Here is my updated version of the summer of 2023 climate. I have added some details on Southwest Michigan including the severe weather events this summer. I have also added slides on the large scale pattern, that is our transition from La Nina this past winter to El Nino this summer. This lead to persistent blocking over North America, which is why there were persistent heat over the south and wet weather over the eastern 1/3 of the CONUS.

This was a summer that featured persistent weather patterns over most of North America and lead to one of the most active Canadian wildfire seasons on record. It also lead the the 15th warmest summer on record (back to 1895) over the CONUS.

GRR August 24th Event Link

DTX August 24th Event Link

DTX August 24th Event Flooding Link

DTX EVENT SUMMARYhttps://www.weather.gov/dtx/severeweather07202023
DTX EVENT SUMMARY
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Author: The Marinocast

I have just retired from forecasting for the National Weather Service (Dec 31 2022) after working there for 38 years. Prior to that I forecast for the United States Air Force from 1976 to 1984. I am very much into forecasting weather and climate and especially love snow storms.

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