I am going back on TV

Updated Friday evening...... I wanted to let you know that I am going back on TV.

Starting next week I will be filling in from time to time on the weather reports on WLKY and assisting Jay, Matt, Jared and Susanne during severe weather.

Also, Belski's Blog will be on the wlky.com site.  On this blog there were occasional posts. On the new blog I will have more entries and they will be more detailed. Are you ready for winter..... :)

Thanks for reading this blog. We had a large number of readers despite the fact that there was no advertising about it.  WATCH FOR THE NEW BLOG starting Monday on wlky.com

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Air pollution woes continue for Clark and Floyd counties

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has announced that 5 central Indiana counties are now meeting federal standards for particulates in the air.  This includes Indianapolis (Marion County).  This is the first time since 2004 the counties of Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and Morgan have passed the test.

This leaves only CLARK.... FLOYD.... and a part of JEFFERSON COUNTY (Madison area) as the only part of Indiana not to meet federal standards.

Part of this is weather related. Clark and Floyd counties get a lot of pollution coming in from Louisville and southern Indiana around Louisville has the lightest winds on average in the whole state so the particulates at times will just sit there. The last 3 summers have had stagnant weather conditions. It has not been as bad this summer so maybe there will be better news coming out next time.

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Hottest day of the year yesterday

Yesterday's high of 95 in Louisville was the hottest so far this year.
Last year there were 23 days hotter than 95 degrees.

A heat wave is officially classified as at least 3 days in a row in the 90's.
Today is the 5th day in a row in the 90's..... the longest heat wave of the year.
Last year's longest heat wave was 12 days.... the second longest was 9 days and the third longest was 6 days.
2 years ago the longest heat wave was 20 days and 3 years ago the longest heat wave was 16 days.

By the way, last evening, a thundershower moved through portions of the metro area.
Places that had rain saw their dew points rise to around 80 degrees with rain free areas in the lower 70's.

Early afternoon dew points in Kentucky range from 70 at Covington to 77 at Hopkinsville.
In Indiana, dew points range from 68 at Anderson to 75 at Fort Wayne.

The current highest dew point on earth is 90 in Saudi Arabia.

Antarctica weather update

Tuesday's high temperature at Vostok, Antarctica was -102 degrees.  The low was -105.
For Wednesday, the temperature made it up to -99 and is forecast to warm to -83 by Monday.

The lowest temperature ever on earth was -128.6 degrees at Vostok on July 21, 1983.

Miami is cool

The high temp in Miami today was 78.  The coolest high temperature ever recorded during July in Miami was 77.

On Monday in Texas,  Abilene (68), Waco (75) and San Angelo (71) all had their lowest high temperature ever recorded in July.

Pittsburgh lightning strike

The temperature hit 90 degrees in Pittsburgh today before storms rolled into the area.

MLB All-Star Game weather

Tonight is baseball's All-Star game in New York.

The temperature at 5:00 PM was 93 with a dew point of 62. So at least it is not too humid.
Temperatures will be in the 80's for the game this evening with no rain expected.

1966 All Star game in St. Louis

The hottest All-Star game ever was played in St. Louis.  This was back in the days when the game was played during the afternoon and not in prime time.
The temperature at the start of the game was 105 and rose to 107 during the game.
There were rolling blackouts in St. Louis with many areas outside of the stadium area losing power that afternoon.
Hundreds of spectators at the game were treated for heat issues.
The game ended up going long..... 10 innings.

Reds fans..... see if any of these names sound familiar.
Reds players in the 1966 All-Star game:
Leo Cardenas-shortstop
Billy McCool-pitcher