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Did you miss the one I just posted from Twitter?

Nice RFD for Barnstable

I miss it up there with this recent heat. It has been absolutely awful with HI's near 110F each day and probably 115F today with a high around 100F. Nothing like dews in the mid 70's with temps in the 90's. After a shower the dew gets to 80 or so.

Can't wait for the relief! This is horrible!

Between 11-12Z, the National Ocean Service station at Eugene Island, Louisiana, reported sustained winds of 62 kt and a peak gust of 74 kt at an elevation of about 10 m. Doppler radar winds from the Slidell WSR-88D suggested surface winds of 60-65 kt as well. In addition, an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft reported SFMR wind estimates of 60-63 kt near Eugene Island, and 850-mb flight-level winds of 72 kt. Based on these data and the possibility that the strongest winds were not sampled, it is estimated that Barry became a hurricane around 11-12Z despite its less than classical appearance in satellite imagery

Snowbird is still open in UT.

Nice! Welcome to Derecho season.

Thank you. A closer view of the lightning:

I got lucky and caught a CG as I took the shots to make this pano. This was outside of Siler City on 6/20:

Ahh that makes sense. I guess it is hard to get everything to line up.

I went up to Roan Mountain yesterday to take a look at the Rhododendron bloom. Unfortunately it was a bit of a dud this year. There were blooms but the coverage was rather sparse and I was told it just wasn't a good year. I am not having a good track record so far between the fall foliage season and this. None the less the weather was near perfect and the views were great.

Very cool! I will be in Glencoe.

That is awesome! I will be in the Scottish Highlands for a couple of days in August.

Finally what may be my favorite grab from the GSO storm: