LibertyBell

I'm curious what causes them and why they are only visible just before and just after totality. I heard them compared to sun shining on a swimming pool.

People will likely be moving away from Miami because of sea level rise. They already get sunny day flooding. Projections are that a lot of that coastal population will be moving to Orlando and other points inland.

I find it weird how it didn't affect Miami more than it did. It must have been really small (maybe 5 miles wide?) because Miami is very close to the southern tip of Florida.

it's why our summers don't have the length of heatwaves they used to. Look at the length of heatwaves from the 50s to the 90s vs what passes for heatwave now-- the differences are eyeopening.

The best way I've seen this explained is that air is a fluid like water so a good analogy is a swimming pool full of water. When the sun shines on this pool you can see little shadows shimmering in the water even when there's no wind. These are what shadow bands are like. My question is why do we need a total eclipse to see this effect? Why don't we see it all the time, just like we do in a swimming pool?

This means a hotter summer too, and probably strong westerly flow at our latitude

Because "hot days" are defined by the number of times it hits 90 degrees. How hot a summer is, is tangibly defined that way. I'm done with the humidity driven overnight lows. Higher lows come from humidity, while actual heat determines how many times we hit 90 degrees.

For a short time I think, but 2002 was one of our hottest summers on record, especially here on the south shore. The three hottest summers here were 1983, 2002 and 2010.

That's great, I just had to double down on my benadryl lol. The more it rains the worse my allergies get.

I always think that anyone who complains about heat is overweight. When you weigh 160 pounds heat doesn't bother you. The more you weigh the more you sweat. Time to stop consuming processed food and soda (including diet soda) and all that junk.

Hopefully that ridge doesn't go away after the 20th. In my experience once we hit 85, we usually don't go back to a cool pattern anymore

Sounds like a 1950s type summer

As long as you got at least 100 miles north or east of Syracuse you were in good shape. Watertown only had some high thin cirrus clouds!

That's in August 2027! Also 0% possibility of clouds in the desert! Luxor Egypt will be the place to be with over 6 minutes of totality!