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Now off to the senate.. ugh wish we went to standard time though.. Reuters @Reuters The House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted on a bill to make daylight saving time year-round and end the twice yearly practice of changing clocks.

Wind-shear and African Dust have killed the Atlantic Tropical season.

Smoke is back but cleared a few hours mid afternoon to help boost temps to where they were forecast. Tomorrow if the models are right will be a bust with skies as dark as midnight

Trying again to “clear”. It’s probably just going to help it radiate and cool now. New England finding new ways to foil big heat.

It’s here now. Terrible sky.

You can clearly see the epicenter of the wild fires in this animation if you look in the NW part of the video https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G19&sector=cgl&band=GEOCOLOR&length=24 or the still frame

SOI going wild right now.. up there in a top 7/8 event since the late 1800s per SOI now. 14 Jul 2026 1011.36 1016.35 -36.56 -23.53 -17.62 13 Jul 2026 1010.44 1015.10 -34.53 -23.20 -17.20 12 Jul 2026 1009.89 1015.20 -38.53 -23.21 -16.92 11 Jul 2026 1011.77 1015.80 -30.66 -23.06 -16.66 Currently lowest 30-day SOI since 1997

Subsurface is actually falling behind 1997 right now (+9c vs +7c). There is however a Kelvin Wave hitting the central-subsurface, so maybe it will increase eastern anomalies in a few weeks. Timing of gravity waves is not always the same in different ENSO events.

Because the source is so close, will be a nasty day with surface haze, and smell.

Forecast 97, looks like 87 will do it: The wife and I were out earlier today and she points out some pumpkin spice something or other saying "Already?!" Get it early, get it often. Not sure it ever goes away!

“The lightning did most brightly rend the heavens that night.”

Smoke alert Thursday is off the charts

They are adding smoke to the forecast here as well. Said it might impact highs. We’ve had 4 consecutive 90+ highs and the record is 9.

I’ve exceeded 2” over the last hour, heaviest hourly rate of the summer so far, but it’s lightened up quite a bit although it hasn’t stopped. Drainage projects areas have both held up well so far and the street isn’t as bad as it had been before the nearby ditch was redug.Follow-up for SAV area flooding:455 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2026 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA... CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA... * UNTIL 800 PM EDT. * AT 455 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... POOLER, RICHMOND HILL, WINDSOR FOREST, HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, COFFEE BLUFF, MIDTOWN SAVANNAH, DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH, I-16/I-95 INTERCHANGE, HUTCHINSON ISLAND AND MONTGOMERY

Impressive heat. Highest in the month of July since 2012 at many sites, including Milwaukee and Flint. We will see if O'Hare can tick up to 97F and that would also be the case there. We have seen a couple of warmer episodes in August (perhaps June?), but this will be the hottest July temperatures in 14 years at a number of sites.

Temps are peaking now. 92/74/102. Highest dew of the stretch, and I can tell. Smoke, and mid to upper 80's tomorrow will feel reasonable with 80-85 the rest of the week. Lake influence will be a little stronger with the chance of stms for the end of the week.

Yeah…there’s been some studies on it. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277376102_Enhanced_Positive_Cloud-to-Ground_Lightning_in_Thunderstorms_Ingesting_Smoke_from_Fires

91 BDL We knew

Wonder if we undercut our high temperatures with this smoke? Looks like some the the solar radiation readings in NE MD are dropping a tad due to the smoke/haze.

Due to more particles suspended aloft?

Much cleaner look to the sky up this way now. Mostly just some cirrus mixed with blue skies.

89. We trying.

Terrible. Glad he’s still here with us.

Indeed. We are on the verge of easily surpassing 1997 in every aspect very soon….