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I'm sitting at 74F at the cabin now. Have had the windows open all weekend so far. Gonna be hard going back to reality on Sunday.

80/61 here—it’s been a gorgeous Independence Day. my husband got some watermelon moonshine earlier so later i’ll make some adult slushies to watch the neighborhood fireworks extravaganza.

Throwing on a sweatshirt on the 4th of July is just so wrong . Shouldn’t ever be used in same sentence

One we won't soon forget. Tell our grandchildren likely.

"Home grown" TD3 has formed and expected to become TS Chantal before landfall. Bottomed out at 65 this morning and made it up to 84 for a high. Currently mostly sunny and 81 with a very manageable dp of 62. Perfect fireworks (or lighted drones) weather!

Looking hot in the Northeast for the hottest 2 weeks of the year, on average. 12z EPS

Headed to Newport (Goat Island) for a few days this month. My family loves Rhode Island.

its beautiful out.. top 5 for July 4th.. Memorable

Perfect evening. Stunning

The NHC is close to the CMC........................................

Honestly not a bad thing when you aren’t getting eaten alive by bugs while trying to wait for fireworks outside.

102/70 is a nice comfy 36% RH too.

Tomorrow and Sunday will be better. Doo do doo dew!

Despite some including Grok AI insisting there’d need to be WAY more ocean floor vents than have been discovered for underwater seismic activity to significantly affect SSTs, the AGW denying JB today seems to ignore that per the the attached. He says he’s not aware of any possible explanation for the sharp cooling over the last year in much of the Atlantic other than a sharp reduction in mid ocean seismic activity: You Can't Explain this kind of Drop with Man Made forcing Wow. Look at the MDR drop off in Feb. Co2 does not explain that This might tho

Sounds summery

As much as I love the chill vibe that high dews and heat brings this time of year, I don’t mind a day like this. It’s very pleasant without a doubt, great for grilling and taking long walks on the beach. I think the heavy downpours yesterday really wrung out much of the moisture in the atmosphere. When it returns though and it will, our collective tooshies (and manbuns) shall be ready!

If there was no calendar and every 31-day interval was equally valid, these would be the top 50 warmest "months" for NYC ... just counting the warmest instance in any given year unless in theory two non-overlapping 31 day intervals qualified, 1988 and 2002 were the only examples (otherwise, they do not quite make list, the second instance in 1931 ranks 51st) ... a number of secondary peaks more than halfway through these qualifying spells do not count for ranking separately, there needs to be total separation of the intervals for ranking ... you could rank more if you accepted two sets that don't include the actual peak ... it's pretty similar to the list of warmest calendar months but the averages are generally higher and it's interesting that no annual peak happens to coincide with a calendar month. I list them by mean maximum to reduce the interference of the growing heat island, mean daily would be skewed more to recent examples. Rank Year __ Interval (31d) _________ Mean max (F) 1. 1966 June 20 to July 20 ___________91.97 2. 1993 July 5 to Aug 4 ______________91.61 3. 1999 July 3 or 4 to Aug 2 or 3 ____ 90.94 4. 1955 July 8 to Aug 7 ______________ 90.90 5. 1944 July 22 to Aug 21 ___________ 90.84 6. 1980 July 14 to Aug 13 ____________ 90.71 t7. 1988A July 16 to Aug 15 ___________ 90.29 t7. 2010 June 27 to July 27 __________ 90.29 (or July 3 to Aug 2 was also 90.29) 9. 2005 July 15 to Aug 14 ___________ 89.87 10. 2011 July 4 to Aug 3 _____________ 89.84 11. 1983 July 11 to Aug 10 ____________ 89.71 12. 1952 June 24 to July 24 _________ 89.35 t13. 1977 July 13 to Aug 12 ___________ 89.29 t13. 1995 July 13 to Aug 12 ___________ 89.29 t15. 1876 June 23 to July 23 __________ 89.26 t15. 1991 June 24 to July 24 __________ 89.26 t15. 2006 July 11 to Aug 10 ____________89.26 18. 1949 July 13 to Aug 12 ____________ 89.13 __ a non-overlapping 31d interval June 11 to July 11 was 86.74 19. 1953 June 20 to July 20 __________ 88.90 __ non-overlapping 31d intervals Aug 8 (or 10) to Sep 7 (or 9) 87.00 20. 2002 Jul 20 or 22 to Aug 19 or 21_ 88.87 __ non-overlapping 31d interval June 20 or 21 to July 20 or 21 was 87.10 21. 2022 July 12 to Aug 11 ____________ 88.77 (also 87.19 Aug 2 to Sep 1, partial overlap, secondary peak) 22. 1943 July 11 to Aug 10 ____________ 88.42 23. 2012 Jun 27 or 28 to Jul 27 or 28_ 88.32 24. 2024 June 18 to July 18 __________ 88.23 (also 88.19 July 4 to Aug 3, partial overlap, secondary peak) t25. 1979 July 11 to Aug 10_____________88.19 t25. 2015 July 19 to Aug 18____________88.19 (also 87.87 Aug 10 to Sep 9, partial overlap, secondary peak) 27. 1994 June 14 to July 14 ___________ 88.16 (also 87.94 July 5 to Aug 4, partial overlap, secondary peak) 28. 1957 July 4 to Aug 3 ______________ 88.10 29. 2016 July 16 to Aug 15 ____________ 88.06 30. 2013 June 23 to July 23 __________ 87.97 31. 1959 Aug 10 to Sep 9 _____________ 87.87 t32. 1938 July 25 to Aug 24 ___________87.74 t32. 1939 July 24 to Aug 23 __________ 87.74 34. 2020 July 2 to Aug 1 _____________ 87.68 t35. 1901 June 24 to July 24 __________ 87.61 t35. 1981 July 7 to Aug 6 ______________ 87.61 t35. 1987 July 9 to Aug 8 _____________ 87.61 38. 1872 June 18 to July 18 ___________ 87.55 t39. 1936 July 5 to Aug 4 ______________87.52 t39. 1988 B June 12 to July 12 _________87.52 t41. 1954 July 9 to Aug 8 _____________ 87.29 t41. 1970 July 23 to Aug 22 __________ 87.29 t41. 1982 July 6 to Aug 5 _____________ 87.29 44. 1968 July 12 to Aug 11 ___________ 87.23 45. 1930 July 11 to Aug 10 ____________ 87.19 t46. 1931 July 11 to Aug 10 _____________87.16 t46. 2019 July 2 to Aug 1 ______________ 87.16 t48. 2002 B Jun 20or21 to Jul 20or21 __87.10 t48. 2008 July 8 to Aug 7 _____________ 87.10 50. 1940 July 15 to Aug 14 ____________ 87.06 51. 1931 B Aug 8 to Sep 7 _____________ 87.00 52. 1937 July 10 to Aug 9 _____________ 86.97 t53. 1870. July 11 to Aug 10 ____________86.90 t53. 1934. June 21, 22 to July 21, 22___86.90 t55. 1900 June 25 to July 25 ___________86.84 t55. 1961 Aug 7 to Sep 6 _______________86.84 t55. 1973 Aug 5 to Sep 4 ______________ 86.84 58. (1949) June 11 to July 11 ___________ 86.74 59. 1918 July 15 to Aug 14 _____________ 86.71 t60. 1885 July 6 to Aug 5 ______________ 86.68 t60. 1971 June 16 to July 15 ____________ 86.68 (62. 1887 June 30 to July 30 _________ 86.65) (63. 1997 June 19 to July 19 ___________ 86.61) (64. 2001 July 31 to Aug 30 ___________ 86.58) (65. 1974 July 2 to Aug 1 ______________ 86.55) (66. 1896 July 15 to Aug 14 ___________ 86.48) (67. 1932 July 10 to Aug 9 ____________ 86.48) (68. 1990 July 18 to Aug 17 ___________ 86.42) (t69. 1911 July 2 to Aug 1 _______________86.39) (t69. 1917 July 13 or 16 to Aug 12, 15) __ 86.39) (t69. 1969 Aug 3 to Sep 2 _____________ 86.39) (t69. 2023 June 29 to July 29 ________ 86.39) (73. 1963 July 13 to Aug 12 ___________ 86.35) (t74. 1878 June 26 to July 26 __________86.32) (t74. 1908 June 20 to July 20 _________ 86.32) (76. 1941 July 10 to Aug 9 _____________86.29) (77. 1972 July 10 to Aug 9 ____________ 86.23) (78. 1935 July 5 to Aug 4 _____________ 86.19) (79. 1933 July 6 to Aug 5 _____________ 86.10) (80. 1921 July 2 to Aug 1 ______________ 86.03) _________________________ As 1953, 1988, 2002 have two qualifying separate intervals, 63 are ranked for 60 leading years. All near misses, some that had well known heat waves, are added in the 86-87 range. This is basically the top half of the years, the worst three for lack of heat are 1869 (peak 79.29), 1889 (81.61) and 2000 (81.71), 4th was 1871 (81.81).

