The Galveston Hurricane of 1900: A Catastrophic Miscalculation Time Stamp Breakdown:00:00 Introduction to the Galveston Hurricane of 190001:03 Galveston's prominence as a major city in 190002:04 Galveston: The "City of Firsts" and its vulnerable elevation03:07 Galveston's unusually high dew points and its place in weather history04:07 Galveston's past wealth and concerns about storms05:17 Isaac Cline: Chief Meteorologist and his optimistic views06:24 The controversy surrounding Isaac Cline's role07:23 Cline's main argument: Hurricanes curve away from Texas08:28 The concept of recurvature and why Cline's understanding was flawed09:36 The "warm bathtub" effect and Texas's vulnerability10:39 Cline's second mistake: Misunderstanding storm surge in shallow water11:42 The impact of shallow water on storm surge12:43 Cline's third mistake: Believing surge would spill past the city13:47 The reality of total submersion during the hurricane14:04 Cline's fourth mistake: Underestimating the strength of Texas hurricanes15:52 Reasons for Cline's misjudgment: Incomplete science and motivated reasoning17:59 The Weather Bureau's institutional arrogance and its impact18:51 Cline's ironic quote and the tragic outcome for his family19:10 Cline's transformation into a cautious expert after the disaster20:23 Excerpts from Cline's special report on the Galveston Hurricane23:12 The unusual weather signs leading up to the hurricane24:13 Isaac Cline's brother's warning and the initial telegram25:16 Detailed account of wind shifts and increasing hurricane velocity26:18 Barometer readings and the hurricane's intensity27:27 Heroic efforts to record weather data during the storm28:35 Timely storm warnings and their limited impact29:37 Isaac Cline's personal experience during the storm and his family's rescue31:49 The rapid rise of water and the destruction of Cline's home34:00 The aftermath: Widespread destruction and loss of life35:06 Estimates of homes destroyed and lives lost36:10 Economic impact and determination to rebuild Galveston38:15 Lessons learned and the importance of a seawall39:16 List of other affected towns and the human cost39:51 Letter of praise to Isaac Cline and his assistants41:44 Concluding thoughts on resilience and future weather predictions20 Hashtags: #GalvestonHurricane #1900Disaster #TexasHistory #IsaacCline #WeatherCatastrophe #StormSurge #HurricaneHistory #NaturalDisaster #GalvestonIsland #ClimateAdaptation #Meteorology #HistoricalEvents #DeadliestStorm #USHistory #WeatherForecasting #BarrierIsland #GulfCoast #Tragedy #Resilience #WeatherLessonsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

The Great Chilean Earthquake — Valdivia, 1960 | Magnitude 9.5Episode 14 of Weather With EnthusiasmOn May 22, 1960, at 3:11 PM local time, the largest earthquake ever recorded by modern instruments struck the coast of southern Chile. What followed would reshape how humanity thinks about seismic risk, tsunami warning, and the terrifying reach of the natural world.KEY FACTS:• Magnitude: 9.5 Mw (USGS) — the largest instrumentally recorded earthquake in history• Time: 3:11 PM local (19:11 UTC), May 22, 1960• Location: Off the coast of southern Chile near Valdivia• Fault rupture: ~1,000 km, from Lebu to Puerto Aisén• Shaking duration: ~10 minutes• Depth: ~25 kmFORESHOCKS:• May 21, 1960: Magnitude 8.1 hit Concepción — 125 dead, third of buildings destroyed before the main event even struckTSUNAMI IMPACTS:• Chile: Waves up to 25 meters (82 ft)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Tuesday, July 7, 2026 | Zmanim, NWS Chicago and MoreWest Rogers Park, Chicago (ZIP 60645)HEBREW DATE: 22 Tamuz 5786 | Parashat PinchasTODAY'S ZMANIM (ZIP 60645):- Alos HaShachar: 3:31 AM- Earliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:09 AM- Netz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:22 AM- Latest Krias Shma: 9:09 AM- Latest Tefila: 10:24 AM- Chatzos: 12:55 PM- Earliest Mincha: 1:33 PM- Shkiah (Sunset): 8:28 PMWEATHER SUMMARY (NWS Chicago AFD, issued 6:11 AM CDT, forecaster Petr):Surface high pressure is locked in overhead, bringing a genuine break from the stormy pattern. Low to mid-80s today, 70s near the lake with onshore breeze. Dry through Wednesday. Important: NWS is watching a potentially significant rain event Thursday-Friday. PWATs near climatological maxBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

When the Sun Lies: Shawn Hunter and the Decision That Put Players FirstEpisode 4 | Weather With Enthusiasm | July 5, 2026The sky was blue. The radar was empty. Not a cloud in sight. And Impact Field's July 5th game was canceled anyway.This is the story of antecedent soil moisture, the limits of engineering, and one owner who chose safety over revenue — twice in the same afternoon.WHAT HAPPENED:The Chicago Dogs vs. Winnipeg Goldeyes game, scheduled for 3:00 PM with a delayed start of 4:45 PM, was ultimately canceled at 5:15 PM. The infield was deemed unplayable despite completely clear skies. The only puddle in the entire stadium was the one two-year-old Mookie created when he spilled his water cup.THE SCIENCE — ANTECEDENT SOIL MOISTURE:The U.S. Soil Conservation Service defines three antecedent moisture conditions:- Condition I: Dry (wilting point) — soil absorbs rain aggressively- Condition II: Average — normal after several dry days- Condition III: Wet (field capacity) — soil profile is fullBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Impact Field: Field Science — Shawn Hunter, The Man, The Drainage System, The DecisionEpisode 3 | Weather With Enthusiasm | July 5, 2026It's 4:04 PM at Impact Field in Rosemont, Illinois. The sun is out. Not a cloud in the sky. And the game has been delayed nearly two hours. This episode explains why — and why that's actually a testament to smart engineering and even smarter leadership.WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IN THIS EPISODE:🏟️ WHY THE OUTFIELD IS SAFE (BUT THE INFIELD ISN'T)The outfield grass is structurally sound — turf traction holds even when wet. The infield skinned dirt is a different story: clay-heavy soil loses its structural integrity when saturated from below. Cleats punch through. Players fall. That's why kids are freely playing catch in the outfield while the infield crew is working overtime.🔧 THE 5-STEP CONDITIONING PROCESSWhat you're watching on the infield right now:1. Leaf blowers blast surface water away2. Rake and drag open the surface3. Calcined clay broadcast across the dirt4. Work the clay into the surface5. Tamp and test firmness — repeat until safe💧 CALCINED CLAY: THE SCIENCECalcined clay is kiln-fired at 1,200–1,400°F (per Turface specifications — not 1,800°F as sometimes misreported). The firing creates 74% pore space. That pore structure pulls moisture from the surface, firms the top layer, and gives cleats something to grip. Under good conditions: 45–90 minutes to effectiveness.🚰 THE 16,000 GPM PUMP STATIONMetropolitan Industries installed a 4-pump submersible system with 12-inch discharge piping and an emergency generator. It was spec'd for this specific site because Rosemont has a flood history going back to the village's founding in 1956 — when Willow Creek flooded so badly that rowboats were a household necessity. The pump station moves 16,000 gallons per minute. It's been running.🌧️ ROSEMONT'S FLOOD HISTORYIncorporated 1956. Village's own Instagram: "From a tiny flood-plagued corner of Cook County..." September 3, 2018 — Impact Field's first season — 2.5 inches fell in 25 minutes. Fans were evacuated. The field flooded. The drainage system spec (1 inch per 25 minutes handling capacity) was designed by Roger Bossard BEFORE that game, not after.📊 HOW MUCH RAIN FELLOfficial O'Hare (KORD) data: July 2: 1.64", July 3: 1.71", July 4 storm event: approximately 3". Month-to-date through July 4: 3.53" at O'Hare. Field-level in Rosemont likely 3.5–6" given localized storm cells.🌤️ THE RAIN FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOONNWS Chicago AFD (issued 1:52 PM CDT, forecaster Doom): "Isolated thunderstorm can't be ruled out north of I-80, but odds best prior to 3–4 PM... latest satellite trends show no distinct signs of new development." It is now past 4 PM. The window has closed. HRRR (High-Resolution Rapid Refresh, 3km model) shows dry through the evening. GFS and ECMWF agree. Rain probability: single digits. The sky is clear.🌟 SHAWN HUNTER — THE OWNERShawn Hunter (S-H-A-W-N H-U-N-T-E-R) is the founder, CEO, and majority owner of the Chicago Dogs. Before baseball, he was President of the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes and EVP of the Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets. He's the man who closed the David Beckham-to-LA Galaxy deal. Today, he got on the mic himself. He offered every fan a full refund. He opened the field. He put safety first. That's not a business decision — that's a philosophy.WEATHER DATA SOURCES:- NWS Chicago Area Forecast Discussion (LOT): https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=LOT- HRRR model guidance via Windy.com- MWRD rainfall data- Turface/Profile Products calcined clay specifications- Metropolitan Industries pump station documentationNew episodes every morning at 7 AM on Spreaker, plus historical weather deep-dives every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT.Support the show: $5/month keeps Weather With Enthusiasm on the air.Tags: weather, baseball, Impact Field, Chicago Dogs, Shawn Hunter, Rosemont, drainage, field science, NWS Chicago, HRRR, calcined clay, flood historyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Sunny. No Rain. Game Delayed.The Field Science Behind the Delay at Impact Field — Chicago Dogs vs. Winnipeg Goldeyes, July 5, 2026It's sunny. The radar is clean. Not a drop of rain is falling. And the game is delayed 1 hour 45 minutes.Here's why — and why the history of this land made it almost inevitable.=== WHAT HAPPENED ===The Chicago Dogs owner addressed fans, offered refunds to everyone staying and free future tickets to anyone who left. Fans played catch on the field while the grounds crew applied calcined clay conditioner to firm up the surface. New first pitch: 4:45 PM CDT.=== THE RAINFALL DISCREPANCY ===Owner cited ~6 inches. Official NWS O'Hare CF6 record shows:- July 2: 1.64"- July 3: 1.71"- July 4 storm: ~3" at O'Hare per MWRD/NWS (after morning obs cutoff)- Month-to-date through July 4: 3.53" officialMWRD confirmed the McCook TARP system (Cook County flood control) filled 6 times this year — more than the prior 5 years combined.Local field-level measurements at Impact Field, a low-lying site, likely exceeded the airport gauge. The real total near the stadium: 3.5–6 inches over several days.=== WHY THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM WASN'T ENOUGH ===Roger Bossard's celebrated drainage system handles 1 inch / 64,000 gallons on the playing surface in 20–25 minutes — from an acute single event. When the soil column is cumulatively saturated over multiple days, it reaches "field capacity" — gravity drainage stops, the subbase has no remaining capacity, and the surface loses structural support from below. The top layer looks dry. The field is sunny. But the turf will slide and give way under lateral force, creating serious injury risk.=== THE CONDITIONER ===Calcined clay (Turface MVP or Diamond Dry) — kiln-fired at ~1800°F, becomes highly porous and absorbs surface moisture rapidly. Addresses the top 2–3 inches only. Under a lake breeze, firms the surface in 45–90 minutes.=== ROSEMONT'S FLOODING HISTORY ===The Village of Rosemont incorporated in 1956 partly to address flooding. Willow Creek flooded so regularly that rowboats were a household necessity. First village president Donald Stephens made correcting flooding a founding mission. The Impact Field site sits on that same low-lying Chicago lake plain between I-294 and O'Hare.=== 2018 FLOODING AT IMPACT FIELD ===September 3, 2018 — the first season. 2.5 inches fell in 25 minutes. Fans were evacuated. Documented by Live Storms Media: "Insane CG barrage and flooding at Impact Field." This is why Bossard built what he built.=== CURRENT WEATHER (as of ~3 PM CDT) ===NWS AFD issued 1:52 PM CDT by forecaster Doom: "Latest satellite trends show no distinct signs of new development anywhere around the area — confidence to there being little to no impacts north of I-80." HRRR, GFS, ECMWF all show dry conditions at Rosemont through the evening. The 4:45 PM game should be played in sunshine.=== SOURCES ===- NWS O'Hare CF6: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=LOT&issuedby=ORD&product=CF6- MWRD TARP storm update July 4: https://mwrd.org/news/1030-am-storm-update-mwrds-tarp-systems-manages-heavy-rainfall- NWS Chicago AFD: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=LOT&issuedby=LOT&product=AFD- Rosemont history / Willow Creek flooding: Encyclopedia of Chicago- 2018 Impact Field flooding: Live Storms Media (YouTube, Sept 3 2018)Tags: weather, Chicago Dogs, Impact Field, Rosemont, rain delay, baseball, field science, soil saturation, groundskeeping, calcined clay, Turface, NWS Chicago, flooding, Chicago historyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Game Day Weather: Impact Field, Rosemont, ILChicago Dogs vs. Winnipeg Goldeyes — Sunday, July 5, 2026 | First Pitch 3:00 PM CDTA complete meteorological breakdown of weather conditions for today's game.=== THE STADIUM ===Impact Field | 9850 Balmoral Ave, Rosemont, IL 60018Coordinates: 41.983°N, 87.874°W | ~12 miles NW of downtown Chicago=== WEATHER SUMMARY ===NWS Chicago AFD issued 12:23 PM CDT, forecaster Yack.Pattern: Baggy shortwave trough over western Great Lakes. Broad surface low over southern Lake Michigan. Very saturated low levels — dew points near 68°F (tropical threshold). IFR fog and low stratus through midday.KEY FINDING FOR ROSEMONT: Primary storm axis is near/south of the Kankakee River Valley (30-40% chance), and as a precaution north to I-80 (20-25%). Rosemont sits 20+ miles north of I-80 — in the favored DRY zone.At First Pitch (3 PM CDT):- Temperature: ~75-78°F- Dew Point: ~68°F (humid but comfortable with lake breeze)- Sky: Mostly cloudy- Wind: NNE 10-15 mph gusts to 20 mph- Precipitation Probability (Rosemont): ~20%- Severe Threat: Virtually ZERO (limited wind shear, weak instability)=== NWS TERMS EXPLAINED IN THIS EPISODE ===- Baggy shortwave trough: Diffuse, spread-out dip in the jet stream — not a focused punch- Shortwave trough: Small-scale dip in the jet stream driving rising air and weather- Surface low: Low pressure at ground level drawing air inward and upward- Very saturated low levels: Air near the surface is soaked with moisture (dew point 68°F)- Wind shear: How wind speed/direction changes with altitude — limited today = brief pulse storms only- Instability: Atmospheric fuel for thunderstorm updrafts — much weaker than heat dome days- GFS, NAM, HREF, NBM: Weather models used to generate forecast guidance- Ensemble spread: Range of solutions across multiple model runs=== IMPACT FIELD DRAINAGE — THE SECRET WEAPON ===Built in 2018 with one of the best drainage systems in minor league baseball.Can absorb 1 inch of rain (64,000 gallons) and return to playable condition in 20-25 minutes.Source: Daily Herald, 2017 pre-opening report.