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why is it on the ground?

Theater kids…the worst! Yeah. Some trees are shedding leaves. Not really to different but noticeable

We had two days of decently BN 850 temps Friday and Saturday. Then N to AN through today. Another mild down Thursday into Friday and then we AN through September aside from a mild down for a day or two.

yes, breathe in that smoky Canadian air. refreshing

is that Mars? It got larger or closer since I last saw it....

Like a set of saggy boobs ?

One more day of this tomorrow before we clear out. I've been keeping my air conditioning on 24/7 it seems to filter out the smoke and keeps me from coughing.

Looks like we will be seeing more westerly flow I think this is a cyclic change back to our hotter summers and expect to see more of this in future summers.

With us heading into another Niña I wonder if we’re in this dryness for the long haul? Usually things turn dry between August and October in Niña years and the pattern doesn’t usually break until the Niña does in February/March. Though this past year it actually strengthened and lasted an extra 2 months.

1918 - Unusually hot weather began to overspread the Atlantic Coast States, from the Carolinas to southern New England. The temp- erature soared to an all-time record high of 106 degrees at Washington D.C., and Cumberland and Keedysville hit 109 degrees to establish a state record for Maryland. Temperatures were above normal east of the Rockies that month, with readings much above normal in the Lower Missouri Valley. Omaha NE reached 110 degrees. (David Ludlum) On this date the highest ever maximum temperature of 107 °F was recorded in Richmond, VA. (Ref. Richmond Weather Records) This must have been when the historic 104 degrees occurred- back in 1918, right after our coldest winter ever in 1917-18. 1881: Smoke from Michigan forest fires created a yellow pall over the Northeast. Candles were necessary for light at noontime. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) See it's entirely different when the smoke comes from another state vs another country lol What happened in 1881 to cause this?

Small victory yes I'll agree

Between the NE winds and the system to the South, a rather dreary day for early August. Currently 76/67

Or a massive 850 flip. The BN stretch was well advertised. Some just would not listen. Last hurrah heat wave for the school bound students and staffs though, should be a great water week might even have some surf

But even if we stopped using fossil fuels tomorrow, this problem wouldn't go away in our lifetime. I'm all for stopping them, but we also need geoengineering. I see more and more politicians are starting to hold Canada accountable and telling them they have to do something about those forests. It's one thing to be polluted by our own smoke, it's another thing entirely to have a foreign nation do it. Hold them accountable and punish them if they don't deal with it and fix the problem (even if that means chopping down a bunch of trees.)

I thought there was an earthquake this morning but I guess it was just a dream. It felt so real I woke up holding onto my bed.

Departures waning though each day since 8/1. Should be near to AN by Saturday. Then furnace as far as the eye can see. -1.5 for the new 30yr normal is like N to above in the 1980s lol. Smoke hasn't helped either. So basically you need onshore flow and dense smoke to stay BN.

Cockd, 73/58°F.

By me in NJ there is a quarry, which has blasts from time to time. So if it is during the day time I have to ask, "quarry blast, or earthquake?"

Cucumbers coming fast and furious.

I’ve been up in the Hill towns every day, bringing my kid to theater camp and the trees are stressed. Droopy, leather leaves, and already getting color fade.

so are summer canadian airmasses just ruined forever now

What is your NAO formula at currently?

NW MA is real dry. We only got an appetizer from last week’s big rains and now the long range is Sahara.

Nothing but Stein thru day 10. Literally nothing

The latest Euro Weeklies (yesterday’s run) remain quite active vs active 20 year climo base ACE (>200%) through ~8/24. Then they cool down to close to active avg 8/25-31 (100%). The first stab at 9/1-7 is slightly below the active climo (80%). I wonder if this is MJO related. Regarding absolute ACE, the very active Aug 18-24 is the most active week through Sept 7. As per what I’ve recently posted, the EW progs did fairly well in general last year overall looking out several weeks when they were consistent for, say, 7 days in a row. They’ve been consistent regarding well above 20 year climo levels of activity for 8/11-8/24 for at least that long. Regarding 8/25-31, they’ve been near that 20 year climo for 3 runs. So, I still want to see how the rest of this week’s runs look before giving too much weight to its 8/25-31. Of course, 9/1-7 is a total crap-shoot right now with that slightly below 20 year climo being just its first prog.