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I am really thinking about it as well. TornadoTitans also released something today https://titantrack.tornadotitans.com/ Not sure if there is an app but this seems pretty freaking cool too. I did anything that has easily viewable satellite

My favorite bit of sports trivia is about him. He's the only player who ever has played for a Grey Cup winner and Super Bowl champion from a team in the same city. He was on the Stallions in 1995 and of course the Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV (and made the very first tackle in that game!)

There has been measurable rain here for 9 of 18 August days. 4.15” for August.

Finally got some rain last night. 0.25-0.75" around the TH area. Temps have been reaching the low 80's the last couple days with low dews. Very pleasant summer wx. Looks like 75-80 the next few days with more rain possible later this week.

I actually have not used it, but I’m thinking about getting it because it looks really nice. I know someone who uses it and they love it.

Definitely thankful for every chance now that we're back in normie weather mode, hopefully we get something decent and not too much crapvection early

August 18 1953: Four heifers near St. Martin were lucky; a tornado picked them up and set them back down again, unharmed. For Tuesday, August 18, 2026 1925 - During the late morning hours a severe hailstorm struck southeastern Iowa completely destroying crops along a path six to ten miles wide and 75 miles long. The hail also injured and killed poultry and livestock, and caused a total of 2.5 million dollars damage. The hailstorm flattened fields of corn to such an extent that many had to leave their farms in search of other work. It was one of the worst hailstorms of record for the nation. (The Weather Channel) 1983 - Hurricane Alicia ravaged southeastern Texas. The hurricane caused more than three billion dollars property damage, making it one of the costliest hurricanes in the history of the U.S. Just thirteen persons were killed, but 1800 others were injured. The hurricane packed winds to 130 mph as it crossed Galveston Island, and spawned twenty-two tornadoes in less than 24 hours as it made landfall. (The Weather Channel) (Storm Data) 1987 - Thirteen cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Orlando FL with a reading of 98 degrees, and Portland ME with a high of 94 degrees. Newark NJ reached 90 degrees for the thirty-sixth time of the year, their second highest total of record. (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Twenty-two cities, from the Carolinas to the Upper Ohio Valley, reported record high temperatures for the date, pushing the total number of daily record highs since the first of June above the 1100 mark. Afternoon highs of 102 degrees at Greensboro NC and 105 degrees at Raleigh NC equalled all-time records. Evening thunderstorms in Montana produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Scobey. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Thunderstorms over the Middle Atlantic Coast Region and the Upper Ohio Valley produced torrential rains in eastern Virginia during the late morning and afternoon hours. Totals ranged up to twelve inches at Yorktown. Williamsburg VA was deluged with 10.78 inches of rain between 6 AM and 10 AM, with 6.72 inches reported in just two hours. Flash flooding caused nearly twelve million dollars damage in Accomack County VA. Early evening thunderstorms in the Central High Plains Region produced walnut size hail and wind gusts to 80 mph around Casper WY. Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rains in the Yellowstone Park area, causing fifteen mudslides. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) Observances: 18 Tue National Fajita Day 18 Tue National Couple's Day 18 Tue Bad Poetry Day 18 Tue National Ice Cream Pie Day 18 Tue National Mail Order Catalog Day 18 Tue Never Give Up Day 18 Tue Pinot Noir Day 18 Tue Serendipity Day 18 Tue World Breast Cancer Research Day

A little runway help edging the temp not out of the question, but I get it.

Yes

Temperature pattern heading into late August looks close to average.

more gfs la la canes

From this morning via iPhone:

Intuitively it has to be higher. Not intending to condescend but it occurs upon looking at this, the background state is accelerating two-fold: once over for the fact that CC has not been linear over the last 2 to 3 decades, but now especially with the 2nd reason in the onsetting supposed record warm ENSO. ENSOs are correlated with warm global 'spikes' in temperature means. Superimposing these two expectations over one another lends to 'adjusting' an increase in any derivatives that describe that system - a transience certainly being one of those...

Over 3” of rain at least

This has been a pretty meh August. I guess we just hit 90.0F on the 7th. But boring for the most part here. I had thought we would get some good thunderstorm activity this month but so far that has been a dud.