=== RAIN-OUT CRITERIA (American Association / Impact Field) ===Per Chicago Dogs official policy: Games will NOT be postponed before start time except in extreme circumstances.American Association umpires determine delays/postponements once game begins.Actual stoppage triggers: Standing water ≥1/4 inch in batter's box/pitcher's rubber zone, field saturation preventing cleat grip, visibility below 500 feet, OR lightning within 8 miles.Official game: 5 innings completed (4.5 if home team leads).No game: Fewer than 5 innings, cannot resume — must be replayed.=== VERDICT ===Rain-out probability at Impact Field: LOW.- Rosemont is 20+ miles north of the primary storm zone- Severe threat: Virtually zero- ~20% POP in the NWS hourly forecast (8 in 10 scenarios = no rain during game)- If a brief shower does clip the stadium, drainage allows resumption in ~25 min- Lightning within 8 miles is the most likely cause of any delay — and the storm track argues against itRECOMMENDATION: Go to the game. Bring a light rain jacket. Bring sunscreen. Wear comfortable shoes.=== SOURCES ===- NWS Chicago AFD: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=LOT&issuedby=LOT&product=AFD- NWS Hourly Forecast (Rosemont): https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Rosemont&state=IL&site=LOT&textField1=41.9836&textField2=-87.8742&FcstType=digital- Chicago Dogs Rain Policy: https://thechicagodogs.com/explore-impact/policies/- Impact Field Drainage: Daily Herald, September 2017- CBS Chicago morning forecast: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weather-first-alert-weather/Tags: weather, Chicago Dogs, Impact Field, Rosemont, game day forecast, rain delay, baseball weather, NWS ChicagoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Sunday, July 5, 2026 | West Rogers Park, ChicagoZmanim, NWS Chicago, Chicago Dogs Game & More=== HEBREW DATE & PARSHA ===20 Tamuz 5786 | Week of Parashat Pinchas=== TODAY'S ZMANIM (ZIP 60645) ===Alos HaShachar: 3:29 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:07 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:21 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:08 AMLatest Tefila: 10:24 AMChatzos: 12:55 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:33 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:29 PM=== WEATHER SUMMARY ===NWS Chicago AFD issued 7:02 AM CDT, forecaster Yack.Foggy, murky startBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Sunday, July 5, 2026West Rogers Park, Chicago (ZIP 60645)Weather With Enthusiasm📅 Hebrew Date: 20 Tamuz 5786 | Week of Parashat Matot-Masei🕍 PARSHAWeek of Parashat Matot-Masei — read next Shabbos, July 11, 2026Parashat Matot: Laws of oaths and vowsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Chicago Weather Deep Dive — Heat Dome vs. Thunderstorm SeasonWeek of July 5–11, 2026 | Weather With Enthusiasm🌡️ WHAT JUST HAPPENED: THE HEAT DOME RECAPFrom June 29 through July 4, a powerful upper-level ridge of high pressure locked over the central and eastern US, producing Chicago's most significant heat event in years. Five consecutive days with highs in the low-to-mid 90s. Dew points reached 74–76°F — what NWS meteorologist Brett Borchardt called "air you can wear." Heat index values hit 100–108°F. Overnight lows stayed near 80°F in the city — the most dangerous aspect, preventing the body from recovering from daytime heat stress. Extreme Heat Warnings were in effect for multiple consecutive days.🌩️ WHAT BROKE THE HEATUpper-level short-wave troughs (dips in the jet stream) eroded the ridge late in the week. July 4 storms were organized around a Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) — a spinning mid-level circulation leftover from overnight storm clusters. Precipitable water (PWAT) approached 2" (exceptionally high for Chicago). MUCAPE reached ~3,000 J/kg (extreme instability). Rain rates exceeded 2–4"/hr. Flash flooding across Kane, DuPage, Cook, Will, and Lake (IN) counties.📋 NWS CHICAGO AFD — KEY TAKEAWAYSSource: NWS Chicago/Romeoville AFD issued 6:45 PM CDT Sat Jul 4 2026 — Forecasters Borchardt & Yack☀️ WEEK AHEAD FORECAST• Sunday July 5: Isolated storms south of I-80, far less coverage. Highs upper 70s–low 80s. Moderate swim risk (2–4 ft lake waves).• Monday July 6: Mostly dry, high pressure building. Highs low-to-mid 80s. Very pleasant.• Tuesday July 7: Dry and warmer, mid-to-upper 80s. Southerly winds increase moisture.• Wednesday July 8: WATCH THIS DAY — increasing instability, storm chances return. Highs upper 80s to near 90.• Thursday July 9 – Friday July 10: More active pattern, storm chances increase. West-southwest flow returns. Upper 80s to near 90.🔥 HEAT DOME QUESTION: Will it return?Not in its extreme form next week. The pattern is rebuilding toward above-normal warmth with moisture return, but current guidance does not support a repeat of the extreme heat index values of late June/early July. The brief quiet window Sun–Tue is your best weather of the next 10 days. Temperatures return to upper 80s–low 90s by Wed–Fri with storm chances — not record-breaking heat, but still above normal with humidity.🏙️ LAKE MICHIGAN'S ROLEWith onshore northeast winds this weekend, lakefront neighborhoods will be 8–12°F cooler than inland areas at peak afternoon heating. If you can get to the lakefront Mon–Tue, those are the most comfortable days in the metro.🌡️ CLIMATE CONTEXTChicago's urban heat island effect amplifies heat waves — concrete, asphalt, and steel absorb solar radiation and re-radiate it overnight, preventing rural-style cooling. The 1995 Chicago heat wave (700+ deaths) occurred under similar pattern conditions. The city's cooling center network, check-in systems, and emergency protocols have expanded significantly since 1995 — but they only work when people use them.⚠️ SAFETY RESOURCES• NWS Chicago: weather.gov/chicago• NOAA Weather App: Free, includes Wireless Emergency Alerts• Cook County Cooling Centers: cookcountyil.gov• Signs of heat stroke: confusion, hot dry skin, no sweating — call 911 immediately---Morning forecasts every day at 7 AM on Spreaker, plus a historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT. Support the show: $5/month.#Chicago #weather #heatdome #NWS #thunderstorm #forecast #WeatherWithEnthusiasm #ChicagoWeather #severeweather #heatwaveBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Friday, July 3, 2026West Rogers Park, Chicago (ZIP 60645)Weather With Enthusiasm📅 Hebrew Date: 18 Tamuz 5786 | Erev Shabbos Parashat Pinchas🕍 PARSHAParashat Pinchas — Numbers 25:10–30:1Pinchas ben Elazar ben Aharon HaKohen is rewarded with the Covenant of Peace for his zealotry on behalf of Hashem. The parsha includes the second census of Bnei Yisrael, the petition of the daughters of Zelophchad, the appointment of Yehoshua as Moshe's successor, and the laws of the Musaf offerings.🕯️ ZMANIM — West Rogers Park, Chicago (60645)Alos HaShachar: 3:27 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:05 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:20 AMLatest Krias Shma (GRA): 9:07 AMLatest Tefila (GRA): 10:23 AMChatzos: 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:29 PM🕯️ SHABBOS TIMESHadlakas Neiros (Candle Lighting): 8:09 PM CDT (20 min before Shkiah — Chicago minhag)Havdalah (Motzei Shabbos, Saturday July 4): 9:19 PM CDT (50 min after Shkiah — Chicago minhag)🌤️ WEATHER SUMMARYHot, humid, and stormy on this pre-July 4th Friday. Heat Advisory in effect south of I-80 with heat indices reaching ~100°F. The Chicago metro area faces two storm windows: the first arriving late morning to early afternoon (11 AM–3 PM), with damaging wind potentialBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Chicago Storm Alert: Severe Thunderstorm Threat July 2-4, 2026Weather With Enthusiasm — Special EpisodeA deep meteorological breakdown of the thunderstorm threat facing Chicago and northern Illinois over the next 48 hours — sourced directly from the NWS Chicago Area Forecast Discussion (3:15 PM CDT, July 2), the NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook (3:24 PM CDT, July 2), the SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook (3:00 PM CDT, July 2 — forecaster Squitieri), and the SPC Day 2 Convective Outlook (12:17 PM CDT, July 2 — forecaster Jewell).━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TONIGHT — THURSDAY JULY 2 (after 8-9 PM CDT)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• SPC Day 1: MARGINAL Risk for Chicago | SLIGHT Risk for Milwaukee/WI corridor• HWO: Level 1 of 5 Damaging Wind Risk (up to 60 mph) | Level 1 of 5 Large Hail (up to quarter size) | Limited Flooding Risk• Storm type: MCS (Mesoscale Convective System) traversing WI/IL border• Key threats: Wet microbursts, DCAPE >1,000 J/kg, elevated PWATs• Flash flood scenario: Training convection possible if cold pools merge across far northern Illinois• Storm spotters activated• Activity wanes after ~4 AM Friday━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━FRIDAY JULY 3 — THE BIGGER EVENT (1 PM–7 PM CDT)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• SPC Day 2: SLIGHT Risk for Chicago — one category higher than tonight• HWO: Level 2 of 5 Severe Thunderstorm Risk (Elevated) | Limited Flooding Risk• Driver: More potent upper-level shortwave crossing northern Arizona Thursday → reaches northern IL/southern WI Friday afternoon• Environment: Dew points solidly mid to locally upper 70s°F | Uncapped air mass | Modest deep-layer shear• Storm mode: Potential line or multicell clusters traversing northern IL into NW Indiana• Primary threat: Damaging wind gusts• Extreme Heat Warning extended until 7 PM Friday for areas near/south of Kankakee River (Day 5 of heat wave)• Possible improvement Friday evening — watch 5 and 7 PM NWS updates for fireworks forecast━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SATURDAY — INDEPENDENCE DAY (July 4)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• HWO: Level 1 of 5 Severe Thunderstorm Risk | Limited Flooding Risk• Storm location highly uncertain — range from southern Wisconsin to southern Illinois• Mid-level wave may slow/stall over western Great Lakes• Many dry hours expected between rounds• Heat index near 95-100°F near/south of I-80━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SUNDAY JULY 5━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• HWO: Limited Thunderstorm Risk — no elevated severe parameters• Drier, somewhat cooler conditions expected by mid-week━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━KEY TECHNICAL TERMS EXPLAINED━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• PWAT (Precipitable Water): Total atmospheric moisture column — high values = heavy rain potential• DCAPE (Downward CAPE): Energy available for damaging downdrafts — >1,000 J/kg = significant• Wet Microburst: Downburst driven by precipitation weight + evaporation — 60+ mph surface gusts possible• MCS (Mesoscale Convective System): Large organized cluster of thunderstorms• Outflow Boundary: Gust front of cold air pushed ahead of storm clusters• Training Convection: Multiple cells repeatedly crossing same area — flash flood setup• HREF: High Resolution Ensemble Forecast — blended high-res model output• Shortwave: Ripple of energy rotating through the jet stream that triggers convection• Zonal Flow: Jet stream flowing straight west-to-east, embedding smaller shortwavesSources: NWS Chicago (weather.gov/chicago) | Storm Prediction Center (spc.noaa.gov)Morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker. Historical weather deep-dives every Tuesday and Thursday.$5/month supports this broadcast — spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support#Chicago #SevereWeather #Thunderstorms #NWS #SPC #WeatherWithEnthusiasm #July4th #StormAlertWeather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Hurricane Audrey: The Night Cameron Disappeared — 1957Episode 13 of the Weather With Enthusiasm historical weather podcast.At midnight on June 26, 1957, water began rising in the streets of Cameron, Louisiana. By dawn, the town was gone. Hurricane Audrey arrived twelve hours ahead of schedule, while most residents were still asleep — and the storm surge that followed erased an entire community from the map.KEY FACTS:• Dates: June 26–29, 1957• Landfall: Early morning June 27, 1957 — Cameron Parish, southwest Louisiana• Category at landfall: Category 4 — 125 mph sustained winds• Strongest June hurricane on record at landfall (held that record until 2024 — 67 years)• Storm surge: 12–14 feet MSL in Cameron ParishBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Hurricane Hazel: The Storm That Changed a Nation — 1954Episode 12 of the Weather With Enthusiasm historical weather podcast.On the night of October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel swept through the Toronto suburb of Raymore Drive and erased it from the map. Thirty-five people died on a single street. This is the story of one of the most remarkable and deadly storms in North American history — a storm that killed across four countries, defied meteorological expectations, and permanently changed how Canada manages its rivers and floodplains.KEY FACTS:• Formed: October 5, 1954 | Dissipated: October 18, 1954• Peak intensity: Category 4 — 130 mph sustained winds• Lowest pressure: 938 mb (27.70 inHg)• Landfall: October 15, 1954 — North/South Carolina border, near Calabash, NC• Total fatalities: 592–1,192 (estimates vary due to Haiti) – Haiti: 469–1,000+ killed – United States: 95 killedBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Lakewood Morning Briefing — Thursday, July 2, 2026 | Zmanim, NWS New Jersey and MoreLakewood, New Jersey (ZIP 08701)Hebrew Date: 17 Tammuz 5786 | Shiva Asar B'Tammuz (Tzom Tammuz — FAST DAY)Parashat Pinchas━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━FAST OF TAMMUZ — 17 TAMMUZ 5786━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Fast began: Alot HaShachar — 3:46 AM EDTFast ends tonight: • Standard (42 min after sunset): 9:11 PM EDT • Machmir (50 min after sunset): 9:19 PM EDT━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TODAY'S ZMANIM — ZIP 08701━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar (Dawn): 3:46 AMMisheyakir (Earliest Talis & Tefillin): 4:21 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:31 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:14 AMLatest Tefila: 10:29 AMChatzos (Halachic Midday): 1:00 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:37 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:29 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━NWS MOUNT HOLLY FORECAST DISCUSSION━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Extreme Heat Warning in effect. Heat indices exceeding 105°F, potentially reaching 115°F.Strong mid-level ridge over Mississippi Valley/Ohio Valley/Great Lakes.Friday downsloping effect from westerly/northwesterly winds will intensify heat.Slight Risk (2/5) for severe weather Friday and Saturday — damaging winds primary threat.