Morning Roundup: 8/10

East coast “summer break” incoming! Finally, a sign that cooler autumn days are just around the corner…

https://twitter.com/JimCantore/status/1557286901115125760?s=20&t=k3cRRDX1IFOYFbtRtjFVyg

Unfortunately that is not the case in the UK, where The Met Office has issued a four-day amber extreme heat warning.

The Great Salt Lake is drying up, and there is an environmental disaster looming.

https://twitter.com/DanSpindleKSL/status/1556792152528605186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1556792152528605186%7Ctwgr%5Eb7779054e68acda3f8fc07a4ab1a766b3067c411%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fksltv.com%2F502028%2Fdust-lake-city-disaster-looming-as-utah-professor-fights-to-save-the-great-salt-lake%2F

Last week’s flooding in Death Valley National Park looks pretty extreme, as seen from the Sentinel2 satellites:

https://twitter.com/DrDPMoore/status/1557293312784191489?s=20&t=k3cRRDX1IFOYFbtRtjFVyg

Invest 97L is looking like it won’t be worth paying attention to for much longer. It was the first wave off Africa to garner attention as a potential Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Coast tropical threat in over a month. There is now just a 10% chance of cyclone formation within the next 48 hours.

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