Friday, July 20, 2012  Day of Silence  As a tribute to those who
became victims at the Aurora, CO movie theatre shooting last
night, the rest of the day will be silent at The Weather Centre.
No further blog posts or Facebook page posts will be issued for
the rest of the day today. Regular posting will resume tomorrow.
MJO Too Weak to Impact Weather  The Madden-Julian Oscillation
has moved itself into a position where it is too weak to
significantly impact the weather patterns over the US.
Statistical models show the MJO to stay in this very weak stage
for a while, which could help enable the massive heat wave to
re-surge back north. This re-surge is actually being shown by
the CPC as being possible.  The ECMWF and ECMWF Ensembles are
actually pointing back to the MJO moving into Phase 3, which
signifies a wet US. However, this will still have to be closely
watched to see if it pans out.   Over a Foot of Rain Needed to
End Midwest, Plains Drought  Over a foot of rain is needed to
end the growing Midwest and