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━KIDS ACTIVITIES — JULY 2, 2026━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Indoor/air-conditioned options strongly recommended — Extreme Heat Warning in effect:1. Ocean County Library — Free summer programming, fully air-conditioned2. Jersey Shore Premium Outlets (Tinton Falls) — Indoor, family-friendly shopping3. Point Pleasant area aquarium — Indoor air-conditioned exhibits4. Local community center indoor pools (check your shul bulletin)5. Six Flags Great Adventure (Jackson NJ) — Go early morning before peak heat━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━WEATHER HISTORY — JULY 2━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━July 2, 1934: During the height of the Dust Bowl, a massive black blizzard swept across the central and southern United States. Enormous walls of dust traveled as far as Washington D.C., and fine Great Plains soil was deposited on ships hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic Ocean.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — FRIDAY, JULY 3 (18 TAMMUZ)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:46 AMMisheyakir: 4:22 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:32 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:16 AMLatest Tefila: 10:31 AMChatzos: 1:01 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:38 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:29 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SHABBOS TIMES — SHABBAT PARASHAT PINCHAS━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Hadlakas Neiros (Candle Lighting): Friday, July 3 — 8:11 PM EDT (18 min before sunset)Havdalah: Saturday, July 5 — 9:19 PM EDT (50 min after sunset of 8:29 PM)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ABOUT THIS PODCAST━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker, plus historical weather deep-dives every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT.$5/month keeps this going — support the show at spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/supportTags: weather, zmanim, Lakewood, New Jersey, NWS, morning briefing, forecast, Jewish times, Ocean County, Tzom TammuzWeather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Borough Park Morning Briefing — Thursday, July 2, 2026 | Zmanim, NWS New York and MoreBorough Park, Brooklyn, New YorkHebrew Date: 17 Tammuz 5786 | Shiva Asar B'Tammuz (Tzom Tammuz — FAST DAY)Parashat Pinchas━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━FAST OF TAMMUZ — 17 TAMMUZ 5786━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Fast began: Alot HaShachar — 3:41 AM EDTFast ends tonight: • Standard (42 min after sunset): 9:12 PM EDT • Machmir (50 min after sunset): 9:20 PM EDT━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TODAY'S ZMANIM — ZIP 11219━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar (Dawn): 3:41 AMMisheyakir (Earliest Talis & Tefillin): 4:17 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:29 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:10 AMLatest Tefila: 10:24 AMChatzos (Halachic Midday): 12:52 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:30 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━NWS NEW YORK FORECAST DISCUSSION━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Issued: 8:26 AM EDT | Forecaster: DRExtreme Heat Warning extended through Saturday for all NYC-area zones.Heat indices exceeding 105°F, potentially reaching 115°F in urban areas.594dm ridge aloftBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Thursday, July 2, 2026 | Zmanim, NWS Chicago and MoreWest Rogers Park, ChicagoHebrew Date: 17 Tammuz 5786 | Shiva Asar B'Tammuz (Tzom Tammuz — FAST DAY)Parashat Pinchas━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━FAST OF TAMMUZ — 17 TAMMUZ 5786━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Fast begins: Alot HaShachar — 3:26 AM CDTFast end times (ZIP 60645):• KINS / Bnei Reuven: 9:00 PM CDT (30 min after sunset)• Young Israel: 9:12 PM CDT (42 min after sunset)• Yeshiva / 50 min: 9:20 PM CDT (50 min after sunset)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TODAY'S ZMANIM — Thursday, July 2, 2026 (17 Tammuz 5786)ZIP 60645 | CDT━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar (fast begins): 3:26 AMMisheyakir (earliest Talis & Tefillin): 4:05 AMNetz HaChama (sunrise): 5:19 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:07 AMLatest Tefila: 10:23 AMChatzos (halachic midday): 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMShkiah (sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Friday, July 3, 2026 (18 Tammuz 5786)ZIP 60645 | CDT━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:27 AMMisheyakir: 4:05 AMSunrise: 5:20 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:07 AMLatest Tefila: 10:23 AMChatzos: 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMSunset: 8:29 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SHABBOS TIMES━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Shabbat Parashat PinchasFriday, July 3 — Hadlakas Neiros (candle lighting): 8:09 PM CDT(20 minutes before sunset of 8:29 PM — Chicago minhag)Saturday, July 4 (Independence Day) — Havdalah: 9:19 PM CDT(50 minutes after Shabbos sunset of 8:29 PM)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━NWS CHICAGO WEATHER FORECAST━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Issued: 6:48 AM CDT, Thursday July 2, 2026 (Forecaster Kluber)EXTREME HEAT WARNING in effect through midnight CDT tonight.TODAY (Thursday, July 2):• High: low to mid 90s°F• Dew points: low to mid 70s (tropical moisture)• Heat index: 100–105°F• Thunderstorm risk: possible organized MCS from NE/IA line late tonight/overnightBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Here's a timestamp breakdown:00:00 Morning Briefing & Fast Information01:10 Weather Setup & Extreme Heat02:14 Storm Chances & Severe Weather Risk03:23 Supporter's Club & Call to ActionBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Jerusalem Morning Briefing — Thursday, July 2, 2026 | Zmanim, IMS Israel and MoreHEBREW DATE: 17 Tamuz 5786 | Tzom Tammuz | Parashat Pinchas (Israel cycle)⚠️ TODAY IS TZOM TAMMUZ — The fast commemorates the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple.Fast begins: 4:10 AM (Alot HaShachar)Fast ends: 8:23 PM Israel timeZMANIM — Thursday, July 2, 2026 (Jerusalem):• Alos HaShachar (Fast begins): 4:10 AM• Earliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:38 AM• Netz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:37 AM• Latest Krias Shma: 9:10 AM• Latest Tefila: 10:21 AM• Chatzos: 12:43 PM• Earliest Mincha: 1:18 PM• Shkiah (Sunset): 7:48 PM• Fast ends: 8:23 PMWEATHER SUMMARY (IMS / Multiple Sources):Sunny and warm in Jerusalem. High: 29°C (84°F). Low: 18°C (64°F). Humidity: 25-30% at peak afternoon. UV index: 11 (Extreme). West-northwest sea breeze develops by early afternoon, winds 25-30 km/h. Classic summertime Eastern Mediterranean ridge of high pressure — clear, hot, dry conditions persist through the holiday weekend.5-DAY OUTLOOK: Sunny and dry through at least Monday. High temperatures in the upper 20s Celsius throughout.WEATHER HISTORY — July 2nd:• 1934: A massive dust storm swept across the central and southern United States during the height of the Dust Bowl, part of the worst single year of that environmental catastrophe. Walls of dust traveled as far as Washington, D.C.FAMILY ACTIVITIES IN JERUSALEM TODAY:1. Israel Museum — Dead Sea Scrolls, Second Temple Model, air-conditioned | Open daytime2. Tower of David Museum — Summer at the Tower programming | Check hours3. City of David — Hezekiah's Tunnel guided tours | Open daytime (cool inside)4. Mahane Yehuda Shuk — morning stroll through Jerusalem's famous market | Morning5. Post-fast walk on Old City walls / Ben Yehuda pedestrian street (after 8:23 PM)TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Friday, July 3 / 18 Tamuz:• Alos HaShachar: 4:11 AM• Earliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:38 AM• Netz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:38 AM• Latest Krias Shma: 9:10 AM• Latest Tefila: 10:21 AM• Chatzos: 12:43 PM• Earliest Mincha: 1:18 PM• Shkiah (Sunset): 7:48 PMSHABBOS TIMES — Parashat Pinchas:• Hadlakas Neiros (Candle lighting): 7:08 PM Friday (40 min before sunset — Jerusalem minhag)• Havdalah (Motzaei Shabbos): 8:38 PM Saturday (50 min after sunset)Morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker. Historical weather deep-dives every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT. $5/month keeps this going.#weather #zmanim #Jerusalem #Israel #IMS #morningbriefing #forecast #Jewishtimes #Yerushalayim #TzomTammuz #PinchasBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Wednesday, July 1, 2026 | West Rogers Park, ChicagoZmanim, NWS Chicago and MoreHEBREW DATE: 16 Tamuz 5786 | Parashat Pinchas⚠️ TOMORROW IS TZOM TAMMUZ (17 Tamuz) — Fast begins before sunrise, ends at 9:12 PM Chicago time.ZMANIM — Wednesday, July 1, 2026 (ZIP 60645):• Alos HaShachar: 3:25 AM• Earliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:04 AM• Netz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:19 AM• Latest Krias Shma: 9:06 AM• Latest Tefila: 10:22 AM• Chatzos: 12:54 PM• Earliest Mincha: 1:32 PM• Shkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PMWEATHER SUMMARY:Extreme Heat Warning remains in effect through midnight Thursday. Another dangerously hot day with temperatures in the lower-to-mid 90s and heat indices between 100 and 110°F this afternoon. Dew points in the mid-to-upper 70s — extremely humid. Thunderstorm chances increase Thursday night into the Fourth of July weekend. Some storms may be severe with heavy rainfall.WEATHER HISTORY — July 1st:• 2024: Hurricane Beryl became the earliest Category 5 hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin.• 1776: Thomas Jefferson began keeping a daily weather diary in Philadelphia.KIDS ACTIVITIES TODAY:1. Fourth of July Crafts — Chicago Public Library, Garfield Ridge | 11 AM–3 PM | FREE2. Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum — Butterfly Haven, RiverWorks | 10 AM–4 PM | Admission required3. Mentos Explosions — Vodak-East Side Library | 6 PM | FREE4. Family Fun Night: Nature Night — Dunning Library | 6–7:30 PM | FREE5. Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres — Wrigley Field | 1:20 PMTOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Thursday, July 2 / 17 Tamuz (Tzom Tammuz):• Alos HaShachar: 3:26 AM (Fast begins)• Earliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:05 AM• Netz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:19 AM• Latest Krias Shma: 9:07 AM• Latest Tefila: 10:23 AM• Chatzos: 12:54 PM• Earliest Mincha: 1:32 PM• Shkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM• Fast ends: 9:12 PMMorning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker. Historical weather deep-dives every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT. $5/month keeps this going.#weather #zmanim #Chicago #NWS #morningbriefing #forecast #Jewishtimes #WestRogersPark #heatwave #TzomTammuzBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

The 1995 Midwest Heat Wave: America's Deadliest Heat DisasterIn July 1995, a stagnant high-pressure system settled over the central United States and refused to move. What followed was one of the deadliest weather disasters in American history — a four-day heat siege that killed more than 739 people in Chicago alone and over 1,021 across the region.KEY FACTS:- Dates: July 12–16, 1995- Peak temperature Chicago: 106°F (41°C)- Peak heat index at Midway Airport: 124–125°F- Official NWS heat index at O'Hare: 119°F- Appleton, WI air temperature: 101°F (38.3°C)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

