Extreme Heat and Fire Weather Conditions in the West; Heavy Rain in the Southeast; Poor Air Quality

Extreme heat will begin to peak across the Desert Southwest. Multiple days of hot, dry and windy conditions are expected to bring fire weather concerns for portions of the Four Corners region into the central Great Basin and Rockies. Heavy rainfall and a flash flooding threat continues in the Southeast. Poor air quality persists from the Upper Midwest into the Northeast due to wildfire smoke. Read More >

Weather Observation At NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan:

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Our office is located in far eastern Jefferson County, 3 miles southeast of the village of Sullivan, and the observation is taken outside the office with standard instrumentation (click the image below for a larger version). Temperature and humidity are measured 2 meters above a grassy surface (using Campbell Scientific sensors), and wind at the top of a 10-meter tower (using a sensor by R.M. Young.) Rainfall is measured by a "tipping-bucket" gauge (Texas Electronics) that does not need to be emptied periodically. The 15-minute and 1-hour rainfall totals are running totals up to the time of the observation.

We use LoggerNet, by Campbell Scientific, to capture all of the data. This data is displayed on a monitor in the office. We then use a program called Snagit to do a screen capture of the observation display. This captured image is then RSYNC'd to our web servers in Kansas City, MO.

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Extreme Heat and Fire Weather Conditions in the West; Heavy Rain in the Southeast; Poor Air Quality

Weather Observation at NWS Milwaukee Sullivan