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Here in Carlisle just after 12:30pm...the temperature is 94.6 degrees with a dew point of 80.2 degrees. This combination creates a heat index of 115.2 degrees. These numbers are already ridiculous and set to be worse tomorrow. Dew Points of 80+ degrees are not common in our part of the country. It's nearly impossible to exceed a dew point of 83 degrees. It's way to dangerous too go outside for any period of time (for we seniors). I'll update again in a the next hour or two. I think 100 degrees here is a possibility, but less than 50% likelihood. Some locations around the LSV are going to reach heat index values of 120+ degrees. Personally, I think I've only ever witnessed an HI at or over 120 degrees maybe 2-3 times my entire life (and I'm 66). I just keep praying for all of us that we don't have brown-outs or worse yet, black-outs. Time will tell.

94/75

Dinner in the pool! If it's in the evening it should be good to hold.

I have a swim team event tomorrow next to the pool deck for 2 hours tomorrow. It's a team dinner event and I think its a good idea to cancel it with HIs near 110 degrees expected but was wondering if you or another met have any opinions.

How does that compare to the bank thermometer?

Looks like there are some legitimate 80 degree dew points showing up. KDNN (Dalton) is registering 90/80 with a HI of 107. My PWS has spiked to an 82 degree DP which is the highest one I have ever recorded.

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-world-oceans-june-eu.html

A far cry from July 4, 1776. Weather report from the pen of Thomas Jefferson. Guess he would have been in the NE Forum...

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i noticed the PI is thriving this year. i try to stay on top of it and spray it with a targeted weed spray every year (I use poison ivy killer, only targets viney stuff including oriental bittersweet), this year the plants are bigger with huge leaves. good luck with the knotweed, there are a bunch of different removal strategies out there (most are voodoo), but unless you use ROund Up or similar, you are unlikely to succeed

The mesos have backed off on the storm chance today. There will still be some storms around but they’ll be more isolated.

Never a legit heat wave without clouds moving in to cap the temps.

94 here at 12:15. I have my annual AC maintenance today - funny timing there.

The real big heat arrives here tomorrow. You'll be in DCL with a grin on your face

Heat Index 111 before noon in Leesburg, gross .

I have a larger system, so may calculated break even was slightly longer. However, the way I look at it is electricity is not something I can really opt out of. So I'm either paying for electricity or paying for panel financing. I've been able to get that price down around what my monthly electric bill was anyway, so my only real cost is to stay connected to the grid.

88/74 HI of 98 in Orlando for god's sake.

I was hoping the drought would help keep the DPs down. That is not happening. 91.4/76

June rainfall 1.87” imby/Columbia

Classic ROF setup the next few days for northern parts of the subs, certainly an upside to the center of the ridge ending up flatter and further SE than originally expected...

Temps in the 70's right now in town under cloudy skies. Scattered showers in the area. Winds switched to the SW yesterday evening, and are the same today. When the sun peeks out, she'll get warm again.

June 2026 numbers Avg max: 72.8 +1.3 Warmest: 85, 12th Avg min: 51.2 +1.6 Coolest: 35, 2nd Mean: 62.0 +1.5 Precip: 5.51" +0.72" Wettest day: 1.27", 18th This is the 2nd consecutive AN. Last time that happened was Dec 23-Jan 24. We had 6 days with thunder, one more than we had all last year. June avg is 3.4. None of the TS were anywhere near severe, but they helped to bring AN total. YTD is still 2.86" BN but the gap has narrowed.

moving this to banter so it doesn't get lost under the oppressive heat dome This question is dense, so I'll provide some details that should be considered when making your evaluation. First and foremost, owning the panel vs. leasing them: others may have varying opinions, but for me, I wanted to own them so I could claim all the benefits. The drawback to owning them is you are laying out cash up front (or financing) to get generating. So factor in the financing costs or the lost time value of the money you spend to get them installed. Is this purely an economic decision, or are there other factors that are influencing your decision? I considered economics but I also wanted to make a conscientious decision to spend some of my personal elective resources in decreasing my carbon emissions that are making the massive heat dome even bigger. At the time I installed, there was a 30% federal tax credit and a $1,000 state tax credit, so my 35K installed cost was shaved to 23.5k. Because I was an early adopter, I was able to enter the SREC pool and I was paid between $250 and $300 for every MWH the system generates for the first 10 years. I'm in my 10th year now and have generated 82 MWH, so call it $2,200 per year, direct deposit, into my bank account. The system generates more power in a year that I use. My utility credits excess generation on a 1 for 1 basis, so over generation in the spring and summer is absorbed in the winter. March through October are excess generation months, February and November are typically neutral to slightly negative, and December and January are deficit months. The savings from no electric bill is probably about $2,000-2,200 per year, on average, over the last 10 years. Now for the degradation/repairs. The degradation I've observed is small. When the system was first installed, my best solar production day of the year would produce about 51-52 KWH. This year, my best production was 48 KWH. Best production comes in the spring, before leaf-out, when temps are cool during the day. For repairs, I have a Solaredge system which uses a central inverter in the basement, and individual optimizers under each panel. My system was purchased with a 10 year warranty on the system except 25 year warranty on the panels. 2 optimizers were replaced under warranty 4 years ago, no charge. I replaced 2 optimizers 2 years ago, they cost me nothing under warranty, but I had to get up on the roof and install them (which is not for the faint of heart). At the end of last summer, the inverter failed. It was replaced under warranty, but I lost 2 months of prime generation and had to pay an electrician $600 to install it since my installer wouldn't let me attempt it myself (j/k, I know my limits). Fortunately I have a large credit built up over the years with the POCO, so I didn't have to pay a power bill when the inverter was off line waiting to be replaced. With all this factored in, I figure my break even was somewhere around 7 years. With the decrease in the cost of these installations in the last 10 years, the increase in the cost of power, and the loss of the federal tax credit, I'm not sure what the payback period would be for a contemporaneous installation. Hope this help, post any questions you have, happy to respond.

Ahhhh. Checked my cameras and everything was dry.

Yesterday I had a late day rally up to 33C but I still wasn't uncomfortable even cycling in the evening. Then the power went out for 5 hours, I was still good. I wake up this morning, I'm not good. It is soup time of 90s by 10am, TWN has me at 35C humidex of 47 coming - if the power goes out again