The Great Smog of London: December 1952Weather With Enthusiasm — Episode 11Historical Extreme Weather Series━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━EPISODE SUMMARY━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Five days in December 1952 turned London into a death trap. A stalled high-pressure system — an anticyclone — trapped millions of tonnes of coal smoke, sulfur dioxide, and acid particulates over the city in a dense, yellow-green fog that reduced visibility to near zero and killed thousands. This episode covers the meteorology, the human toll, the government cover-up, and the law that changed the world.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━KEY FACTS━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Dates: December 5–9, 1952Location: London, EnglandDeath toll: ~4,000 (1952 government estimate) | ~12,000 (modern research, 2004)Injuries/illnesses: ~100,000Duration: 5 days━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• December 4: anticyclone settled over windless London — created a temperature inversion• Cool stagnant air trapped below warmer air — zero wind to disperse pollutants• Daily pollutant output during the smog: 1,000 tonnes smoke particles, 140 tonnes HCl, 14 tonnes fluorine compounds, ~370 tonnes SO2 (converted to ~800 tonnes H2SO4)• Sulfuric acid formed in fog droplets — effectively acid fog breathed by millions• Coal sources: home fireplaces, Fulham/Battersea/Bankside/Greenwich/West Ham power stations, diesel buses, steam locomotives━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━GOVERNMENT RESPONSE & LEGACY━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• Initial government report (never finalized) attributed deaths to influenza• E.T. Wilkins, Atmospheric Pollution officer, found ~12,000 total deaths through mortality tracking• Feb 1953: Labour MP Marcus Lipton raised 6,000 deaths + 25,000 sickness claims in Parliament• 1956: British Parliament passed the Clean Air Act — world's first comprehensive national air pollution law• Established smoke-free zones, restricted coal burning, offered grants to switch to gas/oil/electricity• Updated in 1968 — became global template for environmental regulation━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SOURCES━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• Wikipedia: Great Smog of London — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great Smog of London• Britannica: Great Smog of London — https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Smog-of-London• National Geographic: The Great Smog woke the world to coal dangers — https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/great-smog-of-london-1952-coal-air-pollution-environmental-disaster• London Museum: The Great Smog of 1952 — https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/london-stories/the-great-smog-of-1952/• Met Office: The Great Smog of 1952 — https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/learn-about/weather/case-studies/great-smog• Texas A&M GeoNews: London Fog 1952 research — https://geonews.tamu.edu/news/2016/11/london-fog-1952.php━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━HASHTAGS━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━#GreatSmog #London1952 #WeatherHistory #AirPollution #CleanAirAct #ExtremeWeather #WeatherWithEnthusiasmNew episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.Morning forecasts every day at 7 AM on Spreaker.Support the show: $5/monthBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Tuesday, June 30, 2026West Rogers Park, Chicago (ZIP 60645)Weather With Enthusiasm━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━HEBREW DATE & PARSHA━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━15 Tamuz 5786Parsha: Pinchas (read Shabbos July 4, 2026 / 19 Tamuz 5786)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TODAY'S ZMANIM — West Rogers Park, ZIP 60645━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar (Dawn): 3:25 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:04 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:18 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:06 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:22 AMChatzos (Solar Noon): 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Wednesday, July 1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:26 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:04 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:19 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:06 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:22 AMChatzos: 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⚠️ WEATHER — EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━NWS Chicago (LOT) — Forecaster Ratzer, issued 6:23 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026Extreme Heat Warning: Most of northern IL and NW Indiana — through midnight Thursday night.Dangerous heat continues today through at least Thursday:• Heat index values 105–110°F expected every afternoon Mon–Thu• 500 mb heights ~5,960 m (14.77 inHg) — locked heat dome over Ohio Valley• 925 mb (27.32 inHg) temps: +26–27°C — driving dangerous surface heat• 700 mb (20.67 inHg): +13°C — strong capping inversion suppresses storm development• 800–850 mb (23.62–25.10 inHg) subsidence inversion limits mixing depth• Dew points upper 70s–80°F expected despite afternoon mixing — tropical humidity• Record highs to watch: June 30 = 99°F (1953)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Tuesday, June 30, 2026 | Heat Dome Deep-Dive, NWS Lincoln IL, Zmanim & MoreWest Rogers Park, Chicago (ZIP 60645)=== ZMANIM — Tuesday, June 30, 2026 (15 Tamuz 5786) ===Hebrew Date: 15 Tamuz 5786 | Parsha: Chukat-BalakAlos HaShachar: 3:25 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:04 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:18 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:06 AMLatest Tefila: 10:22 AMChatzos: 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM=== TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Wednesday, July 1, 2026 ===Sunrise: 5:19 AM | Sof Zman Shma: 9:06 AM | Sof Zman Tefila: 10:22 AMChatzos: 12:54 PM | Mincha Gedola: 1:32 PM | Shkiah: 8:30 PM=== WEATHER SUMMARY ===An extreme and historic heat dome grips the Midwest today. A 596 decameter (dam) closed upper-level ridge — one of the strongest ever recorded over this region — is centered over the Ohio Valley, pumping oppressive heat and moisture into Chicago and surrounding areas. Highs in the lower 90s°F with dew points near 80°F are expected, producing heat indices of 105-110°F. An Extreme Heat Warning is in effect through Thursday.=== NWS LINCOLN IL DISCUSSION (Barnes, 5:22 AM CDT) ===596 dam closed contour heat dome over Ohio Valley — historically rare signature. NBM model running 2-4°F too warm; actual highs likely lower 90s rather than mid/upper 90s. Heat index exceeds 105°F through Thursday. SW winds gusting 25 kt.=== NWS CHICAGO LOT DISCUSSION (Ratzer, 2:02 AM CDT) ===H5 ~5960m (~596 dam). Extreme Heat Warning through Thursday. 80°F dew points observed Monday afternoon in southern CWA. Heat index 105-110°F. Lake Michigan water temps: Chicago Shore 66°F, Wilmette 62°F, Chicago Crib 61°F.=== 1995 HEATWAVE COMPARISON ===The 1995 Midwest heat wave remains the benchmark. St. Louis hit a dew point of 83°F on July 14, 1995. Appleton, WI recorded a 90°F dew point — the probable Western Hemisphere record — with a heat index of 153°F. The 1995 wet bulb temperature reached approximately 85°F (29°C). The 500mb ridge in 1995 peaked around 594-596 dam over the Great Plains; today's ridge matches or exceeds that at 596 dam over the Ohio Valley.=== CLOSED CONTOUR HEAT DOME SCIENCE ===A "closed contour" means the 500mb height lines form complete loops — no open pathways for cooler air to enter. Most heat domes do NOT produce closed contours; a closed 596 dam contour is extremely rare and represents an exceptionally locked, stagnant ridge. Not all heat domes are closed contour events.=== CORN BELT MOISTURE SCIENCE ===Corn fields act as natural evapotranspiration engines. A single mature corn plant transpires 50+ gallons of water per growing season. With millions of acres of corn in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa all in active growth phase, the atmosphere is loaded with moisture from below — supplementing Gulf of Mexico moisture streaming northward. This is why Midwest dew points can spike to 80°F+ even without direct Gulf influence.=== WET BULB / WBGT SCIENCE ===Wet bulb temperature (WB) measures what your body actually feels when sweating. At 92°F air temp with 80°F dew point, the wet bulb approaches 84-85°F — near the physiological survivability limit for even healthy adults with shade and hydration. Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) adds solar radiation load; WBGT >32°C (89.6°F) is considered the military/OSHA "extreme danger" threshold.=== ORTHODOX COMMUNITY FORECASTS ===• St. Louis, MO: Mid-upper 90s, heat index 100-110°F. Extreme Heat Warning through Friday. NWS LSX.• Lakewood, NJ: Low-mid 90s, heat index 98-105°F. NWS PHI.• Borough Park, Brooklyn NY: Upper 80s-low 90s, humid. Heat Advisory. NWS OKX.• Baltimore, MD: Lower 90s, heat index 100-107°F. NWS LWX.• Philadelphia, PA: Lower-mid 90s, heat index 100-108°F. Heat Warning.• Atlantic City, NJ: Upper 80s-low 90s, sea breeze influence moderate.=== ISRAEL & DEAD SEA ===Jerusalem: 40-43°C (104-109°F), typical summer ridge. Low humidity (15-25%). Dead Sea: air temps 40-47°C; water temp ~31°C (88°F). Record at Sedom: 51°C. Mediterranean sea breeze provides relief to coastal Tel Aviv but Jerusalem's inland elevation (~750-800m) retains heat without sea-breeze relief.=== INDIA EXTREME HEAT / WORLD RECORD DEW POINTS ===India's Gangetic Plain and Rajasthan experience dew points of 85-90°F during peak monsoon onset with heat indices routinely above 130°F. The probable world record dew point: 95°F (35°C) at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on July 8, 2003, with an air temp of 108°F (42°C) — producing a heat index of approximately 172°F.=== NAM vs GFS MODEL ACCURACY ===NAM (North American Mesoscale): Higher resolution (3-km), better at capturing local dew point pooling and mesoscale details. GFS: Global model, coarser, tends to underestimate extreme dew point events in the corn belt. For this event, NAM dew point forecasts of 78-82°F appear more accurate than GFS's 74-76°F projections.=== EPISODE FOOTER ===Morning forecasts air at 7 AM every day on Spreaker. Historical weather deep-dives every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT. $5/month supports the show.Tags: weather,zmanim,Chicago,NWS,morning briefing,forecast,Jewish times,West Rogers Park,heat dome,extreme heat,dew point,1995 heatwave,wet bulbBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. 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Morning Briefing — Monday, June 29, 2026West Rogers Park, Chicago (ZIP 60645)Weather With Enthusiasm━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━HEBREW DATE & PARSHA━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━14 Tamuz 5786Parsha: Chukat-Balak (double portion)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TODAY'S ZMANIM — West Rogers Park, ZIP 60645━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar (Dawn): 3:24 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:03 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:18 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:06 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:22 AMChatzos (Solar Noon): 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Tuesday, June 30━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:25 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:04 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:18 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:06 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:22 AMChatzos: 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⚠️ WEATHER — EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━NWS Chicago (LOT) — Forecaster Ratzer, issued 1:59 AM Monday June 29, 2026Extreme Heat Warning: Cook County — noon today through 10 PM Wednesday.Heat Advisory: All other Chicago metro counties — same period.Dangerous heat this week:• Heat index forecast over 100°F, up to ~105°F or higher, every day Mon–Wed• 850 mb (25.10 inHg) temps: +20–22°C today, rising to +23–25°C Tue–Wed• 500 mb heights near 600 dam (14.77 inHg) — anomalous heat dome signature• Strong capping: 700 mb (20.67 inHg) temps at +12°C or higher — suppresses storms• Surface low 996 mb (29.41 inHg) over northeast Colorado overnight• Overnight lows in the 70s — little relief for the urban core• Record highs to watch: June 29 record 97°F (1954)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Title: Midwest Heat Dome 2026:Anatomy of an Extreme Summer ThreatTimestamp Breakdown by Chapters:Chapter 1: The Midwest Under Pressure (00:00 - 03:25)00:00: Introduction: Midwest Heat Dome Overview00:05: Chicago Area: 90s Heat, Lake Effect Mitigation01:18: Inland Temps & Gary, IN: Unverified 95°F02:22: St. Louis: 94°F, Below 2012 RecordChapter 2: The Humidity Factor (03:25 - 06:27)03:25: The Real Story: Dangerous Dew Points (75°F+)04:34: Peak Dew Points: Central IL & Upper Mississippi05:37: Ozark Plateau Effect: Dew Point SuppressionChapter 3: Anatomy of the Heat Dome (06:27 - 11:47)06:27: Heat Dome Strength: Comparing to 1995 Event07:30: Anomalous Timing: Late June vs. Mid-July08:33: NWS Lincoln: Deep Subsidence & Convection Suppression09:34: NWS Lincoln: 105-110°F Heat Index, Cumulative Risk10:37: NWS Lincoln: Heat Wave End & Tropical-Style RainChapter 4: Planetary Connections (11:47 - 17:30)11:47: System Drivers: Merger of Two High-Pressure Systems12:51: Bermuda High: Strong IVT & Tropical Suppression14:17: North Atlantic Cold Blob: AMOC Weakening Link15:25: Teleconnections: Cold Blob & US Heat Ridges16:27: Moisture Sources: Gulf Air, Corn Evapotranspiration, Great LakesChapter 5: Local Impacts & Forecast (17:30 - 25:35)17:30: Mississippi River: Minor Humidity Contributor18:30: St. Louis Cardinals: Future Games in Extreme Heat19:29: 7-Day Forecast: Midwest Peak, Eastward Shift20:32: Wind Effect: Heating vs. Cooling in Extreme Temps21:37: Stedman's Research: 95°F Wind Threshold22:28: NWS Heat Index: 5-Knot Wind Assumption23:29: 1995 Comparison: Similarities & Warning Improvements24:34: Warning Infrastructure: Dramatically Better Post-199525:35: Climate Context: Warmer Oceans, Rising Dew Points20 Hashtags: #MidwestHeat #HeatDome2026 #ExtremeHeat #ClimateImpacts #DewPointDanger #WeatherAnomalies #ChicagoHeat #StLouisHeat #NWSWarnings #PublicHealthCrisis #BermudaHigh #ColdBlob #CornBeltHumidity #AtmosphericScience #HeatStress #ClimateEmergency #Teleconnections #WeatherForecast #HeartlandHeat #GlobalWeatherBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

00:00-01:01: Introduction to the "Weather with Enthusiasm" episode, focusing on the unusual heat moving into Chicago, hotter than St. Louis, and especially significant in Wisconsin.01:01-02:03: Discussion of the developing heat wave, high dew points in Wisconsin (forecasted to hit 80 degrees), and the hidden danger of high dew points making temperatures feel much warmer.02:03-03:06: Explanation of wet bulb temperatures, their dangerous levels (84-86 degrees, with wet bulb globe temperatures possibly hitting 88-90 degrees), and the 95-degree wet bulb temperature as the upper limit of human survival.03:06-04:10: National Weather Service guidance on wet bulb temperatures and human survival, historical comparisons of high wet bulb temperatures in Texas, India, and the Persian Gulf, and the rare occurrence of 95-97 degree dew points.04:10-05:10: Comparison of the current heat wave to typical St. Louis summer weather and the 1994 heat wave, noting higher heat indices this time (close to 110 degrees), and the unique situation in central Wisconsin with 80-degree dew points and 105-degree heat indices despite lower air temperatures.05:10-06:22: Reasons for lower temperatures in some areas (thunderstorm development, cloud cover, "Ring of Fire" effect), comparison to the 1995 heat wave, and the impact of water temperatures (Mississippi River, Lake of the Ozarks) on dew points.06:22-07:25: Geographic areas with highest dew points (cornfields of southwest Indiana, southern Illinois, Mississippi River area between Iowa and Illinois), lack of impact from Ozark Plateau breeze, and expected conditions for St. Louis and Chicago. Mention of Baltimore's drier dew points but more efficient solar heating leading to triple-digit heat.07:25-08:27: The heat dome reaching a record geographical height (600 decameters), comparison to the 1995 heat wave (which was stronger in terms of temperatures and humidity), and the "biggest shocker" being Wisconsin's 80-degree dew points.08:27-09:33: Reflection on previous podcasts and the "spark of enthusiasm," mentioning the "cold blob" in the Atlantic Ocean, and the strengthening of the heat dome affecting Chicago more definitively than initially thought.09:33-10:33: The Baltimore National Weather Service's insights and the common pattern of intense storms breaking the heat dome, especially in St. Louis. Importance of heat safety tips and resources from the National Weather Service.10:33-10:44: Closing remarks, wishing listeners a good day.20 Hashtags:#HeatWave#WeatherEnthusiasm#WisconsinWeather#ChicagoHeat#DewPointDanger#WetBulbTemperature#HeatDome#ClimateChange#ExtremeWeather#HumanSurvival#NationalWeatherService#MidwestHeat#GulfCoastHeat#WeatherUpdate#HeatIndex#SummerHeat#WeatherForecast#HeatSafety#UnusualWeather#PhenomenalHeatBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

