Doug Hill's Weather Blog | This is July? Where is the humidity?

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Thursday July 02, 2009 at 1:14 pm

posted by Alex Liggitt: Producer/Meteorologist

This week has featured a bit of a repetitive pattern with highs in the low to mid 80s each day, partly sunny skies, and scattered thunderstorms. I think the biggest story has been the lack of humidity though, with dewpoints only in the upper 50s the past 3 days. Typically this time of year we see dewpoints in the mid to upper 60s, meaning very uncomfortable levels of humidity. This stretch of comfortable days should continue through the holiday weekend. This upper-level low over the Great Lakes has really helped us out, with cooler than normal temperatures, breezy westerly winds and the lower dewpoints. This system should finally lift out of here come Saturday as a weak cold front pushes it further to the east by Saturday afternoon. This frontal system should move through as a dry front, but a stray, and I really do mean stray storm, may be possible Saturday afternoon. Overall, the weather for the fireworks should be good to go.

Changes to the forecast may be possible for the end of the weekend Sunday as an area of low pressure swings through from the Rockies. A few showers and thunderstorms may be possible Sunday evening, but we will keep you posted on that as models have just recently shown this, and there isn't much of a consensus that this will occur. Low humidity values are expected to continue into late next week, so enjoy this cooler than normal stretch while it lasts!

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Comments on This is July? Where is the humidity?

Becky

8:30 am on 07/06/09

I am curious to know what you are predicting temps and humidity to be for August?? Are we going to be lucky and continue with the current temps and humidity or will it return to normal?

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Cecil Jarman

5:56 pm on 07/02/09

Doug, I have enjoyed channel 7 for many, many years. Why have all of the tv stations stopprd reporting the barometric pressure on their weather report. Try "zeroing" a barometer without the barometric pressure to start.

Many thanks,

Cecil Jarman

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