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Made it to 97° here, down to 94° now with a se wind.

91/75 We had about .35" of rain last night. I have a question. I'm looking at the vis sat picture. Why does the Cu field basically stop around the Hudson River? Winds are light so it's not a SW cooler flow over us. The complex coming into NNE just died right out. No real difference in airmass? Just curious?

CHO is kind of our regional EWR - gets hot as hell out on that tarmac.

Had solar installed last year, 36 panels, and it’s been terrific. A few hiccups along the way but the company made the necessary adjustments. You build up a huge energy credit bank in the spring and fall and burn through it in the summer and winter. I had mine installed with a new roof so all warranties are intact

May be seeing lots of solar panels becoming airborne on Friday.

Storms starting to pop up .

36 panels certainly helps all all this

We’re finally seeing earlier and better mixing locally. Monday and yesterday really didn’t start mixing until later afternoon. Today it has been all day, and it looks to be more thorough now, with DP’s bouncing 66-70° currently. With that, today should be the peak temp of this stretch. Tomorrow would have a shot if now for increased cloud and outflow potential.

98 on the hour at KCHO.

Yep, as much as I like the low electric bill and green aspect of it, not a fan. They effed up the flashing on my parents’ roof and the water damage destroyed the underlayment in their attic. They’ve been trying for months to get them to remove the panels so a roofer can replace the roof, but it’s going nowhere. My neighbor had panels installed and had water pouring through his bathroom fan during the first rain. These outfits slam as many arrays on as they can, but they often do substandard work and completely ignore problems once the project is done. Caveat emptor for sure.

Not too bad out here. 88 with a comfortable breeze.

You get a roll, and you get a roll… 90/70

Mesonet network record max heat index of 114° set at College Park mesonet station as of 3pm on 7/1.

Hopefully that holds through Saturday

When we moved into our current home, I vowed to go electric as much as possible: 1. Removed the basement furnace (A pellet one that took up a lot of room) and replaced with a mini-split system. 2. Installed solar, about 36 panels (we're fortunate to have good solar exposure here.) 3. Bought an excellent high capacity wood stove with a calalytic converter, that heats our spacious main room. You Know Who's beloved gypsy moths took out enough oaks here that am still processing the wood and waiting patiently for the rest to fall. 4. Bought an electric truck and installed my personal "gas" station in the barn to fuel it. Results: 1. The solar panels are paid off, and we sell enough energy back to the grid that from May to October, have no fuel or AC bills. (We use the mini-splits for de-humidifiers to cool our main room but only in extreme heat such as we're now experiencing.) 2. We're in a program with the state of Massachusetts where in turn for selling excess generation back to the grid, we're paid $120 a month 3. My "gas" free holiday extends from May to October where I charge at home for free. Downside: Just one, though pretty significant. Even with the wood stove we pay a lot over the low sun months for the mini-splits to heat the rest of the home, though the $120/month takes a nice dent out of that. Future plans: We live on an active year around stream and would like to put in some kind of small, hydro-electric system. Anyone have any info on how to go about that?

99.5/75.6/114.4

Earlier I laid out on aluminum foil on the roof

IAD stalled at 95 for the past few hours

99/76 @ 3:00pm.

94/76 at home, 93/72 at MSV, 89/73 at work. I wonder which of these three makes the run at 100 tomorrow?

Weak thundershower scraping by 96/75

KFIT 95 Yeah, seems there's a modest T burst sweeping over sites. Lot of 93-96 type heat at those NWS town obs on their interactive page

I picture him wandering through the neighborhood leaving 3 ply toilet paper on all the neighbors' doorsteps.

94/79 with a couple of 80 dews nearby. off the charts humid.