The Heat Dome — A Deep-Dive Into America's Most Dangerous Heat Wave | June 28, 2026One of the most significant heat events in recent American memory is now underway across the eastern United States. This episode goes deep into the meteorology: the architecture of the heat dome itself, the Bermuda High connection, dew point geography across the corn belt vs. wheat belt vs. East Coast, wet bulb and wet bulb globe temperature science, water temperatures, and a city-by-city breakdown of NWS discussions from Baltimore, St. Louis, and Chicago.PLUS — a detailed comparison to the 1995 Chicago heat wave, which killed 739 people. How do the 500 millibar geopotential heights compare then vs. now?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔥 THE HEAT DOME- 500mb geopotential heights approaching 600 dam over the Ohio Valley- Bermuda High expanded and strengthened, acting as southern anchor- Self-reinforcing system: ridge blocks storms, no clouds = maximum solar heating🌽 DEW POINT GEOGRAPHY- Corn belt (IL, IN, IA): dew points 75–80°F from crop evapotranspiration (4,000 gal/acre/day)- Oklahoma wheat belt: fields harvested, dew points 55–65°F — dry oven heat- East Coast (Baltimore/DC): Appalachian downslope drying reduces dew points vs. Ohio Valley🌡️ CITY-BY-CITY NWS BREAKDOWNChicago (NWS Romeoville, issued 6:15 PM CDT):- Extreme Heat Warning: Cook County, noon Mon–10 PM Wed- Heat index up to 105°FBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

The Heat Dome — A Deep-Dive Into America's Most Dangerous Heat Wave | June 28, 2026One of the most significant heat events in recent American memory is now underway across the eastern United States. This episode goes deep into the meteorology: the architecture of the heat dome itself, the Bermuda High connection, dew point geography across the corn belt vs. wheat belt vs. East Coast, wet bulb and wet bulb globe temperature science, water temperatures, and a city-by-city breakdown of NWS discussions from Baltimore, St. Louis, and Chicago.PLUS — a detailed comparison to the 1995 Chicago heat wave, which killed 739 people. How do the 500 millibar geopotential heights compare then vs. now?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔥 THE HEAT DOME- 500mb geopotential heights approaching 600 dam over the Ohio Valley- Bermuda High expanded and strengthened, acting as southern anchor- Self-reinforcing system: ridge blocks storms, no clouds = maximum solar heating🌽 DEW POINT GEOGRAPHY- Corn belt (IL, IN, IA): dew points 75–80°F from crop evapotranspiration (4,000 gal/acre/day)- Oklahoma wheat belt: fields harvested, dew points 55–65°F — dry oven heat- East Coast (Baltimore/DC): Appalachian downslope drying reduces dew points vs. Ohio Valley🌡️ CITY-BY-CITY NWS BREAKDOWNChicago (NWS Romeoville, issued 6:15 PM CDT):- Extreme Heat Warning: Cook County, noon Mon–10 PM Wed- Heat index up to 105°FBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Sunday, June 28, 2026 (Full AFD Edition)West Rogers Park, Chicago (ZIP 60645)Weather With Enthusiasm━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━HEBREW DATE & PARSHA━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━14 Tamuz 5786Parsha: Pinchas (read Shabbos July 4, 2026)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TODAY'S ZMANIM — West Rogers Park, ZIP 60645━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar (Dawn): 3:23 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:02 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:17 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:05 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:21 AMChatzos (Solar Noon): 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Monday, June 29━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:24 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:03 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:18 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:06 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:22 AMChatzos: 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⚠️ WEATHER — EXTREME HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━NWS Chicago (LOT) — Sunday June 28, 2026Extreme Heat Watch: Cook County — Monday afternoon through Wednesday eveningHeat Advisory: Remainder of Chicago metro forecast area — Mon–WedDangerous heat this week:• Heat index 100–110°F every day Mon–Wed• Overnight lows near 80°F in urban core — little recovery• 850 mb (25.10 inHg) temps exceeding 25°C Mon–Wed• 500 mb heights near 600 dam (14.77 inHg) — anomalously strong ridge• Lake breezes NOT expected — ridge too strong• No significant storm relief until possibly ThursdayToday: Possible afternoon storms from decaying MCV (Mesoscale Convective Vortex) tracking from SD/NE — sweet spot for organized convection near Chicago. Also: wake low may produce gusty SE winds even without storms.COOLING CENTERS: Call 311 for locations throughout Chicago.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━WEATHER HISTORY — June 28━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━June 28, 1924 — Lorain, Ohio F4 Tornado85 killed, 300+ injured — deadliest tornado in Ohio history.June 28, 1975 — Lightning struck Lee Trevino at Western Open, Oak Brook, IL.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━KIDS ACTIVITIES — Sunday June 28━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. Chicago Pride Parade — Free, steps off 11 AM at Montrose & Broadway2. Logan Square Arts Festival — Free (suggested donation), through today3. Millennium Art Festival — Free, 180 N Stetson Ave, through today4. Grant Park Music Festival — Free, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 6:30 PM5. Field Museum PlayLab PlayDate — 11 AM–noon, with admission━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ABOUT THIS PODCAST━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Morning forecasts every day at 7 AM on Spreaker.Historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT.Support the show: $5/monthBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Sunday, June 28, 2026West Rogers Park, Chicago (ZIP 60645)Weather With Enthusiasm━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━HEBREW DATE & PARSHA━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━14 Tamuz 5786Parsha: Pinchas (read Shabbos July 4, 2026)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TODAY'S ZMANIM — West Rogers Park, ZIP 60645━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar (Dawn): 3:23 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:02 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:17 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:05 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:21 AMChatzos (Solar Noon): 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Monday, June 29━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:24 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:03 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:18 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:06 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:22 AMChatzos: 12:54 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:32 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⚠️ WEATHER — EXTREME HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━NWS Chicago (LOT) — Sunday June 28, 2026Extreme Heat Watch: Cook County — Monday afternoon through Wednesday eveningHeat Advisory: Remainder of Chicago metro forecast area — Mon–WedDangerous heat this week:• Heat index 100–110°F every day Mon–Wed• Overnight lows near 80°F in urban core — little recovery• 850 mb (25.10 inHg) temps exceeding 25°C Mon–Wed• 500 mb heights near 600 dam (14.77 inHg) — anomalously strong ridge• Lake breezes NOT expected — ridge too strong• No significant storm relief until possibly ThursdayToday: Possible afternoon storms from decaying MCV (Mesoscale Convective Vortex) tracking from SD/NE — sweet spot for organized convection near Chicago. Also: wake low may produce gusty SE winds even without storms.COOLING CENTERS: Call 311 for locations throughout Chicago.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━WEATHER HISTORY — June 28━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━June 28, 1924 — Lorain, Ohio F4 Tornado85 killed, 300+ injured — deadliest tornado in Ohio history.June 28, 1975 — Lightning struck Lee Trevino at Western Open, Oak Brook, IL.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━KIDS ACTIVITIES — Sunday June 28━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. Chicago Pride Parade — Free, steps off 11 AM at Montrose & Broadway2. Logan Square Arts Festival — Free (suggested donation), through today3. Millennium Art Festival — Free, 180 N Stetson Ave, through today4. Grant Park Music Festival — Free, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 6:30 PM5. Field Museum PlayLab PlayDate — 11 AM–noon, with admission━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ABOUT THIS PODCAST━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Morning forecasts every day at 7 AM on Spreaker.Historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT.Support the show: $5/monthBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Title: The Mysterious Cold Blob & the Looming Heatwave Timestamp Breakdown: 00:00 Introduction: The Washington Post article on heat domes and a cold blob. 00:58 How the cold blob connects to weaker jet stream winds and European heat domes. 02:02 Shifting focus to the upcoming US heatwave, potentially Chicago's worst in 14 years. 02:59 Deeper dive into the North Atlantic cold blob and its potential impact on ocean currents (AMOC). 04:15 Explaining the AMOC's critical role in northern European climate. 05:07 The "cold blob" as a potential sign of AMOC weakening and its national security implications (50 below zero winters!). 06:21 Research on AMOC weakening, the IPCC's medium confidence, and the cold blob's significance. 07:46 Natural climate patterns (AMO) and human-driven warming contributing to the cold blob. 09:16 Climate models predict the cold blob will linger, but the "doomsday scenario" is still uncertain. 09:56 Why the Washington Post isn't covering the upcoming US heatwave more prominently. 11:03 The Strawberry Moon and the difficulty finding US heatwave info in the Washington Post. 11:59 European computer model shows Chicago south of the 588 line – extreme heat for the Midwest. 13:00 Forecast details for Chicago: 90s, high dew points, and the "Ring of Fire" possibility. 14:04 High dew points and potential 14-year record heatwave for Chicago. 15:06 Heat indices for Monday and Tuesday in the Midwest (above 100-105 degrees). 16:03 The complex effect of wind on heat index and very high temperatures on the East Coast. 17:09 Forecasted triple-digit heat for Washington D.C. (106-109 degrees) and the extended nature of the heatwave. 18:18 Continuation of heat in the Desert Southwest and a massive European heat dome. 18:48 Acknowledging the blessing of AC and the overlooked health benefits of heat (with caution). 19:35 Mississippi River and Lake of the Ozarks water temperatures as heat indicators. 20:10 Outro and preview of "Weather with Enthusiasm." 20 Hashtags: #ColdBlob #Heatwave2024 #ClimateChange #WashingtonPost #AMOC #NorthAtlantic #JetStream #EuropeanHeatwave #MidwestHeat #ChicagoWeather #NationalSecurityRisk #ExtremeWeather #GlobalWarming #OceanCurrents #ElNino #WeatherForecast #HeatDome #TripleDigitHeat #ClimateScience #WeatherEnthusiasmBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