That’s impressive for August

Got about 0.45 with a thunderstorm last evening. We had lots of close lightning strikes and lost power for three and a half hours. The RainDrop app was accurate this time. We've lost power more times in five months at this new house than in 25 years at the Germantown house. I'm shopping for generators LOL

This event is really in a class all by itself. We are currently well ahead of our last east based super El Niño back in the summer of 1997. Large area of +10 subsurface now when only at +7 in 1997.

are those the ones on Kettle Pond? As we were exploring the area, we noticed that Kettle Pond had a bunch of lean-tos that you could only access by paddling or hiking in.

Looks about 1/4” fell here

The highest temperatures during 1977 heatwave were mostly focused in Central Park when the thermometer was still out in the open and not under the trees like today. Outside of that 9 day run in mid-July, it was a cool summer by recent standards. There was a strong seabreeze that week so the South Shore spots like JFK had much cooler highs than Central Park. We are coming up on the 40th anniversary of the last August freeze at MPO. Along with the last August 50° low in NYC. Average High Temperature Data for July 13, 1977 through July 21, 1977 Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. NY NEW YORK LAUREL HILL COOP 97.1 NY NY CITY CENTRAL PARK WBAN 97.1 NY DOBBS FERRY-ARDSLEY COOP 96.9 NJ NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP WBAN 95.8 CT NEW HAVEN COOP 95.8 NY SCARSDALE COOP 95.4 NJ TETERBORO AIRPORT WBAN 95.3 CT STAMFORD 5 N COOP 95.1 NY NEW YORK AVE V BROOKLYN COOP 95.0 NY NY WESTERLEIGH STAT IS COOP 94.9 NJ CRANFORD COOP 94.8 NY WEST POINT COOP 94.4 NY LAGUARDIA AIRPORT WBAN 93.9 NY VANDERBILT MUSEUM COOP 93.7 CT DANBURY COOP 92.9 NY MARYKNOLL COOP 92.9 NJ ESSEX FELLS SERVICE BLDG COOP 92.8 NY SETAUKET STRONG COOP 92.8 CT NORWICH PUBLIC UTILITY PLANT COOP 92.8 NJ LITTLE FALLS COOP 92.7 CT NORWALK GAS PLANT COOP 92.4 NY PORT JERVIS COOP 92.3 CT NEW HAVEN TWEED AP WBAN 92.3 NY MIDDLETOWN 2 NW COOP 92.2 NJ CANOE BROOK COOP 92.1 NJ WANAQUE RAYMOND DAM COOP 92.1 CT MOUNT CARMEL COOP 91.9 CT MIDDLETOWN 4 W COOP 91.8 NY SUFFERN COOP 91.7 CT GROTON COOP 91.4 NJ JERSEY CITY COOP 91.3 NY PATCHOGUE 2 N COOP 91.3 NY WALDEN 1 ESE COOP 90.8 NY MINEOLA COOP 90.8 NY WESTCHESTER CO AP WBAN 90.8 NY RIVERHEAD RESEARCH FARM COOP 90.7 NY CARMEL COOP 90.2 NY ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP WBAN 89.8 CT WESTBROOK COOP 89.7 NY YORKTOWN HEIGHTS 1W COOP 89.6 NY JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WBAN 89.3 Time Series Summary for Mount Pocono Area, PA (ThreadEx) - Month of Aug Lowest Minimum Temperature Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 1986 31 0 2 1965 32 0 - 1907 32 0 3 1987 33 4 - 1941 33 0 - 1940 33 0 4 1982 34 0 - 1976 34 0 - 1942 34 0 - 1923 34 0 - 1910 34 0 - 1908 34 0 - 1904 34 0 5 1979 35 0 - 1921 35 0 - 1916 35 0 Time Series Summary for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY - Month of Aug Lowest Minimum Temperature Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 1986 50 0 - 1982 50 0 - 1976 50 0 - 1965 50 0 - 1885 50 0

over 340K

69 when I left the house with some nice valley fog. Yesterday’s storms missed me, which is fine because my yard is quite spongy. Onward.

I'm not sure about down on The Island but, there has been a mass die-off of bats in the Hudson Valley, over 95% of one species and I think high 70s for another. Bats eat LOTS of mosquitoes. The mosquitoes seem to love not having those predators in their world It's called white nose syndrome and it's taking out bats all over Upstate.