But I was sad to see that three firefighters were killed responding to the Knowles Fire in western Colorado. Such a tragic reminder of the danger that wildland firefighters face every day.
Meanwhile here in Europe the heatwave has started to abate. I was told that Innsbruck set an all-time record high on Saturday of 38.7C/101.6F (the old record was 38.5C). We were out of town and at higher altitude so fortunately didn't experience it. That's not as bad as observed in France and Germany and a few other lower-elevation areas that were above 40C/104F.
Today (Tuesday, June 30) was our last full day in Innsbruck. We have a short vacation before returning to Utah for the latter two-thirds of Hothouse July. We look forward to being home and seeing family and friends, but this is a hard place to leave.
Please don't bring the ridge back with you in July, or if you do, please make sure the monsoon kicks in like the CPC has been advertising https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/lead01/off01_prcp.gif
ReplyDeleteOn Saturday the all-time record high for Czechia (40.9°C) was reached at Doksany. That record high lasted for only one day, on Sunday a new all-time record high of 41.9°C was reached.
ReplyDeleteAll-time record highs for the whole country were also broken in Germany, Denmark, Poland and Slovakia.