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78/57… beautiful outside for yard work.

Thankfully for the less humidity! I don’t love tomorrow’s setup.

Several degrees cooler today and much less humid. Highs will still be several degrees above normal levels. Much more humid again tomorrow before a strong cold front crosses the area tomorrow night. We should see temperatures falling back below normal both Monday and Tuesday before we warm up again toward the end of the week. Shower chances increase tomorrow afternoon into the evening with the cold front.

Several degrees cooler today and much less humid. Highs will still be several degrees above normal levels. Much more humid again tomorrow before a strong cold front crosses the area tomorrow night. We should see temperatures falling back below normal both Monday and Tuesday before we warm up again toward the end of the week. Shower chances increase tomorrow afternoon into the evening with the cold front.

0.21” of rain last evening. This wetter stretch combined with slightly below average temperatures has been great to temper the drought worries . 9.98” of precipitation since January 1st. Almost at double digits!

Dog's vet office on Crownsville Rd sent a text this morning that they still don't have power and several trees are blocking access. Can't open today.

June 13 1991: One fatality and 5 injuries occur when lightning strikes a tree at Hazeltine Golf Course during the US Open. 1930: A tornado hits the Northfield area, and causes heavy damage at Randolph. For Saturday, June 13, 2026 1889 - Forest fires in northern Wisconsin and northeast Minnesota were in the process of destroying millions of dollars of board feet of timber. (David Ludlum) 1907 - The temperature at Tamarack, CA, dipped to 2 degrees above zero, the lowest reading of record for June for the U.S. The high that day was 30 degrees. Tamarack received 42 inches of snow between the 10th and the 13th. On the 13th the snow depth was 130 inches. (The Weather Channel) 1984 - Severe thunderstorms struck Denver deluging the city with five inches of rain, and leaving up to six feet of water in some places. Softball size hail smashed windshields and ripped through metal cars. Snow plows had to be called out. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Fifteen cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including International Falls, MN, with a reading of 92 degrees. Mason City IA and Waterloo IA reported record highs of 100 degrees. Thunderstorms in the northeastern U.S. produced golf ball size hail around Hamilton Square NJ, along with high winds which tore the roof off a hospital causing a million dollars damage. Averill Park NY was deluged with 1.64 inches of rain in fifteen minutes. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Afternoon thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Southern and Central Plains Region. Forrest NM was deluged with 5.5 inches of rain in ninety minutes. Temperatures soared into the 90s across much of the eastern half of the nation, including New England. Northern Illinois reported a record twenty straight days of dry weather. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Southern Plains Region to the Carolinas during the day and night, and continued to drench parts of Texas and Oklahoma with heavy rain. Oklahoma City reported 13.41 inches of rain for the first thirteen days of the month, and Fort Worth TX reported 29.56 inches for the year, a total more than 13 inches above normal. Severe drought continued to rage across South Texas. (The National Weather Summary) Observances: 13 Sat Global Wellness Day 13 Sat National Sewing Machine Day 13 Sat World Softball Day 13 Sat International Albinism Awareness Day 13 Sat National Weed Your Garden Day 13 Sat Feast of St. Anthony 13 Sat International Axe Throwing Day 13 Sat National Chamoy Day 13 Sat National Dance/Movement Therapy Advocacy Day 13 Sat National Jane Day 13 Sat National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day 13 Sat National Productive Business Civility Day 13 Sat Random Acts of Light Day

2008 and 2012 both had a "heater" period where things just wanted to pop off more often that year. Obviously it's probably due to persistence and various patterns wanting to repeat for a little while (same as in winter for us sometimes!). 2011 as well - heck....looking back that was a HOT period of years clustered together.