St. Louis Morning Briefing — Friday, June 26, 2026Weather With Enthusiasm━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━HEBREW DATE & PARSHA━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━12 Tamuz 5786 — Erev ShabbosParsha: Chukat-Balak (read this Shabbos, June 27)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TODAY'S ZMANIM — St. Louis, MO (ZIP 63132)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar (Dawn): 3:55 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:30 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:38 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:21 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:35 AMChatzos (Solar Noon): 1:04 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:41 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SHABBOS TIMES — Parshas Chukat-Balak━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Hadlakas Neiros (Candle Lighting): 8:12 PM Friday (18 min before sunset — all customs)Havdalah Young Israel: 9:12 PM Saturday (42 min after sunset)Havdalah Agudah: 9:15 PM Saturday (45 min after sunset)Saturday Sunset: 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Shabbos, June 27━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:56 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:30 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:38 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:21 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:36 AMChatzos: 1:04 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:41 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━WEATHER SUMMARY — NWS St. Louis (LSX)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Issued: 6:28 AM CDT June 26, 2026 | Forecaster: Kimble⚠️ FLOOD WATCH in effect through 7 PM CDT todayCounties: St. Louis City, St. Louis Co., St. Charles, Jefferson, Franklin, Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Gasconade, Iron, Lincoln, Madison, Moniteau, Montgomery, Osage, Pike, Reynolds, Ste. Genevieve, Warren, Washington MO; + multiple IL countiesKey Hazards Today:• Stationary front along I-70 — showers/storms along and south of it• PWAT ~2 inches — very heavy rainfall efficiency• MCV (spinning storm vortex) from eastern Kansas arrives midday — could focus severe risk• Damaging winds and isolated tornado possible if MCV fires storms• Flash flooding primary concern — training storm riskWeekend/Next Week:• Warm front lifts Saturday — additional storm chances overnight/Saturday morning• Sunday: heat builds, heat index into 90s• Monday–Thursday: heat index 100–110°F daily — Heat Advisory likely Sunday, Excessive Heat Warning possible• 850 mb (25.10 inHg) temps rise 5°C Saturday→Sunday• Overnight lows near 80°F in urban core — dangerous for heat stress recovery• No clear end date; possible relief around July 4th weekendMississippi River at St. Louis: 77°F / 25.1°CLake of the Ozarks: ~76°F (seasonal peak ~86°F in late July/August)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━WEATHER HISTORY — June 26━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━June 26, 2008 — South Dakota Severe Weather OutbreakA compact upper-level low triggered three tornadoes, baseball-sized hail, andwind gusts of 124 mph at Onida airport — 4th highest wind speed ever in South Dakota.WAPA transmission towers were completely toppled; winds estimated at 130–140 mph.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━KIDS ACTIVITIES — Greater St. Louis━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. Saint Louis Zoo — Always free, Forest Park, 9 AM–5 PM2. Saint Louis Science Center — Free for MO residents, Oakland Ave3. Missouri Botanical Garden — Free for STL residents (walk-up), 4344 Shaw Blvd4. Laumeier Sculpture Park — Free, Sunset Hills, 105 acres5. Children's Garden Club — Free w/ registration, stlouiscountymo.gov━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ABOUT THIS PODCAST━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Morning forecasts every day at 7 AM on Spreaker.Historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT.Support the show: $5/monthBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Friday, June 26, 2026West Rogers Park, Chicago (ZIP 60645)Weather With Enthusiasm━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━HEBREW DATE & PARSHA━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━12 Tamuz 5786 — Erev ShabbosParsha: Chukat-Balak (read this Shabbos, June 27)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TODAY'S ZMANIM — West Rogers Park, ZIP 60645━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar (Dawn): 3:22 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:01 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:16 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:05 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:21 AMChatzos (Solar Noon): 12:53 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:31 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SHABBOS TIMES — Parshas Chukat-Balak━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Hadlakas Neiros (Candle Lighting): 8:10 PM Friday (20 min before sunset — Chicago minhag)Havdalah: 9:20 PM Saturday (50 min after sunset)Saturday Sunset: 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Shabbos, June 27━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:23 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:02 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:17 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:05 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:21 AMChatzos: 12:53 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:31 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━WEATHER SUMMARY — NWS Chicago (LOT)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Issued: 6:13 AM CDT June 26, 2026 | Forecasters: Kluber / RatzerWest Rogers Park stays DRY today — rain confined south of I-80.Dangerous heat wave builds next week: heat index 100°F+ every day starting Monday.Key Points:• Rain/storms south of I-80 today, heaviest south of US-24• Saturday: gradual clearing, highs ~80°F• Sunday: heat builds, heat index into the 90s• Monday–Thursday: heat index 100–110°F daily, overnight lows near 80°F in metro core• 850 mb (25.10 inHg) temps rise 5°C Saturday→Sunday — dramatic warming signal• Ridge centers over lower Ohio Valley — classic heat dome• No clear end date for heat; possible relief by July 4th weekend━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━WEATHER HISTORY — June 26━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━June 26, 2008 — South Dakota Severe Weather OutbreakA compact upper-level low collided with an unstable air mass over western/central South Dakota.Three tornadoes, baseball-sized hail, and a peak wind gust of 124 mph at Onida airport —the 4th highest wind speed ever recorded in South Dakota. WAPA transmission towers werecompletely collapsed by winds estimated at 130–140 mph.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━KIDS ACTIVITIES — Friday June 26━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. Logan Square Arts Festival — Free (suggested donation), June 26-282. Grant Park Music Festival — Free, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 6:30 PM3. Movies in the Parks: Zootopia 2 — Free, Chopin Park, 8:45 PM4. Live on the Lake — Free, Navy Pier, 3:00–9:30 PM5. As You Like It (Shakespeare) — Free, Chicago Women's Park & Gardens, 6:00 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ABOUT THIS PODCAST━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Morning forecasts every day at 7 AM on Spreaker.Historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT.Support the show: $5/monthBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

St. Louis Morning Briefing — Thursday, June 25, 2026Kol Simcha Productions | Weather With Enthusiasm━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━HEBREW DATE & PARSHA━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━11 Tamuz 5786 — Parsha: Chukat-Balak (read this Shabbos, June 27)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TODAY'S ZMANIM — St. Louis, MO (ZIP 63132)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar (Dawn): 3:55:34 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:29:38 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:38:12 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:21:12 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:35:32 AMChatzos (Solar Noon): 1:04:12 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:41:22 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30:12 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Friday, June 26, 2026━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:55:59 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:30:01 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:38:33 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:21:29 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:35:47 AMChatzos: 1:04:24 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:41:34 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30:16 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SHABBOS TIMES (Chukat-Balak)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Hadlakas Neiros (Candle Lighting): 8:12 PM Friday (18 min before sunset — all customs)Havdalah (Young Israel): 9:12 PM Saturday (42 min after sunset)Havdalah (Agudah): 9:15 PM Saturday (45 min after sunset)Saturday Sunset: 8:30:18 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━WEATHER SUMMARY — NWS St. Louis (LSX)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⚠️ FLASH FLOOD WATCH in effect 1 PM CDT today through Friday morningCounties: St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. Charles, Jefferson, Franklin, Boone, and many additional MO/IL countiesKey Hazards:• Damaging winds possible this afternoon (MLCAPE 1000-2000 J/kg, deep layer shear 25-35 kt)• PWAT near 2 inches — heavy rainfall, training storm risk• QPF: 3-5 inches possible southern MO tonight → flash flooding• Heat wave building Sunday through next week• 850 mb (25.10 inHg) temps mid-20s°C + 500 mb heights >590 dam• Upper-level ridge (Bermuda high) amplifying through weekendMississippi River at St. Louis: 77°F / 25.1°CLake of the Ozarks: 76°F (seasonal peak ~86°F in late July/August)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━WEATHER HISTORY — June 25━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━June 25, 1953 — Udall, Kansas TornadoA powerful tornado struck the small town of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 peopleand destroying 90% of the town — making it the deadliest tornado in Kansas history.The storm struck after midnight, giving residents almost no warning.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━KIDS ACTIVITIES — Greater St. Louis, Thursday June 25━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. Missouri Botanical Garden — Free for St. Louis residents (walk-up), 4344 Shaw Blvd2. Children's Garden Club — Free, registration required, stlouiscountymo.gov3. Saint Louis Science Center — Free for Missouri residents, Oakland Ave4. Saint Louis Zoo — Always free, Forest Park, 9 AM–5 PM5. Laumeier Sculpture Park — Free, Sunset Hills, 105 acres of outdoor art━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ABOUT THIS PODCAST━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Morning forecasts air every day at 7 AM on Spreaker, plus a historical weatherdeep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT.Support the show: $5/monthKol Simcha Productions | Weather With EnthusiasmBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Extreme Midwest Heatwave: Heat Index 115°F for St Louis Missouri this Monday, June 29th 2026. 00:00 - Introduction to the phenomenal heatwave 01:03 - Comparing St. Louis heat to Corpus Christi and Persian Gulf 02:04 - Post-Monday forecasts and Chicago's heat 03:04 - Heat dome intensification and decameter thresholds 04:07 - Summary and warning about Monday's extreme humidity #Heatwave #Midwest #StLouis #Chicago #ExtremeWeather #Humidity #DewPoint #HeatIndex #NationalWeatherService #Summer #Danger #ClimateChange #WeatherUpdate #Forecast #Safety #RingOfFire #HeatDome #IntenseHeat #USWeather #StaySafeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

This is for the week of Monday June 29th 2026Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Weather with Enthusiasm:Chicago's Unprecedented Lake Effect Snow00:00 - Introduction to an unprecedented lake effect snow event in Chicago.01:04 - National Weather Service forecast details, including 12-18 inches with potential for 2-4 feet in Cook County.02:12 - Discussion of extremely cold temperatures at 18,000 feet, making Chicago the coldest spot on the planet at that altitude.03:12 - Further explanation of the 500 MB temperatures and their impact on storm energy.04:15 - Detailed forecast of dangerous lake effect snow, including the polar vortex and shortwave impact.05:15 - Progression of the meso low and the reorientation of snow bands.06:21 - Forecast for the initial wide band of snow and the subsequent intense, trailing band.07:22 - Uncertainty regarding the exact location of the trailing snow band, but high confidence for Cook County impact.08:40 - Explanation of lake instability and temperature differences crucial for lake effect snow.09:45 - Comparison to Buffalo, NY 2022 snow event, highlighting even more intense conditions for Chicago. 10:49 - Shocking forecast of frequent lightning, thunder, and hail within the snowbands.12:49 - Discussion of extreme snow rates (3-5 inches per hour) and potential for impossible travel conditions. 14:11 - Reiteration of 2-4 feet of snow accumulation, not just drifts.15:11 - Philosophical thoughts on the snow's impact on life, equality, and personal reflection. 16:12 - Gematria of "Shelag" (snow) and "Emet" (truth), and the uniqueness of each snowflake. 17:14 - Rarity of a Buffalo-type lake effect event in Chicago.18:19 - Airport forecast concerns: heavy thundersnow, blowing snow, and extreme instability over Lake Michigan.19:22 - Inland movement of snow, confidence levels for different periods, and wind direction impact.21:27 - Importance of wind direction and fetch for lake effect snow.22:36 - Snow to water ratios and the National Weather Service forecast for Lincolnwood (11-17 inches).23:42 - Wind speeds and their impact on snow band development.24:47 - Hazardous weather outlook and comparison with Accuweather's forecast (3-6 inches for Chicago, 10-15 for Gary).27:00 - The crucial role of the second snow band in snowfall totals.28:59 - Concluding remarks and well wishes.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

