JerseyWx

Just now, Pequest said:

Definitely overperforming tonight here in Warren County, NJ. Closing in on 2 and a half inches in Hackettstown and still coming down. Much needed rain. 

0.7" here, gladly take it.  Been a mix of light to moderate rain, with some brief, but torrential downpours as well.

2 minutes ago, ForestHillWx said:

Finally raining in chester! Also detoured into Peapack as 206 is closed for a brush fire. 

Feels like I haven't tracked some good convection in ages.  Hope today and Saturday pan out!

2 hours ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, numerous top 10 driest summer reports in the Northeast.

 

You would think a dry summer like this would have been warmer.  This month especially has been a rare August where the air condition window units were barely used.

1 hour ago, Stormlover74 said:

Yeah being out in the dakotas just east of the mountain time zone it was still light at like 930 back in mid July. Of course it was also still dark at 6am

Our sunsets in summer are late enough IMO.  It's winter that sucks the life out of you, when you could see darkness approaching at like 3PM

3 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

No more 90 degrees, summer is over

it's hard to have a hot day in September when it's been so cool in August (after that one heatwave I mean)

Oh c'mon, you of all people know better.  Summer ain't over for another month 

1 hour ago, ForestHillWx said:

Right through the north part of my hometown.

Many years ago, before they opened that section of 287, we biked up that road and climbed that rock face in cub scouts. 

Mountainside park is great in that very area too.  You can see NYC from parts of the trails.  Well for that matter, you can see the tip of the skyline coming down the top of the Riverdale hill lol.

9 hours ago, FPizz said:

It was actually good here, but driving north up 287 for work into NY, the color north of route 80 was amazing.  I tried to take pics while driving, this was the best I could get. Going 80 and taking pics not recommended, but lots of yellow, orange and red.

"Riverdale Next 3 Exits"  I see that everyday.

But yeah, Fall 2021 was great too.  We had that Indian Summer pattern and a warm October.

1 hour ago, Stormlover74 said:

Euro went crazy for Wednesday/Thursday. 3-5" now

Hey we need it.  Been getting skunked lately with storms.  Those amounts seem high though, but I guess we'll see.

Pretty surprised when I took a look at my 10 day.

Cool and rainy Wednesday, slight warm up for the weekend, and then a taste of early fall next week?  Low 50's showing up at night.  

2 hours ago, Dan76 said:

First night of crickets here.

Been hearing the crickets and Katydids for a bit now actually.  Love it.

2 hours ago, Sundog said:

The urban jungle used to average lows in the upper 60s in July. Up until the 1981-2010 averages it did. 

Even in rural areas, if your dewpoints are high you're not cooling off either. 

Everyone's warming up at night. The farmland went from 65 to 68 and the city went from 68 to 71, or something like that. So yea rural still averages in the 60s but not as low into the 60s. 

I get that, I'm not denying that it's warming.  But our summers that are more dewpoint driven are obviously going to to have higher lows as well, and the effect is more noticeable where a UHI is present.  Like last night I was in the 70s where some places in the city were literally still 90 or close.

47 minutes ago, anthonymm said:

The death of nights in the 50s and 60s is really tragic. It can still happen (as we’re about to see), but it used to routinely drop below 70 at night.

And it still does.  You have to of course get outside of the urban jungles for it to happen though.

Looks like 3.5" will do it, and that's on the low side.  Some nearby stations are over 4 inches, closer to 4.5" actually.

Had some bouts of incredibly torrential rain.  Literally went from needing to add water to the pool, to having it filled to the brim and needing to drain it.

5 hours ago, anthonymm said:

Our summers are basically miami tier now, except with the highs being about 4-5 degrees cooler on average. The lows are startlingly similar, mid 70s (yuck).

Our summers have always been hazy, hot and humid.  That's just typical Jersey and New York climate.  Yes I know that it has gotten worse, with dewpoints averaging higher than they used to, but it's not like we were ever arid like the high desert out west.

2 hours ago, Dark Star said:

I am ignorant of guitar care, except I had one low grade acoustic crack, (and additionally I took an ovation on a camping trip and the bridge broke off overnight when it got down near freezing).  An electric guitar is sensitive to humidity as well, as far as splitting or cracking?

I assume not as much as acoustic, but I still would be cautious even just for the sake of the finish being affected.

1 hour ago, Dark Star said:

I guess that means I can keep my guitar out of the case, even with AC, humidity in the house is around 45%...

I just picked up a new Telecaster so it lives in the case regardless lol.  

2 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

The last weekend without any sort of precipitation IMBY was 3/7-3/9/25…could the first weekend in July finally end that streak?

Looks like it as of now.  This stretch is the classic summer weather we need.  Warm and sunny with some storm chances mixed in.  The fourth looks particularly incredible.

That's a pretty crazy stat of yours though, imagine most of March, and then all of April, May, and June, having precipitation on the weekend.

3 hours ago, Dark Star said:

Just the opposite.  I can't say the the Urban Heat Island effect was responsible for THI values over 100 for such a large area.

No you're missing the point.  The UHI is why it was over 90 degrees after midnight in the city areas, where I was like 77 or so.

29 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

UHI?  Mongo dunno.  I saw THI values up and down the entire east coast over 100 degrees...

Urban Heat Island effect??

I can't imagine being above 90 as we approach midnight.  It's so crazy looking at Wundermap right now around Manhattan, Brooklyn, etc.  I've never experiened a phenomenon like that.  Textbook example of the UHI.

79 here.

50 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

After this morning’s light rain and thunder.

Now that's a good shot, as they usually are.  This is particularly nice though with the contrasting blue and green.

33 minutes ago, nycwinter said:

sun angle is decreasing we finally have turned the corner it wont be long now before we will notice the effect of diminishing daylight..

You got a long road ahead bud.  We have 8:30 sunsets until mid July.  The small amount of daylight lost is due to sunrises.

I can only laugh this morning, otherwise I'll go crazy...why is it raining?  Can we literally not get a weekend without rain, is there a new rule I missed?

Might as well not even open the pool if this is the trend.

Pretty underwhelming here, just some moderate rain at best.  I feel like the strongest severe storms pop up on days when there's less risk.  Today I think we were in enhanced.  It's not like we need the rain anyway.

Breeze kicking up now and can already notice a significant drop in humidity.

1 hour ago, jm1220 said:

Day #5 with rain. 

Another heavy mist and foggy morning.  This gets my nomination for worst June stretch ever.

5 hours ago, SnoSki14 said:

This is a crazy signal this far out. Something historic is brewing 

5 hours ago, Sundog said:

Mid 100s deep into Suffolk County is beyond just being summer. That is historic

Could very well be.  

3 hours ago, Sundog said:

The models look hot as hell in the long range. 

Hopefully they're all wrong. 

I mean it is summer after all..