The weenie cope and wishcasting this year has been unlike anything I’ve ever seen in all my years of being a weather hobbyist. Off the charts….There’s no way we are getting a super El Niño. It’s only going to be weak or moderate, too close to 2023’s super event. It’s a Modoki. Ok, it’s only going to peak at moderate. It’s going to turn into a Modoki. The April WWB is weakening and falling apart. There’s La Niña hangover and the easterlies and trades will be fighting back at the end of April and May. The sea level heights aren’t rising in the EPAC. The April DWKW is weakening, falling apart and it’s not going to be a record breaker. There’s not going to be westerlies and another WWB in May/June. What westerlies? The subsurface isn’t going to be record breaking, the subsurface is not that impressive, it’s cooling off. The SSTs aren’t warming at all. The SSTs are lagging, not impressive. The MJO is going to get stuck in the Niña phases and not make it into the Pacific. The MJO is going into the COD. Where’s the ERWs? The warm pool is stuck in the WPAC and not moving. The models are losing the triplet and twin cyclones, not happening. It’s not coupling at all. There’s no coupling! The SOI isn’t going to stay in El Niño mode, it’s not cooperating at all, it’s stuck in Niña mode. There isn’t going to be another DWKW in June. Where’s the -SOI? It’s going to rapidly weaken to neutral by winter. It’s going to peak very early. All the models are way too warm, warm bias and are overamping it. The models are going to back off. The OLR and convection isn’t cooperating, it’s staying in the eastern IO and Maritime Continent. There’s going to be a -IOD. The ++PMM isn’t going to force an east-based event. It looks central based. Where’s the STJ?…..The atmosphere is Niña-like. The PDO is negative, it’s not going to allow a super event. -PDO is fighting it. And on and on…..

Low of 64 and man do things feel better out today. Last baseball game for the boy today and then a mow. All eyes on tomorrow. Also, what a performance by the USA men’s team last night.

Yesterday saw record heat in New York City with LaGuardia Airport hitting 98° and JFK Airport coming in a close second at 96°. So far, there have been three days where Central Park has been New York City's coolest location: June 7: Central Park: 81°; JFK Airport: 86°; LaGuardia Airport: 83° June 11: Central Park: 91°; JFK Airport: 95°; LaGuardia Airport: 96° June 12: Central Park: 90°; JFK Airport: 96°; LaGuardia Airport: 98° The June 1-12, 2026 Average High Temperatures are below: Central Park: 82.4° (trees) JFK Airport: 82.7° (sea breeze prone) LaGuardia Airport: 84.4° Even as New York City has been warming over the most recent 30 years (1996-2025 vs. 1966-1995) during June, Central Park has seen its high temperatures cool on account of the increased tree cover. This outcome is not novel. This ongoing real-world experiment in allowing tree growth to proceed at Central Park's temperature station is producing results that are consistent with the outcomes documented in the empirical literature. One recent study concerning the cooling effect of trees can be found here.

Trees are at their peak. All downhill from here. Pollen just about past. Pollen cones dropping like crazy from the pine trees. Full out hickory.

Shannon Hoon pattern down there At least your grass is more alive than he is

It may be drier than yesterday, but 63-degree dewpoints still feel pretty miserable when you have a half-hour's walk home from the supermarket, carrying 20 pounds of groceries!

We have been fortunate in the ATL area with plentiful rain, and temps "only" in the low 90's the last few days. Dare I say nice? I mean compared to people in the 100's, i guess it is. Looks like storms, and rain kick up again starting Monday evening through the next week after that. I am hopeful some that missed out closer to the coast can cash in this time.

Two TS last evening totaling 0.88". First one (7-8 PM) began with a few giant drops - sounded like hail hitting the car - then 0.10" in 2 minutes followed by less intense rain. 2nd one came 10:30-11 PM and added 0.33".

I think this might be one of those summers where August could rock as far as thunderstorms. Like one of those early 1990s ones. 63 for the low. Up to 71 now

Great for splitting and stacking firewood, for the garden not so much.

It’s hard to get overly excited for organized severe weather or a higher end severe potential without any signals of an EML. But if we can get dews into the 70’s with strong shear and height falls we can get swaths of wind damage

Maybe we're on a hot hand. Last evening an orange thunderstorm rolled through around sunset. Just east of me got blased with a downburst as the storm started to collapse. I might ride down 450 and check it out later on.

Glad we could break 94/75 with no rain. God does SNE suck.

As warm/hot as it has been past couple of days, no records here. High yesterday before storms rolled in was 90.1 degrees, record is 92 from 1984. Got 0.14" from the storm, every drop counts!

Who cares

Scored .24" last evening in a T-Shower. Better than nothing I suppose. Air has better "feel" to it this morning. The humidity yesterday was foul. Cleaner air mass in place with deep blue skies. Still no Canadian smoke this season, that's a plus.

Departures through Jun 12th EWR: +5.2 JFK: +4.8 LGA: +4.4 NYC: +3.8