A record for Juneau, Alaska

[WXBUFFJIM]

This is an amazing stat folks!!!


RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1000 PM ADT THU JUN 24 2004

...CONTINUED WARM WEATHER SETS 5 NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES...

LOCATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD YEAR SET

JUNEAU AIRPORT 84 79 1983
PETERSBURG 72 71 1989
GUSTAVUS 75 74 1983
HAINES 79 78 1982
HOONAH 82 80 1997

THE JUNEAU AIRPORT CONTINUES TO SET A NEW ALL TIME RECORD FOR
CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 80 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE JUNEAU AIRPORT HAS
NOW HAD 7 DAYS IN A ROW OVER 80 DEGREES WITH A NEW RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE SET EACH DAY. THE OLD RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF
80 DEGREES OR HIGHER WAS 4 DAYS THAT OCCURRED IN 1951 1972 AND
1990. THE JUNEAU AIRPORT ALSO TIED THE RECORD TODAY FOR THE
NUMBER OF DAYS IN A SUMMER OF 80 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE OLD
RECORD OF 7 DAYS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1951.

TAR JUN 04

[Aquawind]

Wow that is balmy.. The pacific waters are warm as well..Maybe a hurricane can survive and flush out the Exon Valdeez oil yet...

[tropicana]

Same pattern in the Yukon Territory of Canada.

Check this out...
Fri Jun 18 Whitehorse YK 31.2C 88F
Sat Jun 19 Whitehorse YK 33.0C 91F
Sun Jun 20 Whitehorse YK 32.3C 90F
Mon Jun 21 Whitehorse YK 33.2C 92F
Tue Jun 22 Whitehorse YK 32.4C 90F
Wed Jun 23 Whitehorse YK 32.3C 90F
Thu Jun 24 Whitehorse YK 32.0C 90F

Also, a 7 day unprecedented stretch of record heat.

While, in this topsy-turvy pattern...look at the headlines in Winnipeg Manitoba today (friday jun 25)..
Fri, June 25, 2004


Weather chills summer business


Winnipeg businesses who count on hot weather say they can't remember a worse beating from Mother Nature. Thursday's maximum daytime temperature broke a 121-year-old record when the mercury peaked at 13.9 C (57F), well below normal for this time of year.

The daytime high for June 24 hovered around 14.4 C (58F) in 1883. Average temperatures for this time of year range from 23 (73) to 26 C (78F).
-justin-

[elw]

That's exactly what I was talking about in the Tropical Forum. The records are the result of two things.

1. Strong positive PNA pattern which is very unusual for this time of year (take notice to the Omega ridge in Northwestern Canada),
2. The very warm water in the Gulf of Alaska (also helping to drive the pattern)



The SST Up there are very warm, but not going to support a hurricane, or any tropical system.





850mb temps are up to nearly 20*C over the Western Yukon province underneath the 500mb ridge. Those kinda 850mb temps with the seasonal adjustment for the June and July Sun angle in the Northern Hemisphere can mean surface temperatures up to near 35*C under full sun. So it's no wonder why the records have been falling up there.



It's nothing to worry about, and does not imply significant climate change, global warming, or other crazy things like that which sometimes to to peoples mind when records like that are set. Once the ridge weakens, things will return to normal up there.

[tomboudreau]

I'm not trying to be dumb or anything...but when I look at the Sea Temp map, what caused or is causing the massive area of blue in the middle of the Atlantic? Is that normal for this time of the year to see a temp departure like that?