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I'm fascinated by heat synoptics as meteorologically trackable phenomenon. And also now more than ever, a recognized phenotype that comes with sensible weather-related hardships and actual risks ...etc. I don't like actually being in it. I think that's fair. People are fascinating with shit. Curiosity. There are those interested in nuclear physics ... why should that mean they should enjoy wondering sightless through the smoldering aftermath of a nuclear holocaust? I think it's a bit of a petty overreach to criticize ourselves for being fascinated with deep historic cold and blizzards, tornadoes and hurricanes... big heat waves, super volcanoes and cosmic ray bursts. If someone is wanton of destruction and seeing other's in harms way suffering losses ..etc, that's a something else. Perhaps a weird sociopathy

When doing the research for my system, I came across these stories over and over. the way I mitigated this risk was to hire the same contractor to install the system AND replace/upgrade the roof. that way if there were any leaks, I knew who would be responsible. it was a few more bucks than contracting these out separately This is why you want to own the system. No "permission" required to remove them or work on the system.

The big trees here are dead. There are a bunch in my back woods that are probably near nut producing age. Some have minor beech leaf disease…some not much at all.

May have snuck in a 95 here if there was no solar contamination with the station. BAF was 95 last hour which gives it a little more credibility.

ORD and MDW both peaked at 94° yesterday.

Need to monitor both Friday and Saturday for severe weather. As of right now Saturday looks to have the best potential.

ORD and MDW both peaked at 94° yesterday. ...2026 90°+ Day Tally... 5 - ARR 3 - ORD 3 - MDW 3 - RFD 3 - PWK 3 - UGN 3 - LOT 2 - DPA

Yeah just not sure if some of the Newark numbers over the years are legit.

99/75 heat index of 114. No thank you. All the blinds are closed up.

YYZ is up to 36C/98F with a humidex of 48. There is a fast MCS outflow heading towards me, some new gen from that is among the most rapid I've seen. Hourlies of course didn't show much chance earlier for any.

SPC mentions both Friday and Saturday have very similar severe setups. A slight risk was added to the northern areas in the new Day 3 outlook with higher potential mentioned as well.

97/78 on my station. HI of 114.

Not here..the neighborhood is dead quiet...not a soul outside...

they've finally succumb a little. 88 it'll be interesting where they are at 6:30 or so, if/when they kick back around.

Some electricians and/or roofing companies will not touch that job.. ....some home buyers do request solar panels be removed as part of the purchase offer.

I see more heat lovers out enjoying this than cold lovers out enjoying -40 wind chills

I've done repairs mostly under warranty (see the banter thread for details) and I know the panels will need to be removed and replaced when I need to re-roof in 15 years, but other than that, why else I would remove the panels ? I repair my house or car when it needs it, solar power generation is no different. there's no so such thing as a free lunch, but with a little effort and ingenuity you can make lunch cheaper

Looking forward to tomorrows bump up to record-shatting #'s!

tsk tsk, sight should have been larger to include SNE

That's the befuddling part lol...the heat mongers and high dews fans are all posting from the comfy confines of their air conditioned homes....makes zero sense to like heat and high dews and be inside..

Incase anyone was thinking of escaping to Maine’s lake region-

KFIT 97

It's unofficially too f hot to be outside... ...walked down the street and back, 1/10th of a mile total sweating. 96/72 Looks like we're over MOS by a click or so regionally

I know many people that had the same issues. Many of the installers arent qualified to be serving up Happy Meals at McDonald's much less installing a solar panel system...

At 3:30pm here in Carlisle...the temperature is 99.1 degrees. This is the high for the day thus far, and also the high for the year-to-date. The dew point is 77.6 degrees. Combined this produces a heat index of 117.7 degrees F. Skies continue to be mostly sunny. I am revising my opinion from 3 hours ago concerning the probability of hitting 100 degrees. I would now say that there is a 90% chance I will hit 100 degrees and maybe go on to hit 101, which is the NWS forecast for me for today. Tomorrow marks the 6th anniversary of the closing on my home. I don't know where the years are all going. We're precisely halfway through this year! I'll be back with another update when I have officially reached 100 degrees. By the way, my high temp for last year was precisely 100.0 degrees, but with lower dew points. >>>Edit...I'm a day early with my NWS 101 forecast. As of this morning the high for today was forecast to be 98 degrees. Then 101 tomorrow and 102 degrees Friday, July 3rd.