The Great Appalachian Storm — Thanksgiving 1950On Thanksgiving weekend 1950, one of the most meteorologically extraordinary and devastating winter storms in American history struck the eastern United States. What began as an arctic cold front rapidly evolved into a complex, multi-impact disaster that killed 160 people and became the costliest storm the nation had ever experienced at that time.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━KEY FACTS━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📅 Dates: November 23–30, 1950📍 Region: Eastern United States — Appalachians, Ohio Valley, Northeast Coast💀 Deaths: 160 people❄️ Snowfall Record: Up to 62 inches at Coburn Creek, West Virginia; 57 inches across central Appalachians; 30.5 inches in Pittsburgh, PA🌬️ Wind Records: 94 mph gust in New York City | 108 mph in Newark, NJ | 140 mph at Bear Mountain, NY | 160 mph at Mount Washington, NH🌡️ Temperature Records: Chicago -2°F | Louisville -1°F | Lexington -3°F | Bowling Green -7°F | Somerset, KY -2°F | Williamsburg, KY +1°F🌊 Flooding: Coastal flooding breached dikes at LaGuardia Airport; near-record flooding in eastern Pennsylvania💰 Damage: Costliest storm on record in the United States at that time — insurance payouts exceeded any prior storm or hurricane━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• Arctic cold front swept the Ohio Valley on November 23–24, dropping temperatures from the 40s–50s to the teens overnight• Low pressure developed on the arctic front over the Carolinas on November 25 (Thanksgiving Day)• Storm tracked northwestward into Ohio by November 26 — warm Atlantic air and arctic air clashed in a meteorological battleground• Storm stalled over Lake Erie on November 27–28, driving extreme winds along the entire East Coast• Storm finally exited into Canada November 29–30━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━LEGACY━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━The Great Appalachian Storm exposed the severe limitations of 1950s weather forecasting, accelerating investment in improved detection, communication infrastructure, and the development of what would eventually become the modern storm warning system. The disaster helped drive the expansion of radar networks and surface weather observation stations across the eastern United States.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SOURCES━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• NWS Jackson, KY: https://www.weather.gov/jkl/appalachianstorm1950• NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information: "The Great Appalachian Storm in Historical Context"━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ABOUT THIS SHOW━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Weather With Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily — morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker, plus a historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT. Most podcast platforms (Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music) typically receive new episodes within 1–3 hours of release.Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can correct it as quickly as possible.Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $5/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha.Tags: weather, history, extreme weather, podcast, Weather With Enthusiasm, Appalachian Storm, 1950, blizzard, Thanksgiving stormBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

The Great Appalachian Storm — Thanksgiving 1950On Thanksgiving weekend 1950, one of the most meteorologically extraordinary and devastating winter storms in American history struck the eastern United States. What began as an arctic cold front rapidly evolved into a complex, multi-impact disaster that killed 160 people and became the costliest storm the nation had ever experienced at that time.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━KEY FACTS━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📅 Dates: November 23–30, 1950📍 Region: Eastern United States — Appalachians, Ohio Valley, Northeast Coast💀 Deaths: 160 people❄️ Snowfall Record: Up to 62 inches at Coburn Creek, West Virginia; 57 inches across central Appalachians; 30.5 inches in Pittsburgh, PA🌬️ Wind Records: 94 mph gust in New York City | 108 mph in Newark, NJ | 140 mph at Bear Mountain, NY | 160 mph at Mount Washington, NH🌡️ Temperature Records: Chicago -2°F | Louisville -1°F | Lexington -3°F | Bowling Green -7°F | Somerset, KY -2°F | Williamsburg, KY +1°F🌊 Flooding: Coastal flooding breached dikes at LaGuardia Airport; near-record flooding in eastern Pennsylvania💰 Damage: Costliest storm on record in the United States at that time — insurance payouts exceeded any prior storm or hurricane━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• Arctic cold front swept the Ohio Valley on November 23–24, dropping temperatures from the 40s–50s to the teens overnight• Low pressure developed on the arctic front over the Carolinas on November 25 (Thanksgiving Day)• Storm tracked northwestward into Ohio by November 26 — warm Atlantic air and arctic air clashed in a meteorological battleground• Storm stalled over Lake Erie on November 27–28, driving extreme winds along the entire East Coast• Storm finally exited into Canada November 29–30━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━LEGACY━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━The Great Appalachian Storm exposed the severe limitations of 1950s weather forecasting, accelerating investment in improved detection, communication infrastructure, and the development of what would eventually become the modern storm warning system. The disaster helped drive the expansion of radar networks and surface weather observation stations across the eastern United States.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SOURCES━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• NWS Jackson, KY: https://www.weather.gov/jkl/appalachianstorm1950• NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information: "The Great Appalachian Storm in Historical Context"━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ABOUT THIS SHOW━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Weather With Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily — morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker, plus a historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT. Most podcast platforms (Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music) typically receive new episodes within 1–3 hours of release.Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can correct it as quickly as possible.Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $5/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha.Tags: weather, history, extreme weather, podcast, Weather With Enthusiasm, Appalachian Storm, 1950, blizzard, Thanksgiving stormBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Lakewood Morning Briefing — Thursday, June 25, 2026Produced by Kol Simcha Productions | Weather With Enthusiasm━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📅 HEBREW DATE & PARSHA━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Hebrew Date: 11 Tamuz 5786Parsha: Chukat-Balak (double portion — diaspora cycle)Read this Shabbos, June 27, 2026━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🕰️ TODAY'S ZMANIM — Lakewood, NJ (ZIP 08701)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:41:11 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:16:43 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:27:17 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:11:57 AMLatest Tefila: 10:26:51 AMChatzos: 12:56:38 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:34:04 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:25:59 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌦️ NWS MOUNT HOLLY FORECAST SUMMARY━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Issued: 3:38 AM EDT, June 25, 2026 | NWS Mt. Holly NJ (PHI Office)• Tonight: Showers/storms possible near/north of I-78, especially PA and far northern NJ, around midnight–early Friday. Instability meager — severe risk very low. Some downpours possible.• Friday: Mostly dry during the day for most of area. Shower and storm chances increase Friday evening/night with approaching shortwave and front.• Saturday: Showers linger, especially south of I-78, as front slowly shifts south. Clears Saturday night.• Sunday+: Dry. Then heat builds mid-week — heat index 90s to near 100°F possible Wednesday onward.• Marine: Sub-SCA conditions. LOW rip current risk at Jersey Shore and Delaware Beaches Thursday and Friday.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎉 KIDS ACTIVITIES — Lakewood/Ocean County, June 25━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. Ocean County Children's Festival — Ocean County Library, Toms River | All day | FREE2. Sparks's Cup Mario Kart Day — Ocean County Library Makerspace | 1:00–4:00 PM & 5:30–7:30 PM | FREE3. Tiki Puppet Drop-In Craft — Ocean County Library, Brick Branch | 6:00–7:00 PM | Ages 2-12 | FREE4. Summer Picnic Party at Berkeley Island County Park — 399 Brennan Concourse, Berkeley | 5:00–8:30 PM | FREE5. Toms River Summer Kids Concert Series — Shelter Cove Beach, Mr. Ray performing | 7:00 PM | FREE━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📚 WEATHER HISTORY — June 25━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━On this date in 1953, a massive tornado struck Udall, Kansas — killing 80 people and destroying 90% of the town. It remains the deadliest tornado in Kansas history and prompted major advances in tornado warning systems.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🕰️ TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Friday, June 26━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:42:32 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:18:25 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:29:23 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:14:33 AMLatest Tefila: 10:29:36 AMChatzos: 12:59:42 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:37:14 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30:01 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🕯️ SHABBOS TIMES — Lakewood, NJ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Hadlakas Neiros (Candle Lighting): 8:12 PM Friday, June 26(18 minutes before Shkiah of 8:30 PM — NJ minhag)Havdalah: 9:20 PM Saturday, June 27(50 minutes after Shkiah of 8:30 PM)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📻 ABOUT THIS SHOW━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Weather With Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily — morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker, plus a historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT. Most podcast platforms (Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music) typically receive new episodes within 1–3 hours of release.Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can correct it as quickly as possible.Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $5/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha.Tags: weather, zmanim, Lakewood, New Jersey, NWS, morning briefing, forecast, Jewish times, Ocean CountyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Baltimore Morning Briefing — Thursday, June 25, 2026Produced by Kol Simcha Productions | Weather With Enthusiasm━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📅 HEBREW DATE & PARSHA━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Hebrew Date: 11 Tamuz 5786Parsha: Chukat-Balak (double portion — diaspora cycle)Read this Shabbos, June 27, 2026━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🕰️ TODAY'S ZMANIM — Baltimore, MD (ZIP 21215)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:56:42 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:31:37 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:41:19 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:25:22 AMLatest Tefila: 10:40:03 AMChatzos: 1:09:25 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:46:46 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:37:31 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌦️ NWS BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON FORECAST SUMMARY━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Issued: 3:55 AM EDT, June 25, 2026 | Forecasters: ADS/LFR/CJL (LWX Office)• Today: Isolated showers possible in northern/western MD and eastern WV. 850 mb (25.10 inHg) dewpoints below 10°C limit storm development.• Friday: Severe weather and damaging downburst wind risk as dewpoints rise above 10°C; hot air mass + mid-level dry air fuels storm downdrafts.• Saturday: Heaviest rainfall risk as deeper moisture arrives; moist adiabatic/skinny CAPE profiles indicate heavy rain-efficient storms. Cold front crosses Saturday night.• Next Week: Significant heat event. Upper-level ridge over Ohio Valley Tuesday–Wednesday. Highs possibly near 100°F; heat index could top 100°F.• Small Craft Advisory on Chesapeake Bay through tonight/Friday morning.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎉 KIDS ACTIVITIES — Baltimore, June 25━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. SAIL250 Maryland — Tall ship & Navy vessel tours | Inner Harbor piers & Fells Point | 11 AM–5 PM | FREE2. Patterson Park Playground Tour — Baltimore Family Alliance | Linwood Playground | 5:30–7:00 PM | FREE3. "How to Be a Friendly Pirate" — Brooklyn Park Community Library | 11 AM–12 PM | FREE4. Webb Office Hours — Space Telescope Science Institute | FREE5. Elijah's Park Playdates — Elijah's Park | FREE━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📚 WEATHER HISTORY — June 25━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━On this date in 1953, a massive tornado struck Udall, Kansas — killing 80 people and destroying 90% of the town. It remains the deadliest tornado in Kansas history and prompted major advances in tornado warning systems.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🕰️ TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — Friday, June 26━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Alos HaShachar: 3:57:07 AMEarliest Talis & Tefillin: 4:32:00 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:41:40 AMLatest Krias Shma: 9:25:39 AMLatest Tefila: 10:40:18 AMChatzos: 1:09:37 PMEarliest Mincha: 1:46:57 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:37:35 PM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🕯️ SHABBOS TIMES — Baltimore, MD━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Hadlakas Neiros (Candle Lighting): 8:19 PM Friday, June 26(18 minutes before Shkiah of 8:37 PM — Baltimore minhag)Havdalah: 9:27 PM Saturday, June 27(50 minutes after Shkiah of 8:37 PM)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📻 ABOUT THIS SHOW━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Weather With Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily — morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker, plus a historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT. Most podcast platforms (Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music) typically receive new episodes within 1–3 hours of release.Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can correct it as quickly as possible.Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $5/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha.Tags: weather, zmanim, Baltimore, Maryland, NWS, morning briefing, forecast, Jewish times, Chesapeake BayBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Borough Park Morning Briefing — Thursday, June 25, 2026Weather With Enthusiasm | Kol Simcha Productions─────────────────────────────────────────HEBREW DATE & PARSHA─────────────────────────────────────────11 Tamuz 5786Parashat Chukat-Balak (diaspora combined) — read Shabbos June 27─────────────────────────────────────────TODAY'S ZMANIM — BOROUGH PARK (ZIP 11219)─────────────────────────────────────────Alos HaShachar: 3:37:30 AMMisheyakir: 4:14:16 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:26:21 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:12:31 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:27:54 AMChatzos: 12:58:40 PMMincha Gedola: 1:36:22 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30:59 PM─────────────────────────────────────────WEATHER SUMMARY — NWS NEW YORK (OKX)─────────────────────────────────────────Issued 2:22 AM EDT, Jun 25, 2026. Forecaster: BR.Complex frontal system impacts region today–Saturday. Multiple rounds of showers; no severe weather or flash flooding anticipated. Highs today and Friday in the low-mid 80s with elevated humidity. Less humid Saturday, mid-upper 70s. Possible summer heat event early next week — confidence low for mid-week conditions (NBM showing 15+ degree spread).