JOE'S SUMMER FORECAST

As many of you know, Hill Spirit's favorite weather guy is Joe Bastardi. He always seems to have a good handle on the future of the weather by studying the past, some times like centuries into the past to look for trends. This is what he sees for the United States over the next three months.

• Large scale warm summer expected.
  • Likely the warmest since 2012.
• Center of heat will be over Texas and into the West.
• There is a worry about a cooler August.

The analog package includes four holdovers from last year - 1934, 1996, 2006 and 2011. Also joining the bunch are the last 5 summers
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June

Analog:

July

August

A large scale warmer than normal summer is ahead of us. The big CDD area will be from Texas northward into the Plains and then back into the West.  Though not as hot as 2016 or 2012, it does look hotter than last summer and the three before 2016.

To Read His Complete Article, click HERE.