average temperature of which is 21.3C which is 0.2C above normal.
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) August 11, 2023
It was a very dry month allover the country except in the coast where it was wetter.
See rainfall anomalies map credit of Kenya Meteorological Service. pic.twitter.com/oHUlK8VOIW
July 2023 in #Ethiopia had a precipitations pattern opposite of that of Kenya:
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) August 11, 2023
Wetter in the western areas and drier in the East
(left map)
A severe drought persists in the East while floods are ravaging the West (soil moisture right map).
Maps are credit of Ethiopia Met. Service pic.twitter.com/2xuDJOMmtQ
July 2023 in #Pakistan had an average temperature of 30.70C which is 0.52C below the 1961-1990 baseline (about -1C vs. 1991-2020).
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) August 11, 2023
Average rainfall was 70% above average and was the 9th wettest July.
Some July rainfalls and low temperatures records were broken (see list by PMD) pic.twitter.com/YLvq69rKjr
Endless record heat in Sri Lanka with a new August record pulverized at Ratnapura today with 37.2C
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) August 11, 2023
Record heat is also in the Philippines (Tmins >29C),Vietnam and Thailand
In just 10 days of August about 1/3 of world countries broke heat records,while only Italy had low records. pic.twitter.com/gbYFxdEZM1
Here is more climate and news from Friday:
(As usual, this will be a fluid post in which more information gets added during the day as it crosses my radar, crediting all who have put it on-line. Items will be archived on this site for posterity. In most instances click on the pictures of each tweet to see each article. The most noteworthy items will be listed first.)
The Maui fire that tore through Lahaina is one of the worst wildfire disasters in US history.
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) August 11, 2023
The town of 12,000 people is virtually destroyed, with at least 53 dead and many more missing. More than 1,700 structures have been destroyed, including entire neighborhoods.
Maui is… pic.twitter.com/AoCUyAgVGp
13 photos show the destructive force of the wildfire that leveled Lahaina on the island of Maui https://t.co/0a2z04DV3q
— Bloomberg Green (@climate) August 11, 2023
I don't think any of us fully realized the absolute tragedy that unfolded in Lahaina, Maui. Some people were even forced to jump into the ocean to escape the flames. I can only imagine how terrifying that must have been. To donate, visit https://t.co/4vepc5u2xm pic.twitter.com/tTmxPMvXAI
— Nahel Belgherze (@WxNB_) August 11, 2023
One more to add to your pocket collection of climate feedback loops: pic.twitter.com/RkU5slok5T
— Prof. Eliot Jacobson (@EliotJacobson) August 11, 2023
Essential wildfire reading from @JohnValliant, Nick Mott and @padre_angle. I wrote this review last week for publication today; the intervening #Maui disaster only makes these books even more timely. @CC_Yale https://t.co/Vfpx63Zeyy
— Bob Henson (@bhensonweather) August 11, 2023
Two things are certain- sea level rise will continue and adaptation and disaster management are nowhere in sight.
— Brian McHugh 🌏🏳️🌈 (@BrianMcHugh2011) August 11, 2023
My review of 'Sea Change- An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean' by @TinaGerhardtEJ @ucpress https://t.co/9oCqGYTqns
Unprecedented oceanic warmth from the Bahamas to Central America is triggering unprecedented levels of coral bleaching. With a potent El Niño coming on, we may be in for global coral bleaching akin to the 2014-17 disaster (https://t.co/oP9jKswbrn). https://t.co/K64wxdl7e5
— Bob Henson (@bhensonweather) August 11, 2023
#ClimateFriday Reading: "NOAA’s #CoralReef Watch this week also had its highest level of coral bleaching warning over reefs off north Vietnam and southern China." Huge’ coral bleaching unfolding across the Americas prompts fears of global tragedy https://t.co/6tLBGHM4XI
— Silicon Valley North (@CCLSVN) August 11, 2023
“Heatwaves don’t discriminate between well-managed reefs, or a polluted and non-polluted reef. They all fry if the temperature is high enough.” https://t.co/PaxHDAiyUU
— Terry Hughes (@ProfTerryHughes) August 12, 2023
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged 422 ppm in July 2023
— Zack Labe (@ZLabe) August 11, 2023
10 years ago July averaged about 398 ppm
+ Preliminary data (@NOAA_ESRL): https://t.co/81JQavZVWZ pic.twitter.com/JU15f14LRo
🌍🌡📈
— Leon Simons (@LeonSimons8) August 11, 2023
The Northern Hemisphere temperature has been running record high for 42 days now and is still >1°C above the 1979-2000 mean. pic.twitter.com/RdQrtpr3YF
Record low Antarctic sea ice: https://t.co/bkAhmPTmBh
— Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) August 11, 2023
Ocean heat off the charts even before warming EL Nino.
Heatwave in Siberia threatening perma frost.
Devastating wildfires in W Canada.
and still business as usual.
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate#climate #energy #renewables
The year of non-linearities.
