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Yep I just heard thunder from that new cell. That one is a little more to the south so it might clip me.

I see another tiny cell popped up in Somerset, and of course we have more back in PA. I'm hoping to get some rain here.

So a nice strong t-storm but far from severe. That's good.

Temp dropped from 97 to 84 with the north winds from this cell that's missing me just a few miles to the north.

I just heard some thunder.

I think it's gonna miss me just a few miles to the north. I wish you the best in Plainfield ... it's a close call being near the southern edge of the cell. I hope you don't get it too bad.

I might even get clipped here if it keeps building south.

Yeah it certainly appears that the worst is gonna miss just to the north, but keeping a close eye on radar in case that changes.

Yep. I get nervous with these cells that drop from northwest to southeast. They tend to give us our strongest winds like the one that happened on July 3rd.

It's gonna be very close. We'll have to see if it keeps building south as Forky mentioned. It's possible it just misses me but clips you a few miles to my north in Plainfield.

Yeah it appears that severe cell in Morris is gonna miss us just to the north, but it's a close call. I want some heavy rain but of course we don't want severe winds again after what we went through.

96 with a dewpoint of 73 here right now.

Already 92 here. Dewpoint is 74. I think we'll hit 98 or 99 for the high temp here.

Yeah despite all that flooding a little less than 2 weeks ago, I'm back to watering the vegetable garden now. And when I cut the lawn yesterday there was dry dirt flying. It doesn't take long for the soil to dry out in the summer. I think we could use some rain here again. I'd like to see a downpour later today. People that have vegetable gardens don't like going too long without rain. You can water all you want, but nothing makes the plants grow like rain.

I remember last year's Perseids was spectacular as the moon wasn't an issue, but you're right that it's annoying that the full moon often messes up meteor showers. Too bad it's gonna be a big problem for this year's Perseids. But as I mentioned, the moon isn't going to be much of an issue for the Geminids in December. The Perseids and Geminids are the 2 big meteor showers, so at least one of them will be spectacular as long as clouds aren't a problem for the December shower.

A few days ago we were talking about the possibility of super low dewpoints in the high 40s for today. The dewpoint here right now is 60, so that certainly didn't materialize. Still feels good out there though with the moderate humidity and temp only at 80.

The Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower peaks Tuesday night into Wednesday morning next week. Hopefully we'll have good sky conditions. The moon won't be too much of an issue, so it should be a decent shower. You can see up to 15 to 20 per hour with good conditions. You can catch the early part of the famous Perseids meteor shower now too. The peak of that shower where you can see a much larger amount of meteors (50 to 100 per hour) is August 12th to 13th, but unfortunately the mostly full moon is going to be a major issue. So the Perseids won't be as spectacular this year. Probably a good idea to try to catch the smaller amount of Perseids along with the Delta Aquariids next week before the moon becomes an issue in August. The best meteor shower this year is expected to be the Geminids in December.

And it appears that cell is gonna miss me just to the south. That heavy downpour in southern Somerset County is gonna go into central and southern Middlesex County.

82 with a dewpoint of 59 here right now. Feels good out there. I'm looking forward to early next week when dewpoints will go even lower. They might get down to the high 40s on Tuesday. Monday and Tuesday it will be top 10 day of the year type of weather. Take advantage of the great weather early next week before the heat comes back late week. The Euro is saying we could hit 100 next Friday. That might be a little overdone, but it'll be at least mid to upper 90s.

91 with a dewpoint of 73 here. Hot and humid but not horrific. Not so bad that I can't go for a run outside this afternoon.

At least we're finally going to see a couple significant breaks in the humidity -- Friday into Saturday and again Monday into Tuesday. Four out of five days with pretty low humidity will be nice. Get out and enjoy it, because the big heat will be coming back the end of next week.

Thankfully that flash flood warned cell weakened and ended up not being a big deal for my area. Just a small downpour and I got only 0.20" here. We'll have to see if the activity in PA causes trouble here later tonight.

On latest radar I see it's breaking up a little bit. I don't think it's gonna be too bad.

Horrible. Hopefully it will move along fast enough that we can avoid more flooding.

Yeah usually I'm happy to see a storm approaching, but of course not this time.