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I will repost what I posted on X in response to Martz's deflection, "I was not aware that climate change causes earthquakes and mudslides." The opening sentence fits. My response: "The CFACT policy analyst again shows how little he knows. A large chunk of melting glacier plunged into a valley, creating the 5.2 shock and triggering the devastating mudslide. Tectonic processes were not involved. Glaciers are melting due to climate change." It should be noted that Martz dishonestly posted his claim hours after the USGS made clear that the shaking was the result of a glacial collapse and debris flow, not the cause of those events. The USGS update was carried widely in the reporting on the catastrophe. In other words, he deliberately chose to mislead in order to push a false narrative.

Way too much focusing in our backyard and not the larger climate picture. Tell Western Europe right now that people want hot summers more than normal summers. There is a reason why San Diego is often thought of as the perfect climate, and it isn’t because of hot summers…

Urban spots away from the seabreeze made it to 10 days reaching 95°+ again. This has become a common theme in recent years. In the old days we would get cooler summers in between. Data for January 1, 2026 through August 28, 2026 #95°+ days Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. NJ NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP WBAN 10 NJ HARRISON COOP 10 NJ TETERBORO AIRPORT WBAN 10 NJ TETERBORO AIRPORT COOP 10 Time Series Summary for HARRISON, NJ - Jan through Dec Most 95° + Days Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2002 22 8 2 2021 17 0 - 2005 17 9 3 2022 16 0 - 2012 16 21 - 2010 16 30 4 2020 15 0 - 1999 15 4 5 2018 14 0 6 2024 13 0 - 2016 13 0 7 2025 12 0 8 2013 11 0 9 2026 10 126 10 2019 9 0 - 2006 9 4

So when's the torch to end august? I keep forgetting.

0.62" from the storm yesterday, and attached is the best pic I took from the max eclipse time.

Chris Martz posted this on the day of the Nepal flooding disaster. I’m not posting this because of agreement with him since I vehemently disagree. The one thing I’ve been most concerned about regarding CC/GW is what to me has to be an obvious direct result from it, melting of ice and the resultant negative consequences. How can GW not be a cause or contribution to melting ice? I feel I’m open minded about what CC/GW clearly does or doesn’t cause (an example being global wildfire acreage burnt that I’ve recently been posting about) as well as the idea that there are some significant positive results from it (like fewer hunger related deaths resulting from increased world food supply as well as fewer deaths related to GW since cold has killed many more than heat). Some of my posts do address things like that. Also, I’ve recently even posted about the coldest 80N+ late May through most of the summer since at least 1958 per DMS stats possibly contributing to less melting of Arctic ice area this summer vs recent years. But in the case of melted ice in general, I don’t get the doubt about CC causing it like Chris Martz implies: @donsutherland1@chubbsand others, any comments?

Conestoga under flood warning .

New OLR record for so early in an El Niño as this becomes the strongest east based event for the date. In recent days, the warming has intensified off the coast of #Ecuador and northern #Perú. It is there that @enfenperu measures and assesses #ElNiñoCostero. From an atmospheric and oceanic perspective, OLR values are at historic lows for this time of year in the central and eastern Pacific. This is evidence of coupling between the ocean and the atmosphere. The depth of the warm waters to the west of #Galapagos (the last point where we can compare all events), the volume of warm water clearly exceeds that of 1997, while those of 2015 and 2023 were much smaller. This sheds light on the robustness of the event in the eastern Pacific.

are you surprised ? people don't like admitting they were wrong and others were right - we see that on here all the time after some forecasts verify, and others don't 70/69 with fog here, fall morning fog season has arrived

In New Jersey, the high school football season now starts in late August. It has since 2018. I think that's why school now starts in late August, rather than after Labor Day.

So what would explain why our delivery charges are accounting for more than 3/4 of the bill despite usage rates remaining the same or even dropping in the last few years? Something ain’t right here..

No, a post tropical storm is a system that used to be a tropical storm but is no longer. Post means after, the opposite of pre. So a wave coming off of Africa is not a post tropical storm.

That was me. I missed everything and saw nothing lol. My area won't do thunderstorms this season. But congrats to the places that have had storms. Back to drought imby. This has been the season of watch boxes that produce nothing.

.35 rain from last night.

Blog article on the Nepal floods by a glaciologist providing background and recent history of the area impacted. https://www.antarcticglaciers.org/2026/08/august-2026-nepal-tibet-floods/

Looks like another dry cold fropa. Huge COC tomorrow. Dews well into the 40s up here. Dare I say fall-like in the morning?

I think you pretty much nailed it.

Pretty balmy to start, down to 68F here. Pretty decent weekend coming up, top 5 day tomorrow?

We’re comparing airport name changes to changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico/Lake Ontario to America?

Looks like we start warming up around the 1st of Sept. The 1st half of the month could have a pretty big +anomaly.