─────────────────────────────────────────KIDS ACTIVITIES — BROOKLYN─────────────────────────────────────────1. Brooklyn Children's Museum — Community Access Thursdays 2-5 PM, FREE; Field Day World Cup Edition + Lavender Blues hip-hop concert 3 PM2. Tot Time at Marsha P. Johnson State Park, Williamsburg — 10-11 AM, FREE (ages 5 and under)3. Stargazing at Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 3 — 8-10 PM, FREE (walk-up, weather permitting)4. Sofar Sounds Summer Series at Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 3 — 8-10 PM, FREE5. Brooklyn Children's Museum open for play 10 AM-5 PM─────────────────────────────────────────WEATHER HISTORY — JUNE 25─────────────────────────────────────────June 25, 1953 — The Udall, Kansas tornado killed 80 people and destroyed 90% of the town. Combined with the June 8 Flint-Beecher tornado (116 killed), June 1953 became one of the most catastrophic tornado months in U.S. history. These events drove major early tornado warning system reforms.─────────────────────────────────────────TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — FRIDAY, JUNE 26 (12 Tamuz)─────────────────────────────────────────Alos HaShachar: 3:37:57 AMMisheyakir: 4:14:40 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:26:42 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:12:47 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:28:09 AMChatzos: 12:58:52 PMMincha Gedola: 1:36:33 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:31:02 PM─────────────────────────────────────────SHABBOS TIMES — PARASHAT CHUKAT-BALAK─────────────────────────────────────────Hadlakas Neiros (Candle Lighting): Friday, 8:13 PM (18 minutes before Friday shkiah — Borough Park minhag)Havdalah: Saturday, 9:21 PM (50 minutes after Saturday shkiah of 8:31:03 PM)─────────────────────────────────────────ABOUT THIS PODCAST─────────────────────────────────────────Weather With Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily — morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker, plus a historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT.Contact: [email protected] the show for just $5/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Morning Briefing — Thursday, June 25, 2026 | West Rogers Park, ChicagoWeather With Enthusiasm | Kol Simcha Productions─────────────────────────────────────────HEBREW DATE & PARSHA─────────────────────────────────────────11 Tamuz 5786Parashat Chukat-Balak (diaspora combined) — read Shabbos June 27─────────────────────────────────────────TODAY'S ZMANIM — WEST ROGERS PARK (ZIP 60645)─────────────────────────────────────────Alos HaShachar: 3:22:25 AMMisheyakir: 4:01:31 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:16:26 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:04:57 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:21:07 AMChatzos: 12:53:28 PMMincha Gedola: 1:31:33 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30:29 PM─────────────────────────────────────────WEATHER SUMMARY─────────────────────────────────────────Mostly quiet Thursday — partly sunny, upper 70s to near 80°F inland, cooler near the lake due to lake breeze. 20% isolated shower chance in Lake County.FRIDAY: Rain 20-30% north of I-80, 60-70%+ south of I-80. Storm threat low.SATURDAY NIGHT: Showers/storms possible along warm front.NEXT WEEK: First heat wave of summer — highs in the 90s, dewpoints 70s, heat indices ABOVE 100°F through mid-week.NWS Chicago AFD issued 2:50 AM CDT Jun 25, 2026. Forecaster: KJB.SPC Severe Hazard Outlook:• Tornadoes: Level 3 (some EF-2+)• Damaging Winds: Level 3 (gusts 60-80+ mph)• Damaging Hail: Level 2 (some 2"+ diameter)• Flash Flooding: Level 2 (locally significant)─────────────────────────────────────────KIDS ACTIVITIES — CHICAGO─────────────────────────────────────────1. Chicago Children's Museum — FREE today (Every Child Thrives Festival) 10AM-5PM, 700 E Grand Ave2. Museum of Ice Cream — FREE today, sessions at 11AM/2PM/4PM, 435 N Michigan Ave (call ahead: 312-527-1000)3. Millennium Park Summer Music Series — FREE, 6:30-9PM, Jay Pritzker Pavilion4. Art Institute of Chicago — FREE for IL residents, 5-8PM, 111 S Michigan Ave5. Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Star Wars in Concert — 7:30PM, Symphony Center, 220 S Michigan Ave (tickets required)─────────────────────────────────────────WEATHER HISTORY — JUNE 25─────────────────────────────────────────June 25, 1953 — The Udall, Kansas tornado killed 80 people and destroyed 90% of the town, the deadliest tornado in Kansas history. Coming just 17 days after the Flint-Beecher tornado (116 killed), it made June 1953 one of the most catastrophic tornado months in American history.─────────────────────────────────────────TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — FRIDAY, JUNE 26 (12 Tamuz)─────────────────────────────────────────Alos HaShachar: 3:22:52 AMMisheyakir: 4:01:56 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:16:48 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:05:14 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:21:23 AMChatzos: 12:53:40 PMMincha Gedola: 1:31:44 PMShkiah (Sunset): 8:30:32 PM─────────────────────────────────────────SHABBOS TIMES — PARASHAT CHUKAT-BALAK─────────────────────────────────────────Hadlakas Neiros (Candle Lighting): Friday, 8:10 PM (20 minutes before Friday shkiah — Chicago minhag)Havdalah: Saturday, 9:20 PM (50 minutes after Saturday shkiah of 8:30:32 PM — Chicago minhag)─────────────────────────────────────────ABOUT THIS PODCAST─────────────────────────────────────────Weather With Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily — morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker, plus a historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT. Most podcast platforms (Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music) typically receive new episodes within 1–3 hours of release.Contact: [email protected] the show — exclusive bonus episodes for just $5/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Midwest Meltdown: Severe Weather Update — Thursday, June 25, 2026Weather With Enthusiasm | Kol Simcha ProductionsThe heat is building and so is the severe weather threat. This episode covers the full NWS Chicago Area Forecast Discussion from 2:50 AM CDT, June 25, 2026 — breaking down the multi-day pattern of storms, heat, and dangerous conditions heading into next week.─────────────────────────────────────────SPC INDIVIDUAL SEVERE HAZARD OUTLOOK─────────────────────────────────────────• Tornadoes: Level 3 — Some may be strong (EF-2+)• Damaging Winds: Level 3 — Gusts 60–80+ mph• Damaging Hail: Level 2 — Some ≥2" diameter• Flash Flooding: Level 2 — May be locally significant─────────────────────────────────────────KEY WEATHER MESSAGES (NWS Chicago)─────────────────────────────────────────• Early morning fog dissipating quickly after sunrise• Isolated shower chance (20%) Lake County IL this afternoon• Rain and possible thunderstorms Friday — 20-30% north of I-80, 60-70%+ south• Showers and thunderstorms Saturday night into early Sunday• FIRST HEAT WAVE of the summer expected early next week - Highs in the 90s - Dewpoints in the 70s - Heat indices solidly above 100°F─────────────────────────────────────────EPISODE COVERS─────────────────────────────────────────• Full NWS LOT Area Forecast Discussion (issued 2:50 AM CDT Jun 25, 2026)• Technical terms explained: surface cold front, EML (Elevated Mixed Layer), model spread, convective enhancement, short wave, upper-level ridge, "ring of fire" convection, lake breeze• SPC Individual Severe Hazard Outlook breakdown• Safety guidance for heat wave and severe storm threats─────────────────────────────────────────ABOUT THIS PODCAST─────────────────────────────────────────Weather With Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily — morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker, plus a historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT.Contact: [email protected] the show — exclusive bonus episodes for just $5/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Jerusalem Morning Briefing — Thursday, June 25, 2026Weather With Enthusiasm | Kol Simcha Productions─────────────────────────────────────────HEBREW DATE & PARSHA (ISRAEL CYCLE)─────────────────────────────────────────11 Tamuz 5786Parashat Balak (Israel cycle) — read Shabbos June 27─────────────────────────────────────────TODAY'S ZMANIM — JERUSALEM─────────────────────────────────────────Alos HaShachar: 4:07:30 AMMisheyakir: 4:35:29 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:35:08 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:08:27 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:19:33 AMChatzos: 12:41:46 PMMincha Gedola: 1:17:19 PMShkiah (Sunset): 7:48:24 PM─────────────────────────────────────────WEATHER SUMMARY — JERUSALEM─────────────────────────────────────────Classic Mediterranean summer day. Sunny and warm with a high of 28–30°C (82–86°F). Extreme UV index (11–12) — protect accordingly. Westerly sea breeze arriving mid-morning, moderating the heat. Humidity around 30%. Pressure at 1016 hPa (30.00 inHg). No rain in the forecast for the next 10+ days.5-Day Outlook: Friday–Sunday highs 29–32°C, sunny and clear. Possible Sharav (hot, dry easterly wind) Monday–Tuesday pushing temps to 35°C+. Stay hydrated.─────────────────────────────────────────KIDS ACTIVITIES — JERUSALEM─────────────────────────────────────────1. Free morning yoga — Jerusalem Botanical Gardens2. Israel Museum — world-class art and archaeology3. Bloomfield Science Museum — interactive exhibits for all ages4. Tower of David — panoramic views of the Old City5. Old City stroll — Jewish Quarter, Kotel, and shuk─────────────────────────────────────────WEATHER HISTORY — JUNE 25─────────────────────────────────────────On June 25, 1953, a devastating tornado outbreak struck the Great Plains. The Udall, Kansas tornado killed 80 people and destroyed 90% of the town — the deadliest tornado in Kansas history. The outbreak came less than two weeks after the Flint-Beecher tornado of June 8, making June 1953 one of the most catastrophic tornado months in American history.─────────────────────────────────────────TOMORROW'S ZMANIM — FRIDAY, JUNE 26 (12 Tamuz)─────────────────────────────────────────Alos HaShachar: 4:07:50 AMMisheyakir: 4:35:49 AMNetz HaChama (Sunrise): 5:35:26 AMSof Zman Krias Shma: 9:08:42 AMSof Zman Tefila: 10:19:48 AMChatzos: 12:41:58 PMMincha Gedola: 1:17:31 PMShkiah (Sunset): 7:48:30 PM─────────────────────────────────────────SHABBOS TIMES — PARASHAT BALAK─────────────────────────────────────────Hadlakas Neiros (Candle Lighting): Friday, 7:08 PM (40 minutes before Friday shkiah — Jerusalem minhag)Havdalah (Shabbos ends): Saturday, 8:30 PM (tzeit 42 min — 42 minutes after Saturday shkiah of 7:48:35 PM)─────────────────────────────────────────ABOUT THIS PODCAST─────────────────────────────────────────Weather With Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily — morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker, plus a historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT. Most podcast platforms (Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music) typically receive new episodes within 1–3 hours of release.Contact: [email protected] the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $5/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

Episode Title: Midwest Meltdown: 80-Degree Dew Points and the Ring of Fire!  Slightly more humid than classic St Louis Missouri. 00:03 - 01:04: Introduction to the heat wave and high dew points for next week, focusing on the Midwest and the consistent heat dome.01:04 - 02:07: Explanation of heat dome decameter readings and how dew points are the "hidden heat" despite seemingly moderate temperatures.02:07 - 03:08: Forecasting extreme heat indices (105-110°F) for next week, highlighting the unusual widespread 80-81°F dew points.03:08 - 04:14: Discussion of how wind affects perceived temperature in low vs. mid 90s, and the continued high humidity in the Midwest.04:14 - 05:22: Mention of Illinois tornado record and detailed forecast of an 81°F dew point around July 1st in western Illinois/eastern Missouri.05:22 - 06:47: Specific cities and their forecast temperatures and dew points around July 1st-2nd, with emphasis on central Illinois, Indiana, and the Iowa-Missouri corridor.06:47 - 07:51: List of cities most likely to hit 80°F dew points, and the periphery status of Chicago and St. Louis.07:51 - 08:52: Detailed tracking of the 589 decameter line and Chicago's position on the edge of the heat dome, intensifying to 594 decameters by July 2-3.08:52 - 09:55: Chicago falling out of the heat dome by Thursday night as the dome shifts southwest and a trough of low pressure approaches.09:55 - 10:43: The pattern breakdown for Chicago, with the dome shifting west and a cold front approaching by July 3rd-4th.10:43 - 11:46: Introduction of the "Ring of Fire" phenomenon: severe storms forming on the northern and western edges of the heat dome's 588 decameter boundary.11:46 - 12:49: Regions expected to experience repeated severe storms (Northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana) while Chicago may sit on the ring.12:49 - 13:17: Final summary of the Ring of Fire, explaining how the dome suppresses storms internally but pushes moisture to explode into storms on its periphery, affecting Chicago by July 2-4.20 Hashtags: #MidwestHeatwave #DewPointDanger #HeatDome2020 #ExtremeHumidity #RingOfFireStorms #WeatherEnthusiast #EuropeanModel #IllinoisWeather #IndianaHeat #MissouriClimate #IowaForecast #SevereWeatherRisk #SummerHeat #HeatIndexAlert #DecametersExplained #MidwestWeather #ClimateWatch #JulyForecast #WeatherNerds #StayCoolStaySafeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: [email protected] content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email [email protected] so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha