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Shouldn't westerly flow be a drier flow though? I thought it was southerly flow that increases humidity, while a west wind is a downsloping wind that dries out the air?

Don, that's what I find most confusing-- who allowed the major polluters full standing to shape the outcome and why are their lobbyists allowed entry into COP at all? Was this a US position or is the UN itself corrupted as a whole and getting paid off by these companies?

turning on the air conditioning helped, even though I'm freezing now lol

That's absolutely amazing for so long ago, Tony! And wasn't the following winter, *The Long Winter*? The Weather Channel had a climatologist on who analyzed the Little House on the Prairie books and said they were based on real weather events and one of them was The Long Winter, which is based on the winter of 1881-82?

why is it on the ground?

is that Mars? It got larger or closer since I last saw it.... and where are the Martian polar ice caps? are they melting too?

One more day of this tomorrow before we clear out. I've been keeping my air conditioning on 24/7 it seems to filter out the smoke and keeps me from coughing.

Looks like we will be seeing more westerly flow I think this is a cyclic change back to our hotter summers and expect to see more of this in future summers.

1918 - Unusually hot weather began to overspread the Atlantic Coast States, from the Carolinas to southern New England. The temp- erature soared to an all-time record high of 106 degrees at Washington D.C., and Cumberland and Keedysville hit 109 degrees to establish a state record for Maryland. Temperatures were above normal east of the Rockies that month, with readings much above normal in the Lower Missouri Valley. Omaha NE reached 110 degrees. (David Ludlum) On this date the highest ever maximum temperature of 107 °F was recorded in Richmond, VA. (Ref. Richmond Weather Records) This must have been when the historic 104 degrees occurred- back in 1918, right after our coldest winter ever in 1917-18. 1881: Smoke from Michigan forest fires created a yellow pall over the Northeast. Candles were necessary for light at noontime. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) See it's entirely different when the smoke comes from another state vs another country lol What happened in 1881 to cause this?

But even if we stopped using fossil fuels tomorrow, this problem wouldn't go away in our lifetime. I'm all for stopping them, but we also need geoengineering. I see more and more politicians are starting to hold Canada accountable and telling them they have to do something about those forests. It's one thing to be polluted by our own smoke, it's another thing entirely to have a foreign nation do it. Hold them accountable and punish them if they don't deal with it and fix the problem (even if that means chopping down a bunch of trees.)

I thought there was an earthquake this morning but I guess it was just a dream. It felt so real I woke up holding onto my bed.

70s is okay, 60s is way too cold. Extended summer into fall isn't about 90s, but temperatures in the 80s in September and 70s in October. I don't want any 60s before November.

Yes, April 2024 was very rainy too. Earthquake weather

That was the only time I've ever felt two earthquakes in the same day lol The regular one around 10:30 am and then a sizeable aftershock at 6 pm.

and not the nice eclipse kind either

Last October through mid November was my favorite fall weather of all time!!

95 degrees here that day with a 100 heat index

you didn't feel the megaquake in August 2011?

saves on heating costs, no need for below normal when it can't snow

it has to be on the same magnitude as what we had in 1983 when JFK hit 100 on August 20, 1983 (after it also hit 100 in the middle of July) for it to be historic. 100 at Newark or in Northern Queens isn't such a big deal, they are the UHI capitals of the country.

it doesn't look that abnormal, Newark hitting 100 isn't a huge surprise and neither is the densely populated and urbanized parts of northern Queens, We need to get 100 here like we did in 1983 for it to be a big surprise. Aside from the June outbreak, none of these heat dumps really compare to what we had in the 80s and 90s.

I've been coughing most of the day, I hope this stuff gets out of here, it's the worst I've seen since 2023. In Detroit they're telling people to wear masks. Lots of stuff going on, NJ just had their second quake and we have a Legionnaire's outbreak that has killed 2 people. Maybe we should all be wearing masks.... and helmets too lol.

were you able to see any sunspots? zero sun here today

1999: Governors of four Mid-Atlantic States imposed mandatory water restrictions as the worst drought in the history of the region continued. The period April through July ranked as the second driest ever for the Northeast, second only to 1965. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) One of my favorite summers of all time !!! Highs: EWR: 102 (1944) NYC: 101 (1944) LGA: 100 (1955) JFK: 96 (2010) a list of record highs from some of our BEST summers!!!

We won't have a full day of sunshine again until Friday. When I saw the forecasts on Sunday I knew that Monday would be our last good day until Friday. I also knew that Monday would be our warmest day and Tuesday would be nowhere close to that. Fortunately, the sunny weather is timed well for the weekend. Forget about the clouds, the smoke is MUCH worse. I had some breathing issues this morning and a headache when I woke up and I knew exactly where it came from-- the smoke causing the air pollution.