Dome of Doom?
When the forecast becomes a public health event — and a retail demand signal simultaneously.
We’re taking the grandkids to a Phillies game on July 2nd. They’re 6 and 4. It’s Kids Run the Bases Day — sponsored by (you can’t make this up) Nemours Children’s Health.
The forecast high at Citizens Bank Park: 104 degrees. (!)
We’ve already purchased hand fans and cooling towels and are hoping the forecast isn’t as dire as it looks. But I’ve spent more than thirty years in the weather forecasting business, and the signal has been unambiguous and persistent for the last week — it’s going to be a Fourth of July scorcher.
And this is not a one-day event. The 8-14 day outlook extends the above-normal signal through July 13th
