Absolute Vorticity

Good evening all!

It is that time of year again when we're in spring mode but the heat of summer is lurking off in the distance. The annual CVG 90 degree contest is back! Do you think it'll be a hot summer or a cool one? Maybe normal? CVG averages (21) 90 degree days in a season.

Please get your guesses in by Monday, May 31 at 12am EDT. The contest runs from June 1st thru Sept 30th. Only 90 degree day highs and above during those months will be counted as part of the contest. We are also bringing back the BONUS CVG got 89'ed! part of the contest so enter your number of days there as well. That will be used in the event of a tie breaker.

Please enter your contest entry the same way that we do every year. See sample entry below.

Sample contest entry:

June - 3
July - 7
August - 10
September - 1
Total # of 90 degree days: 21
# of 89'ed days: 8

As always, I will use the ILN climate report each day for temperature verification scores at CVG, as always. Please ask if there are any questions. Have fun and good luck!

Less then 2 weeks left to enter folks...

June - 5
July - 8
August - 12
September - 2
Total # of 90 degree days: 27
# of 89'ed days: 12

June - 5
July - 9
August - 8
September - 4
Total # of 90 degree days: 26
# of 89'ed days: 11

Yea!!! A reason to enjoy 90 degree days!! The contest! Fun stuff!!!


June - 4
July - 7
August - 8
September - 2
Total # of 90 degree days: 21
# of 89'ed days: 11

8 days to go... get those entries in! Here is mine:

June - 4
July - 9
August - 12
September - 2
Total # of 90 degree days: 27
# of 89'ed days: 6

Summertime!

June - 6
July - 8
August - 11
September - 3
Total # of 90 degree days: 28
# of 89'ed days: 10

Here is my pics for the summer

June- 4
July- 10
August- 16
September- 2

Total 90 degree days- 32
# of 89'ed 7

How to change though I still believe the middle of summer is going to be hot. The continued trough in the south central states is the unknown and how long it lasts but to have 2 cold fronts hit the gom in late May is not common. So if we continue to have weakness in the central USA then we get heat from the southeast as Florida has been dry all year and much of the southeast has got much drier in the last month. Problem is the first half of June looks wet and again the more vegetation the harder it is to stay hot for an extended time period. I may still be to warm but I have seen big turnarounds in the pattern before and hope I am dead wrong on this summer

OMG Tim... I sure hope July and Aug aren't that brutal.

tron777 wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 8:10 am OMG Tim... I sure hope July and Aug aren't that brutal.

Hey Les I hope I am dead wrong but I see signs of much drier weather in the southeast and also here locally. If June is wet then my forecast will be a bust but a drier June then I believe hot is the way to go. These contests are always fun and usually I finish in last place lol.

tpweather wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 8:14 am

tron777 wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 8:10 am OMG Tim... I sure hope July and Aug aren't that brutal.

Hey Les I hope I am dead wrong but I see signs of much drier weather in the southeast and also here locally. If June is wet then my forecast will be a bust but a drier June then I believe hot is the way to go. These contests are always fun and usually I finish in last place lol.

It is quite possible. We def need to start picking it up in the rainfall dept that is for sure. The next 3 weeks are going to be very key on this.

Here we go....

June - 6
July - 12
August - 12
September - 3
Total # of 90 degree days: 33
# of 89'ed days: 12

June: 8
July: 8
August: 10
September: 2
Total 90: 28
89'd: 6

2 days left to enter folks...

LAST DAY to enter folks! Please get those entries in by midnight. Thank you.

Ok, here we go...
June - none
July - 4
August - 12
September- 7

I will get the spreadsheet up as soon as I can. Thanks to all who have entered!

Here is the official contest spread sheet for 2021 folks. Good luck to those who have entered!

Good luck gang! Les, as always, thanks for putting the spread sheet together!

Not a problem Gina! Happy to do it.

CVG hit 90 today for the high so we've finally got 1 in the books.

90 officially at CVG per the 5pm climate report. #2 now in the books.

90 officially at CVG per the 4pm obs so #3 now in the books.

CVG got 89'ed today so the first one of the season. 90 degree days for June still sitting at 3.