— Prof. Eliot Jacobson (@EliotJacobson) August 11, 2023
"Extreme climate events have consistently been beyond climate model projections and happening faster than forecast, of which the current, astounding global surge in land and ocean heat extremes is but one frightening example."https://t.co/YqJt9vJAYp
New Analysis:
— Bernadette Woods Placky (@BernWoodsPlacky) August 11, 2023
Climate-driven heat hovering over Puerto Rico and Florida this summer.
Find data and reporting resources below. https://t.co/NMQ7QKYD5u
I admittedly don't spend a lot of time looking at sea ice or Antarctica, but I check on it now and then out of curiosity, especially considering all of the other mind-blowing anomalies happening around the globe lately. These sea ice extent charts from @ZLabe are beyond alarming. pic.twitter.com/1VaLyLDPru
— Brian McNoldy (@BMcNoldy) August 11, 2023
1.5C… it's trigger for some climate folks. We've been near that mark this summer. This is the latest North American Multi Model Ensemble forecast. With El Nino increasing, some models have us above 1.5 deep into 2024. Not all. Important to note that +1.5 is not a threshold 1/ pic.twitter.com/Ylx50SiW8T
— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) August 11, 2023
Today, climate is changing faster than any time in human history. As a result, our trillions of dollars of infrastructure – homes, roads, cities and ports – were built for a climate that no longer exists, unprepared for the climate risks we face today. https://t.co/32XD3S9crR
— The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) August 11, 2023
“This summer’s sequence of extremes has shined a light, like never before, on the need [for journalists] to show how one disaster echoes with another.” A new type of disaster reporting is needed to keep up, writes Mark Schapiro @capitalandmain https://t.co/oDfRfaTVlp
— Covering Climate Now (@CoveringClimate) August 11, 2023
It's not just heatwaves impacting the northern hemisphere summer right now, but floods too. Unless extreme climate action is taken, extreme weather is going to continue #ClimateEmergency #Korea
— Greenpeace International (@Greenpeace) August 11, 2023
https://t.co/IhDVFZxsWe
New IPCC chair @JimSkeaIPCC says leaders are failing to join the dots between extreme weather and debate about policies to cut emissions
— Adam Vaughan (@adamvaughan_uk) August 11, 2023
Says Rhodes wildfires have brought home reality of climate change to British holidaymakershttps://t.co/HcN5oq2Oh2
Ottawa not prepared at all for #climate extremes https://t.co/cnpC3pRy75
— Paul Beckwith (@PaulHBeckwith) August 11, 2023
“In particular, climate change poses a great threat not only to the natural environment but to the home insurance industry, tourism and agriculture, just to name a few major economic sectors directly impacted by a changing climate.”https://t.co/ugMufabe7O
— Climate Power (@ClimatePower) August 11, 2023
Climate change, inflation and lawsuits have scared private insurance companies out of Florida's riskiest areas, leaving homeowners in the hands of a strapped nonprofit https://t.co/6adVO6THfc
— Bloomberg Green (@climate) August 11, 2023
#Climatefriday Reading: “These cross-border challenges are increasingly interacting with and compounding traditional state-based political, economic, and security challenges…" Connecting the #Climate side effects in the US Intelligence Community https://t.co/71AYrenrhQ
— Silicon Valley North (@CCLSVN) August 11, 2023
Residents dogged by frequent flooding of Lake Michigan have finally drawn attention from city and state officials.https://t.co/thnUNY78I3
— Inside Climate News (@insideclimate) August 11, 2023
School is right around the corner! It’s time we start educating our students about how they can live a more sustainable lifestyle! ✏️📚 Read more about New Jersey’s new #climatechange curriculum. https://t.co/QI7pxw3gh5
— Climate Reality (@ClimateReality) August 11, 2023
Climate change and the environment is the fourth most important issue facing the UK, according to the latest official @ONS public attitudes tracker
— Simon Evans is on holiday (@DrSimEvans) August 11, 2023
69% cited this issue, ahead of housing, crime, immigration and war
That's up 7 points, from 62% a fortnight earlier pic.twitter.com/T8CwSKTavO
From north to south, Europe is again battling extreme weather events, wildfires in Portugal, a heat wave in Spain elsewhere and now historic floods in Slovenia and Norway.
— Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) August 11, 2023
The climate crisis is here and it will get worse the longer we fail to address it. #ActOnClimate. pic.twitter.com/s3utJP6FAk
Of course Greta Thunberg is right to call out greenwashing, but the reality can be messy – The Guardian https://t.co/FYJesS897o
— Paul Beckwith (@PaulHBeckwith) August 11, 2023
Is is time for people over profits!
— Greenpeace International (@Greenpeace) August 11, 2023
It is time to stop climate-wrecking activities leading to #ExtremeWeather!
It is time for #ClimateJustice!
It is time to end to the era of fossil fuels!
It is time polluters pay for the damages!https://t.co/fUn5PufOZF
🎨©️ @GoldingCartoons pic.twitter.com/xCGfHYzAtY
Today’s News on Sustainable and Traditional Energy from Fossil Fuel:
Today's morning reads ☕…
— Secretary Jennifer Granholm (@SecGranholm) August 11, 2023
Exciting news: $1.1B investment in solar panel factory in LA, more news on DOE's $46M for retrofitting buildings, and $1.2B from DOE to capture carbon in LA and TX.
☀️ https://t.co/7IwDutP2Hg
🛠️ https://t.co/LDUebtJFlw
🌎 https://t.co/f9ZQJre2YR pic.twitter.com/lb0earkq4R
German emissions fall 9% in first half of 2023, renewables at 55% of grid power.
— Dr Paul Dorfman (@dorfman_p) August 11, 2023
Allez Energiewende ! #renewables #RenewableEnergy #Energiewende #climate #ClimateAction #ClimateActionNowhttps://t.co/Kha3ZHGyC3
UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) say offshore and onshore wind combined set to be 61.4% cheaper than gas in 2025.
— Dr Paul Dorfman (@dorfman_p) August 11, 2023
Et voila !#Renewables #WindPower #climate #ClimateActionNow https://t.co/Bt2Jaj3psK
This is a nightmare come to life. One of the grantees of the Department of Energy's 3.5 B fund to try to scale up direct air capture is the oil company Oxy, who's getting $500 million.
— Dr. Genevieve Guenther (@DoctorVive) August 11, 2023
Oxy's CEO tells reporters all the time that DAC will enable them to keep pumping oil. 😩 pic.twitter.com/RZfsfVgVRu
Bryan Leyland, the author, long term climate change denier, tried very hard to convince New Zealanders 12 years ago that global warming was a hoax.
— Dr Paul Dorfman (@dorfman_p) August 11, 2023
He's switched to pushing nuclear in the knowledge that more money and time wasted on #nuclear, more fossil fuels sold.#Climate pic.twitter.com/ZDTWVeNV20
#ClimateFriday Reading #Solar "The company, which currently makes its products in Mexico, Malaysia and the Philippines, is considering plans to expand its U.S. manufacturing operation" @CanaryMediaInc https://t.co/BWH1nYRH2c
— Silicon Valley North (@CCLSVN) August 11, 2023
The air in your car might not be as clean as you think https://t.co/FVfYV2ZxeB
— Bloomberg Green (@climate) August 11, 2023
Clean, green, renewable and free !
— Dr Paul Dorfman (@dorfman_p) August 11, 2023
'Octopus Energy and UK Power Networks to provide free green electricity to local grids at times of high wind and solar generation.'#Renewables #RenewableEnergy #climate #ClimateAction #ClimateActionNow https://t.co/o8XBf4YiCt
Energy production and use is the single largest contributor to global warming.
— UN Environment Programme (@UNEP) August 10, 2023
The #GlobalGoals seek to ensure that affordable, clean energy is available for all by 2030: https://t.co/Q8wcOSzyaA pic.twitter.com/4SY1gwUdpN
More on the Environment:
Ecosystem degradation disproportionately impacts women, girls, and marginalized communities.#GenerationRestoration efforts help those affected build resilience and adapt to a changing environment.
— UN Environment Programme (@UNEP) August 11, 2023
Trash pickup day 1,477. This was a 100 minute pickup. #EarthCleanUp
— Edgar McGregor (@edgarrmcgregor) August 11, 2023
I've hit a breaking point today with this specific issue. I've seriously had enough. pic.twitter.com/WPCbkh5LJc
More from the Weather Department:
Gulf of Mexico water temperatures literally off the charts as we move into peak hurricane season. https://t.co/R79HREFRqJ
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) August 11, 2023
Remarkable: Hurricane #Dora is soon to become Typhoon Dora, crossing international date line & becoming only 2nd storm on record to maintain hurricane-strength in eastern, central & western Pacific. It originated as a tropical wave in ATLANTIC on July 17. https://t.co/sBRoMshThN
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) August 11, 2023
Meteorological winter is a little more than 100 days away! ❄️
— Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) August 11, 2023
Climate model guidance is strongly suggestive of an enhanced sub-tropical jet stream 🌬️
During El Niño, the warm waters in the central and eastern Pacific release a considerable amount of heat into the atmosphere.… pic.twitter.com/4Vy8AgPpdQ
More on other science and the beauty of Earth and this universe:
"The truth is, Oppenheimer knew very little about people in New Mexico because he often went to New Mexico to be alone, that is, until he created a government project that changed the cultural and physical landscape of my ancestors forever."—Myrriah Gómez. https://t.co/piYMb8y6u3
— Union of Concerned Scientists (@UCSUSA) August 11, 2023
LOOK UP: #Perseids meteor shower peaks Saturday night… with dozens of shooting stars per hour! Great year for this because interfering moonlight will be minimal, and not too many clouds!
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) August 11, 2023
Details on how to watch from @AmudalatAjasa + @matthewcappucci: https://t.co/0l5R3Ahb8j