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Enter August 2, 1975!

Odd statements like this that you would say, "no one ever says that!" or "says it that way!" are a red flag for AI-generated content. I've seen it many times in wx posts already on various social media platforms. One was talking about tornadoes and it said, "F5-class." First, not using the EF-scale is a red flag, and second, no one ever says "F5-class" for a pre-2007 tornado rating. We say, "F5-rated" or "rated F5"! In narration, it can sound great and getting all its facts correct, but you get thrown off whenever you hear a mispronounced word from AI not knowing usage context. Like "lead" or "wound." It stands out so much and it takes you out of the listening/learning part, and you immediately go, "AI SLOP!"

Ive never been a fan of using 30 years "blocks" for determining " normal". I'd much prefer the entire dataset for a site be used.

ACATT will stop at nothing to prove their agendas . And I’m as far right as it gets

Today was definitely not "wrong"... it was spectacular... 83 for a high and going down to 63 tonight (with DPs in the low 50's) for a low here in Philly... below "normal" (88/70 are the norms for today) to be sure, but still beautiful summer weather which is welcomed by most here since summers usually ride on a continuum of hot, to less hot, to mild. After the way this month began, heck even last week's heat, humidity, and smoke, I welcome the "not normal" of comfy weather. We were up in Provincetown at the end of June, today is the first time since we got home on June 30 that we've had the windows open. So... in short, I get what you are saying... while "normal" might seem boring to some, "normal" is "normal" for a reason and sometimes boredom in this era of extremes (in so many facets of life, not just weather) can be very welcoming.

The door swings both ways, and neither far end is good! If one is going to cover wx for a big audience, state things objectively and try not to let personal bias sway you. Sadly, this position is harder and harder to find these days. And the most devious things about it is that some know better, are on the level, yet are well-aware that instigating conflict and divide w/ endless speculation, conjecture, and hedging is an easy way to get attention and monetize, so they disingenuously take this route. Some are more subtle than others. Look at the rhetoric and most importantly, how things are over time.

There’s posters here ( ACATT) as an example .. that think this is chilly and below normal and that the month of July is and will finish BN. It’s hard to understand or fathom , but just look at their posts

Definitely not the monsoon that was hyped coming into the week. Hopefully next week is better

Stupid

I can live with that.

I clean my dogs paws everytime she comes in with wipes. I wipe till they wipe clean.

"If the wx is not *exactly* normal, then something is wrong!" The notion of normal is so messed up these days in public perception and in the field. Well, how about this to make ppl go ????? - "it's normal NOT to be normal! Normal all the time would be a problem in reality!" And ever notice that "not normal" is always associated w/ the negative? So how does one resolve atypical low tornado years or a quiet hurricane season? Or a winter than is rather mild in the CONUS, like strong EL Nino typically is? Heating costs and energy demand reduced alone makes it more beneficial than not.

I saw one sitting here on the porch, and that made me think of it, but I haven’t heard any. I blame the lantern flies.

Accords are tanks. Had one several years ago and it’s by far the most reliable car I’ve driven.

40 at HIE on the latest GFS MOS. *Almost* a touch of frost!

DOGE is one big reason

Positive. Here is the PNA progression from DJFM 2023-2024, a weaker El Niño within the heart of the Pacific cold phase. 1.21, 0.45, 0.09, 0.45 It's going to be more negative than that season? Good luck....take a look at all of the super El Niño events....waaaaay positive. Even 1991....only one that was neutralish was 1972, but it was still barely positive. Now, maybe the orientation of the PNA ridge will suck....but the reading won't come out negative for the DJFM mean.

There’s some around my neighborhood but I would say fewer than usual. Huh…wonder why.

By the way, where are all the annual cicadas??? I haven’t heard any this year.

Whiskey on the porch here!

Don you may want to look at my last post and help answer these gaps or as you call them "breakpoints" on why on a single station basis with rigorous long term station data such as Coatesville 1SW the annual supporting data from raw to adjusted for 99.7% of years from 1895 through 1971 was chilled by NCEI. We can see it is certainly not TOB and not site moves so what is it and why can't we quantify it if the science is so transparent by year with attribution to all of the potential reasons for chilling the data basically every single year for this station. Where is the NCEI detailed file explaining this particular stations unique adjustments by year?

El Niño summer from here on out.

You can see the mid-level center spin on radar near CRP currently. Talk about a tilted vortex sfc to mid-levels! This one of the most "disconnected" TCs I think I have ever seen. Great case study. The ECWMF handled this evolution very well. Compare its 925 mb RH/streamlines to its 500 mb RH streamlines, and the disconnect was fcst very well. This is about as far as you can get from a classic TC structure, but they exist on a *spectrum*. You can't use textbook examples all the time for what actually occurs in the real world. So both Arthur and Bertha were odd ducks, and even for sheared TC, more atypical for this variant of a TC. It also shows how the models still struggle w/ initial TC genesis for systems like this. Pre-Bertha was a non-tropical low that appeared it would remain broad and cold core, and strong shear was factor. Not that the models can't handle non-tropical to tropical transition, but the overall environment was not favorable, so that likely influenced the models. Yet the system still managed to form a large, solid LLCC in the mid 990s.

Peak rosé weather on the patio kind of day

When the addition was done on the house in Taunton an interlock was put in on our panel. If you’re planning on a portable setup, this is something that may need to be installed. It basically is a fail safe that prevents power back flowing into the grid and prevents power being supplied from both.