LibertyBell

I hate these !@$%^& fronts what a way to ruin the perfect day

Loved how JFK really heated it up today-- got to 96 here. I hope every day this summer is like this! Just add on a few more degrees to make it triple digits

I hit 96 at 2:40 PM! The BEST DAY this year since winter ended! This is what I expect and want from climate change not the mediocre heat and high humidity gook.

Today was the perfect summer day THIS is what I expect and want from climate change, not the mediocre heat and high humidity gook. Reached 96 here at 2:40 PM with a nice NW breeze!

Just to prove that beautiful celestial objects can be seen from NYC! I remember seeing both the November 2001 Leonid Meteor Storm and Comet Hale Bopp from 1997 really well. Unfortunately with rare visitations like these you sometimes get unspeakably horrible human behavior https://www.space.com/19931-hale-bopp.html Comet Hale-Bopp was an unusually bright comet that flew by Earth, reaching its closest approach to the planet in 1997. It was most spectacular in the Northern Hemisphere and visible to the naked eye for about 18 months. Hale-Bopp was probably one of the most viewed comets in history. With an absolute magnitude of -1, the comet was one of the brightest comets to reach the inner solar system in recorded history, NASA said (opens in new tab). Hale-Bopp appeared 1,000 times brighter (opens in new tab)than Halley's Comet did at the same distance. Its twin blue-and-white tails were clearly visible even from light-polluted areas such as Chicago. Sadly, there was a tragic footnote to the appearance of Hale-Bopp, 39 people who were part of the "Heaven's Gate" cult in San Diego committed mass suicide as the comet came close to Earth.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970408.html Explanation: What's that point of light above the World Trade Center? It's Comet Hale-Bopp! Both faster than a speeding bullet and able to "leap" tall buildings in its single orbit, Comet Hale-Bopp is also bright enough to be seen even over the glowing lights of one of the world's premier cities. In the foreground lies the East River, while much of New York City's Lower Manhattan can be seen between the river and the comet. Comet Hale-Bopp is now moving away from both the Sun and the Earth. It should, however, should remain visible even in northern cities for at least a month. To find Comet Hale-Bopp, look for the brightest object in the northwest sky just after sunset - or wait for its return in 2400 years.

Mighty November 2001.....the Cat 5 of Meteor Storms! Summary: Sky watchers who saw it will never forget it: the 2001 Leonid meteor storm. The display began on Sunday morning, Nov. 18th, when Earth glided into a dust cloud shed by comet Tempel-Tuttle in 1766. Thousands of meteors per hour rained over North America and Hawaii. https://spaceweather.com/meteors/gallery_18nov01.html

Looks like temperatures dont exist on Long Island

what time for JFK? Better not happen here before sunset....

Funny that you mentioned 2001 lol.....that was the last time we had a true meteor storm in this area. November 2001, I remember it like yesterday, got up at 5 AM to see this amazing silent fireworks display outside, forget about light pollution, you didn't even need to be looking up to see them! I counted at least 100 every minute for 15 minutes in heavily light polluted states (same skies that could just barely see Comet Hale Bopp.)

Who thought it was a good idea to bring that crud of a tree here?

I had heard of them in E PA but didn't realize they made it here. They haven't gotten to my house up in the Poconos though and that's probably because of what Forky said, that "Tree From Hell" doesn't exist up there. They literally just got to Long Island so I didn't pay it much attention until now.

Yes that was the common pattern back in the 90s and early to mid 00s, Boston would get backdoored and we wouldn't. I fondly remember those summers.

But that would be after the peak heating of the day correct? I'm not sure why we have been getting so many of these in the last few years, I remember in the 90s these rarely ever happened.

Yes! That's what I heard too! What a name for a horrible weed. I guess I don't have them up there so that's why they are here and not on the mountain. I wish there was a way to get rid of them. I'd burn them down if I could.

They're here! I saw them on Friday when I was gardening. Three of them so far. Is there a particular type of tree they go for? There haven't been any at my other house in the Poconos-- is that because of elevation or a type of tree that isn't present there? I noticed they're in the lower elevations near Wilkes Barre, so you could say it's an elevation thing, but up on the mountain, I've never seen them, even in the hottest part of summer. So maybe the trees they like aren't up there?

Hopefully it stays east of this area. It can hang around in Suffolk County, we don't need or want it here.

yup, it's clearing over here now. It lasted for about 20 min

YES I love it! Looks like we could get NW winds that day! A nice dry scorcher! Well last Saturday JFK hit 87 and we just touched 90 here before the sea breeze came just before 1:30. The temperatures here matched what was going on at FRG. Sunday was much cooler. Long Beach to Fire Island are barrier islands and they get the sea breeze much sooner than, say, Sunrise Highway does. Wait, there's a backdoor coming in late Tuesday? I thought it was supposed to be close to 90 on Wednesday too?

I hope no one has seen those giant Joba spiders that were supposed to be coming up the coast either. Do you have a map for those too? Thanks!

Thanks I'm going to need these! Hopefully it doesn't hurt anything else.

Wow Galveston is going to break its old monthly record by blasting past it! Didn't Dallas do a similar thing last spring?

stupid humidity. plus lots of sunshine makes it roast here.

Got anything to spray to mass destroy these cretans?

sounds like normal weather for late spring