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I see Newark is already up to 98. They're probably going higher than 100 today.

Already 95 here.

Euro now brings the 90s back early to mid next week. Looks like a break for a few days and then we go back to the heat. It's 94 with a dewpoint of 67 here right now. Doesn't feel terrible today.

92 with a dewpoint of 68 here right now.

12z NAM 3km was a joke with how far off it was with the heavy rain it had going through this area late morning and midday. HRRR much closer to reality. I'm hoping for some rain today since it's very dry here. We've had very little since the floods a couple weeks ago. It's not looking great for rain today though ... HRRR has very little and it appears that we have only a slight chance.

I'm thinking mid 90s on Monday and upper 90s to near 100 Tueday and Wednesday. Quite a heat wave, but that will be it for the heat for awhile. Next Friday and Saturday look beautiful with low 80s and low humidity.

Only a brief moderate shower here as the heavy stuff is missing just to the south. So one cell missed me a few miles to the north and another a few miles to the south. Bad luck for rain here so far.

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.