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...

500 millibar forecast from the European Model ...how many times have we discussed that the National Weather Service (NWS) has major issues and is falling ever farther behind the state-of-the-art? By now, it must be in the dozens. More and more, others are realizing the ever-growing problems.  For the third time in seven days, the Washington Post has published a balanced and informative article about how the National Weather Service is rapidly falling behind in the field of AI and weather forecasting. To quote the article: The European Center’s fast start in AI “speaks to the differences in how the U.S. and Europeans organize their meteorological science and service strategy,” said Scott Weaver, who previously served as the White House executive director of meteorology. “European weather services are more streamlined and agile, so can potentially take advantage of rapid advances in science and move them into operations more quickly.”  Experts point to NOAA’s more complex ...