June 2021 Heat Wave

    New Plots
  1. Figure 1: Reference: https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org
    NOTE:The Hanford record of 120F set on June 29 is not in that database, I added it manually after consulting several climate references including the one that Cliff cited.
  2. Figure 2: Reference: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datatools/records NOTE: does not have Lytton, BC 121F on 6/29/2021
  3. Figure 8: 250 hPa Heights and Winds with Standardized Wind Speed Anomalies
    Climatology is from Climate Forecast Systems Reanalysis (CFSR) 6-hourly products obtained on 0.5-degree grid for the period January 1979 - December 2010.
    Citation: Saha, S., et al. 2010. NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) 6-hourly Products, January 1979 to December 2010. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D69K487J.
    Acquisition URL: https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds093.0/
  4. Figure 9: 500 hPa Heights and Winds with Standardized Height Anomalies
    CFSR climatology for 6-hourly data on 0.5-degree grid for the period January 1979 - December 2010. (same citation as figure 8 above)
  5. Figure 10: 500 hPa Standardized Height and Temperature Anomalies
    CFSR climatology for 6-hourly data on 0.5-degree grid for the period January 1979 - December 2010. (same citation as figure 8 above)
  6. Figure 14: Standardized Precipitable Water anomalies with 700 hPa Heights and Winds
    CFSR climatology for 6-hourly data on 0.5-degree grid for the period January 1979 - December 2010. (same citation as figure 8 above)
  7. Figure 15: WRF Analysis 850 Heights, Temperatures and Winds 6-panel
  8. Figure 16: WRF surface temperature 6-panel
  9. Figure 12: 850 hPa Heights, Winds and Standardized Anomalies
  10. Figure 13: 850 hPa Standardized Anomalies of Zonal Winds
  11. cross section locations
  12. Loop KUIL cross sections and Loop KUIL cross sections with horizontal winds
  13. Loop KSEA cross sections and Loop KSEA cross sections with horizontal winds
  14. Loop KSEA NW-SE cross sections and Loop KSEA NW-SE cross sections with horizontal winds
  15. Loop KPDX NW-SE cross sections and Loop KPDX NW-SE cross sections with horizontal winds
  16. Loop KPDX2 blue cross section and Loop KPDX2 blue cross section with horizontal winds
  17. Loop 850t plots
  18. Loop SLP, surface temperature, surface wind plots (00Z 26 run)
    Loop SLP, surface temperature, surface wind plots (12-hr forecasts valid 00Z 25-5 July)

    Anomalies

  19. Loop precipitable water anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
  20. Loop zoomed in precipitable water anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
  21. Loop 500 mb height anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
  22. Loop zoomed in 500 mb height anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
  23. Loop 500 mb temperature anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
  24. Loop zoomed in 500 mb temperature anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
  25. Loop 850 mb height anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
  26. Loop zoomed in 850 mb height anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
  27. Loop 850 mb U-wind anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
  28. Loop zoomed in 850 mb U-wind anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
  29. Loop 925 mb U-wind anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
  30. Loop zoomed in 925 mb U-wind anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
  31. Loop SLP anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
  32. Loop zoomed in SLP anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
  33. Loop zoomed in 500 mb Omega (Vertical Velocity) anomalies and Loop all of June 2021
    Original Plots
  1. 4-km SLP loop
  2. Full 2021062600 Graphics Page
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