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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.

98 / 72 here

I thought this was supposed to be a dry heatwave?

lol "including the cities of Adams Morgan and Washington" - need to check that! DC has not had any separate municipalities since the late 1800s!

94.1/79.5, feels like 113.

X Zone Forecast Product National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 226 PM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026 DCZ001-012200- District of Columbia- Including the cities of Adams Morgan and Washington 226 PM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY... ...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... .THIS AFTERNOON...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Heat index values up to 109. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .THURSDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. West winds around 5 mph. Heat index values up to 111. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 80. Southwest winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable. .FRIDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 104. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Heat index values up to 113. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 80. .INDEPENDENCE DAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Hot with highs around 100. Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat index values up to 110. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .SUNDAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 60 percent. Heat index values up to 110.

the high dews are keeping temps down a bit Don, but the heat indices around here are nuts (105-110F).

not sure a low 80s dewpoint is much help lol

Makes for some good fishing though!