Here come the redneck fireworks. So annoying.

Could bring some moisture and humidity to the NYC area this week. I’ll keep an eye out.

80/55 CoC. Gonna need a sweatshirt to watch the fireworks tonight. Cool and dry.

the dryness of the air reminds one of autumn, of the shortening days, the return to school. it’s independence day but might as well be 6:30 pm on football sunday. soon the ticking of the 60 Minutes clock will end my weekend, and there’s still so much homework i have been ignoring

storm hit north of me-missed us by 3-4 miles-tree damage is intense (Trumbull, CT)

A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued from Edisto Beach, South Carolina to Little River Inlet, South Carolina. Tropical Depression Three Discussion Number 1 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL032025 500 PM EDT Fri Jul 04 2025 The wind circulation associated with the low pressure area east of the coast of north Florida has become stronger, with aircraft and scatterometer data indicating a well-defined circulation with maximum winds near 30 kt and a radius of maximum wind of about 80-90 n mi. The system has also developed persistent convection east and southeast of the center. Based on these developments, advisories are being started on Tropical Depression Three. The cyclone is currently being affected by 20-25 kt of southwesterly shear caused by a mid- to upper-level trough not far to the west. The initial motion is uncertain due to some reformation of the center, with the best estimate of 360/2 kt. During the next 24 h, the cyclone should move slowly north-northwestward on the northeast side of a developing mid- to upper-level low over the northeastern Gulf. After that time, the system should be steered northward with a gradual increase in forward speed. This motion should bring the center near or over the coast of South Carolina Sunday morning. A generally northward motion should then continue until the system dissipates over land. While the guidance generally agrees with this scenario, there is considerable spread in both the forecast direction and speed, with the HWRF being a notable right outlier. The forecast track is in best agreement with the GFS and the HCCA corrected consensus model. The current shear is expected to diminish on Saturday as the upper-level trough moves westward away from the cyclone and the upper-level winds become southerly. However, the upper-level winds are forecast to become convergent, which may limit the amount of convection the system produces. Most of the guidance shows some development as the system approaches the coast, so the intensity forecast calls for modest strengthening to a tropical storm before the cyclone makes landfall. This forecast is a little below the intensity consensus.