IEM Daily Feature
Monday, 06 September 2010
Monday, 06 September 2010
Will 70+ dew points return?
Posted: 06 Sep 2010 08:07 AM
The featured chart presents the number of cycles per year that the dew
point observed at Des Moines goes from a value above 70 to below 50
and then back to 70+ after 1 August. For 2010, we have already
experienced one such cycle and have an outside chance of completing
another today with a storm system drawing warm and moist air north.
The chart would indicate that returning back to the 70s after our
second dip into the sub 50s would not be uncommon. The maximum value
shown of 5 cycles was in 1997.
Voting:
Good = 23
Bad = 5
Tags: dewpoint
Voting:
Good = 23
Bad = 5
Tags: dewpoint