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snowcraig2.0

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The smoke will be back today as well.


An you know this man...

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CYEATHAWK

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That is very unlikely.
1) The data doesn't support that.
2) Triple-digit temperatures are rare in Iowa nowadays. More & more intensive farming has led to increased humidity, which reduces the air's ability to heat up/cool down.


A high of 110 in Iowa anytime is unlikely and has nothing to do with the transpiration of ag plants no matter how intensive farming has become. That's desert air.

And while summers like 1933, 1936, 1983,1988 happen every so often........it certainly isn't the norm. And there were more acres under production in the 80's than now.....so there it is.
 

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A high of 110 in Iowa anytime is unlikely and has nothing to do with the transpiration of ag plants no matter how intensive farming has become. That's desert air.

And while summers like 1933, 1936, 1983,1988 happen every so often........it certainly isn't the norm. And there were more acres under production in the 80's than now.....so there it is.

It is quite literally science. Water takes more to warm thus dry air warms (and cools) quicker and easier than more humid air.
 

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The forecasted high on Wednesday for Minneapolis is 100, according the the NWS. If that happens, it would mark only the 8th time in recorded history Minneapolis reported a high of 100+ in the month of August. Last time it happened was Aug 1, 1988. And the time before that was Aug 17, 1947!
 

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The forecasted high on Wednesday for Minneapolis is 100, according the the NWS. If that happens, it would mark only the 8th time in recorded history Minneapolis reported a high of 100+ in the month of August. Last time it happened was Aug 1, 1988. And the time before that was Aug 17, 1947!

Forecast is a high "near" 100 which in Mpls means it will top at 99 and make us just as miserable but deny us the statistic. It is the way. Southern Minnesota might hit 100 for sure.

Going to us this as an excuse for my biking miles falling way off this summer.
 

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FYI, and this is from Farm Bureau...

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and how many more plants per acre?

That all aside. No one is saying it can't happen just that it is incredibly rare and very hard to get those numbers without all of the stars being aligned so to speak. We are well beyond peak heating so it will take an abundance of warm advection. Personally I think most everyone breaks the century mark at least once or twice in the next week.
 

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The smoke will be back today as well.



Little hazy here again but not really bad. AQI was in the 50's yesterday and hovering in the 80-90's today just below the orange level that gets my attention and gives me pause about biking to hard in it. 120ish is sort of my threshold for rolling back outside stuff.
 

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and how many more plants per acre?

That all aside. No one is saying it can't happen just that it is incredibly rare and very hard to get those numbers without all of the stars being aligned so to speak. We are well beyond peak heating so it will take an abundance of warm advection. Personally I think most everyone breaks the century mark at least once or twice in the next week.

I do think you guys agree that you're all going to die!
 
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and how many more plants per acre?

That all aside. No one is saying it can't happen just that it is incredibly rare and very hard to get those numbers without all of the stars being aligned so to speak. We are well beyond peak heating so it will take an abundance of warm advection. Personally I think most everyone breaks the century mark at least once or twice in the next week.
Yeah, I'm not trying to go too far down the rabbit hole to avoid caving the thread. Just presenting actual information and let people draw their own conclusions.