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https://www.bu.edu/articles/2025/public-school-enrollment-down/ Prep schools have become very popular especially for athletes. Home schooling has also become an excellent option. The pandemic exposed what was going in the public school systems. Parents at home got a front row view of what was going on. And they did not like what they were seeing. That led to a lot of parents exploring education options for their children. -
If I didn’t already know it was smoke causing the darkness I’d swear a thunderstorm was bearing down on me -
Another Bald Mountain to consider is in Oquossoc, part of Rangeley. It's about 1.3 miles with 900+feet elevation gain to the obs platform, which offers wonderful 360° views - Mooselook Lake to the West and Rangeley Lake to the east, plus lots of mountains. Last time I climbed it was November 2021, with my son-in-law plus 6 of their 7 kids (the 2-y.o stayed home but the 5 y.o. had a blast) along with 2 neighbor kids. It's a mile of uphill stroll thru forest then 0.3 miles of steeper, rockier but not vertigo steep, to the summit. Not much smoke today, but surprisingly breezy along with the forecast lower TD. -
Was thinking the same... or the yellow/greenish sky Plains tornado weather vibe. Pretty freakish look out there. Fluctuates in yellow tint, probably waves of thickness sweeping overhead At the moment, so thick I can't see the sun... will make a spectacular red sun on the horizon this evening if it thins out Smells unusual like a damp smoke -
Beginning to smell smoke here/hazy. Temp 93 which might do it if we get thicker smoke from here.
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New hrrr has the whole LP engulfed in smoke by tonight, and most of Ohio by tomorrow morning.
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Easily the worst air quality since moving to the CT Shoreline and thickest that I have experienced since June 2023. Very strong smell of smoke and anyone with even the slightest respiratory issues should stay indoors. Your eyes and throat start to sting after being outside for more than a few minutes.
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My weather station showed just 1200 lux of brightness at 10:30 a.m.; that is insanity! For this part of July and time should be at least 60,000 maybe closer to 80K right now. Not even in 2023 did this degree of dimness befall us. Perfect day to be downstairs or in a room with maximum light brightness. Me and others are feeling sluggish as low light at the start of a day is deleterious to energy and mind. I'm seeing smoke-enhanced cloud streams on sat over me adding to the darkness, and even blips and clutter on radar in a peculiar way. Smoke warning mentions temps will be lower than forecast, its dramatically lower here I'm only at 23C and its noon. Originally going to be 30C; we're not getting there unless smoke thins this eve and we get a rally.
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Yep, my wife is an higher ed, and they are preparing for enrollment drop. -
Not sure we even need a calamity. Just look at birth rates throughout the world. Any developed country is not producing enough people to sustain our population. A lot of Asian societies are facing a remarkable collapse in the coming decades. Human population growth looks to go into general decline in the coming decades. -
2026-2027 Super El Nino
snowman19 replied to Stormchaserchuck1's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
Whether the forcing is at 140W or wherever, we won’t know for sure until November….one thing is for absolutely sure and guaranteed, this super El Niño is going to be the main driver this winter, for sure, by far and away, the elephant in the room -
wonder if any spots come close to dense smoke advisory tomorrow -
Really weird and eerie glow. Give me sun any day of the week. I’m feeling it physically and avoiding outdoor activities. Today I’m on campus in Worcester all day so hopefully when I drive home it will have shifted. Flat out sucks. And despite the obvious cap on temperatures it’s plenty hot. 88 now and obviously a higher ceiling if it clears somewhat. @ineedsnow, anyway you slice it this is an unexpected hot summer so far. -
91/72 here, 99 heat index. Humid and smokey out there
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I don’t understand how folks can’t smell it. The moment you step outside you are hit with a very heavy and wet smoke smell . Take a deep breathe in and you really get into it -
I just thought the same. What an awful day.
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I think it's pretty clear that the wildfire smoke was the main culprit for thunderstorm activity not occurring over Maine as it suppressed instability to an extent and created and maintained a mid-level cap. Doesn't seem like modeling picked up on that at all. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the lack of storms in Maine also meant that the environment S and W was untapped and contributed to overperformance farther south in NY, VT, and NH. The forcing was clearly there and this was close to being a much more destructive event. I think we got pretty lucky all things considered but numerous severe reports in this region doesn't constitute a total "bust" IMO. -
Wow, that is surreal. Wonder what code that gets? Code orange here today and tomorrow.
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Currently 92 here. Probably makes it to 95 then we’ll see how much smoke holds temp down.
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Definitely starting to brighten. Breeze is picking up too as dews drop. Love the smoke. Hopefully we get more days of this. -
Except for the band that just crossed LI and SW CT the smoke aloft is mostly thinner than yesterday so many places are warmer than this time on Tuesday. Also more favorable downslope. Yesterday the lack of surface heating kept winds down somewhat and even allowed LGA to stay more 210-230 most of the day.
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I don’t care or see the big deal either way.
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90/101
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Yeah, the additional clouds aren't helping, but man it's dark out. -
Wow, it looks like 8:30 pm out there. There's a weird "solar eclipse" vibe about it where things don't quite seem right. The air definitely has a heaviness to it. I don't smell smoke, but my mouth kind of tastes weird. Was it mostly forest that burned up there, or did it hit a lot of manmade things that have who knows what in them?
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