The Heat, The Heat! - One Would Think the World's Meteorological Services Could Handle It!

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As forecast, this week will be the hottest of summer -- so far -- over a large part of the nation from the Rockies, east. And, while Mississippi and Georgia will be well above normal, the worst of it is forecast to be the Upper Midwest. In some areas, the temperatures will be more than 15° hotter than normal. 


Europe is extremely hot (see below).
So, what did Germany do Friday? Shut down its remaining nuclear power plants! The plants were working fine, it was to appease the global warming zealots who wish to stop pollution-free nuclear energy. I don't get it, either. They now have an energy shortage. 

Starting yesterday, the #1 (in accuracy) meteorological computer model in the world -- the ECMWF -- has been late or not run at all (it is scheduled every 6 hours). They report they have "unstable" electricity. Great Britain has its police going door to door tearing out air conditioners. As you can see from the map, England is affected by the heat wave.

But, before we brag, the U.S. National Weather Service's servers were unstable earlier today and some services are still unavailable. The icing on the cake is in clear weather we lost power from Evergy (motto: Power You Can Count On, Except When You Can't) for more than an hour. Oy Vey!

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