Best Air In Months PLUS The Tropics

The promised "Pumpkin Spice Cold Front" is on the way and this video goes over several things...

• Rain/storm chances tonight and Friday (September 10th and 11th)
• BIG COOL DOWN THIS WEEKEND!!!
• Warm up next week
• Any tropical activity which can influence our weather down the road
• We are climatologically in the most active time of year for tropical activity and when do our chances typically decrease in Arkansas for remnant storms?

Pumpkin Spice Cold Front

Why not?  When coffee shops start bringing out the "Pumpkin Spice", you know it's fall.  So we'll call the next front that because we should have a taste of fall by the middle of the month

Also, in this video I talk about the winter forecast issued by WeatherBell.com meteorologist Joe Bastardi.  Enjoy!

Major League Heat and Humidity With Relief Soon

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The heat and humidity will get much worse before it gets better.  Yes, it will get better.  There are already signs this upcoming heat wave will not last long.

Here's a video going over everything you need to know PLUS a special guest appearance once again.

August 2011... Never Forget

I know I will never forget those dreadfully hot days of August 2011.  The intense heat hit a peak on August 3rd with the highest temperature ever recorded in Little Rock at 114 degrees.  It broke the old record of 112 degrees set on July 31st, 1986.   That's a day I also remember well.

I remember sitting at my computer on the afternoon of the 3rd logged into NWS Chat.  This is a closed chat room for the media to correspond with the National Weather Service.  It's usually used for periods of severe weather, but on this day, one of the meteorologists at the NWS was giving us real time updates on the temperature at Adams Field.

Why did I not just look at the temperature myself?  Glad you asked. LOL.  The current conditions are automatically sent once an hour, however, if the NWS wants to see an observation at any other time, they must dial in.  Yes, they must dial in!  Our federal government needs to work on that in my opinion.  That's another issue for another day.

Updates kept scrolling on the screen, 111, then a few minutes later, 112, then 113, then 114 degrees.  I was amazed.

A few days later, the intense heat and humidity came to an end and a violent thunderstorm marked that transition.  On August 8th, the high temperature reached 108 degrees.  Then a severe thunderstorm dropped the temperature down to 74 degrees in less than 1 hour.  A wind gust of 77 mph was recorded at the airport making it the 2nd highest wind gust ever recorded at Adams Field.

While it's hot now, let's be thankful it's nothing like 2011!

From Heat To Storms To Cooler Air

This small heat wave is coming to an end soon and it will be replaced by some fantastic air!  This video goes over the heat, the severe weather possible as we transition to the cooler air, and how long the cooler air sticks around.  It's an entertaining video with a very helpful guest!

Tropical Rains to Tropical Heat

Let's get tropical!  If we're going to do it, then do it big, right?  I hate the heat and humidity, but we're going to have to deal with the hottest weather so far this year in the extended.  I think it's possible for heat advisories next week for portions of Arkansas

In this video...

1. Tropical rains from Bill
2. When he leaves Arkansas
3. When does the heat arrive
4. Where will the hottest temperatures be found
5. How high will the heat index readings reach.
6. And a special guest appearance too!

Bill and Major Heat

Bill will bring possible flash flooding and river flooding to Arkansas over the next couple days. There's even a small chance for a brief, isolated tornado.

The other big weather story to develop next week will be the major heat.   This video goes over everything you need to know.