JerseyWx

41 minutes ago, SnoSki14 said:

We're top 5 warmest from june 1 through July 15 or half of met summer. The hot stretches have been record breaking and the smoke didn't help either. 

After a cooler spell in late July all signs point to a lot more record heat for early August. 

Humans are like goldfish when it comes to weather though 

Right, my point is that when the heat shows up it hits hard, but it otherwise has been bearable.

After the heat broke on July 5th, I've only had 2 days that were 90+ and 2 days with a low of 70+.

5 hours ago, NEG NAO said:

one of the few this summer so far IMO between the excessive long heat spells combined with high humidity and the recent smoke and flooding rains - this summer has not been that great if you enjoy spending time outdoors.........maybe we will get a longer stretch of comfortable nicer weather starting next Thursday..........

Honestly, I really don't think this summer has been that bad.  Yes I know I'm biased because this is my season, but when the heat hits we seem to get some relief after (today and tomorrow for example).  It's really been up and down.

We had a couple summers awhile back where the dewpoints were consistently high and just lingered throughout most of the season.  Someone could probably confirm, but I know at least one was pre-covid.  

Just about a half inch here.  I'm glad we didn't have widespread wind and tornado activity so far, and I hope it stays that way through tonight.  No one needs that after the damage we already had around the 4th.

Went to attend a birthday party just over the border in New Hope, PA.  Heading down 287 got hit with some mega rates, people started pulling over.  Also while there a few solid downpours came through, I imagine the totals down there had to be near 2 inches.  Looked like a creek in the parking lot.

6 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Pretty potent looking storms moving over the city and nj

Just had insane downpours in the Parisappny area for like 15 minutes.

Have had several periods of that soaking type rain that feels tropical in nature throughout the day.

Up to 1.5" now.  Far below some other areas, but you can already see the life coming back to the vegetation and grass.  This type of event is better for doing that than those brief torrential downpours from a cell.

10 minutes ago, eco94 said:

I'm going to be honest the ecosystem is more important than anyone's fourth of july plans lol

If we avoid storms today, especially with the forecasted deluge in a couple days, it's really not going to be a big deal.

7 minutes ago, ForestHillWx said:

Finished up a good, if not hot, week down the shore. Water temp was again 58 here, but crystal clear water.. kids loved it at low tide. 

That's chilly, even when it's hot like this.  Pool is 84 and basically feels lukewarm.

10 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

The window units don't work that well when it's this incredibly hot. With 2 of them going yesterday my living room still got up to 84 degrees. Obviously I have a problem with super heated air up in the attic. 

They must not be sized right maybe?  We have a small house, but upstairs is 105 right now because it's not air conditioned.  Downstairs however stays around 76 with just one unit running.  Heat rises so it shouldn't matter as much.

9 minutes ago, boxingdayblizzard said:

90% of models were wrong with not showing the rain in north jersey today. Kinda a shame. Good thing have no wedding or event today…

latest nam has over an inch…not sure about that but we’ll see..

in any case, very happy to be getting some rain. Just thought it was going to stay to our south. Proves why “now cast” is a thing 

Yep, kind of sucks with the timing.  Already have over 3 inches this week, so was hoping today would be dry.

Radar looks robust.

Got drenched here last night, about 1.5" or so.  Definitely filled the pool up and won't need to add water.

I'm okay if tomorrow misses up here.

Got hit pretty good last night with soaking rain.

I had about .50" yesterday, and just over an inch since midnight.  I'm happy with that.

5 hours ago, MJO812 said:

Countdown to less sunlight begins

Count those seconds! 

Monday and Tuesday look to be a sharp contrast from this week's heat and humidity with low dews and 50's at night.  Then Wed-Friday maybe some rain chances as the humidity picks back up?

2 hours ago, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

Not really, there is something called seasonal lag, which is why the hottest days on most years are deep into July, sometimes in early August.

Besides, the days have noticeably stopped getting longer, especially on the morning side. At night, it is still getting light later. By around June 13-14, most places in this area will have seen their max daylight (it might still be technically getting longer by a second or two, but that's junk change when you have 15 hours of daylight), and that will go on until about June 26-27.

Right, which was my exact point, it was sarcasm..

2 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

yeah by like 5 second a day at first

And as if the days getting shorter means it's going to get cooler or something.

1 inch since midnight.

Approaching 2 inch storm total.

Brutal today.

Nothing like a 50 degree swing in a few days.  

I hope JJA turns around and we get some consistent heat.

8 hours ago, MJO812 said:

Not sure what losing sunlight has to do with anything, when our warmest days aren't until after the solstice.

Make that same post on 12/21 about gaining sunlight then lol.

23 hours ago, MANDA said:

Look on the bright side.  We are only about 30 days away from the latest sunset and then we will SLOWLY start going the other way.  The hole is almost dug and we will soon starting filling it in.   

Thankfully peak heating doesn't kick in until well after the solstice 

3 hours ago, the_other_guy said:

I wonder if this cool pattern interupted by a week of extreme heat continues into summer?

Been weird…March April and now May 

Yeah I can't necessarily remember a consistent pattern like this where it goes from so warm to so cool each month of Spring.

In April you had 90's then 20's.  This week my forecast high on Tuesday is 98, then next Saturday it's 60..

6 hours ago, nycwinter said:

the heat in april was with low dewpoints very dry.

Right but relative to the normal temps it was more extreme.  Naturally, dewpoints are going to increase as we approach June.  

4 hours ago, [email protected] said:

The usual warm spots will be 95+ next Tuesday. That's unusual for mid-late May! Most max record highs for our area in the month of May are between 95-99 degrees.

To me the heat we had back in April was more impressive considering that was a month ago.  Coming up to the last 2 weeks of May, we typically see bursts of heat like this.  By Thursday it looks to cool down, so it's really just 3-4 days of heat.

2 hours ago, MANDA said:

 

Sampling of the coldest NJ lows this morning.

Likely not another morning with this kind of areawide chill until late September or October.  

Yeah should be good for awhile. Early June and late August can be sneaky but I think we're entering summer mode.  You'll start to see dews increasing as well which will keep it warmer at night too.

58 minutes ago, bluewave said:

It will be interesting to see if the coming El Niño can shift us out of this dry pattern which began in September 2024.

 

 

You can see how the deficit got erased in NW Jersey since end of Feb.  Been pretty good here.

Just hit an inch here.

This was a solid soaker. 

Wednesday into Thursday can be decent as well.  Everything really greening up now.

The crazy thing is that Friday is 5/1, and I don't have a single high temp above 60 after that.  I hope it changes as we close in.