MM News
Mark your calendars for July 27 at 4:00! That will be the next Meteorologist Mark science class for kids! The topic this month will be flooding. Registration is required and that sign-up sheet can be found at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfV5IY9mADWj0XfnXO1YYJKjOP5QLjurGJKUTZI3vUZMRr5Jw/viewform. The class is sponsored by TCAT.
Radar & Wx Alerts Link
Radar can be found here:
https://www.wunderground.com/maps/radar/current/bwg
Weather alerts can be found here:
https://www.wunderground.com/wundermap
Weather Headlines
Hot & Humid Weather Here to Stay Awhile
Best Chance of Rain Comes Monday
Turning Hot and Humid Again Next Week
Meteorologist Mark’s Wx Vlog
Seven-Day Forecast
Daily Forecast
Saturday: Partly to mostly sunny. Hazy, hot and humid.
Sunday: Partly cloudy, with a chance for an afternoon/evening shower or storm.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Tuesday: Partly to mostly cloudy, with scattered mainly afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms.
Wednesday – Thursday: Hot & humid!
Friday: Partly cloudy, with a chance for an afternoon/evening shower or storm.
Hay Weather Forecast
Meteorologist Mark’s Wx Concerns
Almanac for Yesterday
Tropics
The tropical system of interest has now drifted southward and is about 200 miles east of Daytona Beach. Buoys near the center of the system show that pressure is falling a bit. Conditions are favorable for more development and the system could become a tropical depression or storm today or tomorrow. Chance for development is now at 60%, up from 40% from yesterday.
Sun & Moon
Planting by the Moon
24th Good days for killing weeds, briars, and other plant pests. Poor for planting.
25th – 27th Set strawberry plants. Good days for transplanting. Good days for planting beets, carrots, radishes, salsify, turnips, peanuts, and other root crops. Also good for vine crops.
28th – 29th A barren period.
30th – 31st Good days for transplanting. Root crops that can be planted now will yield well.
August
1st Good day for transplanting. Root crops that can be planted now will yield well.
2nd – 3rd Any seed planted now will tend to rot.
4th – 6th Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Good days for transplanting. Most favorable days for planting beets, onions, turnips, and other root crops.
On This Day in Wx History
1999- A Livingston farmer is injured as lightning strikes the fence he was touching, leaving him unconscious. A neighbor performs CPR. The farmer is taken to the hospital and recovers.
Yesterday’s National Temperature Extremes
High: 118° at Death Valley, California
Low: 27° at Choteau, Montana
Saturday Silliness
Drought Monitor
The drought monitor is updated each Thursday.
Weather SnapShots
I snapped this photo last night of the Full Moon. It was quite the sight! Step out tonight and take a look for yourself! Try to fight the urge to howl, though. (ha!)
NASA Nerdology
Landsat-1 was launched in July of 1972 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. At the time it was named ETRS-1 (Earth Resources Technology Satellite), and was the world’s first Earth-observing satellite. The picture below is an example of what it could do. That is a photo of California’s coastline taken in 1973. We’ve come a long way since then, but this was very exciting technology in the 70s!
