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  1. LibertyBell
    I remember July 1999 and it was a lot more enjoyable than this-- dry heat is so much better than this soupy mess.
  2. LibertyBell
    July 1999 was absolutely amazing and either 1999 or 2002 was the last time we had a super heatwave (my definition = 7+ consecutive 90+ degree highs.) Tony, if I remember correctly, JFK hit 102 on this day too (or it was the day before or after.) That was back when we used to have dry heat, not this disgusting soupy mess we have now. Back then Long Island used to hit 100+ at least every other year too.
  3. LibertyBell
    The waters are definitely warm enough now so whats causing the storms not to make it east of the city down here?
  4. LibertyBell
    Don, what has kept Long Island so dry the last few days? The SST are much warmer now (in the 70s). Yesterday I saw there were big storms passing over Manhattan and today over Coney Island, but they somehow never made it to SW Nassau, how come?
  5. LibertyBell
    Wow it sounds gorgeous up there and you get to see the northern lights too, dont you?!
  6. LibertyBell
    Thanks RClab, I hope you're doing well too!
  7. LibertyBell
    No, by extended heatwaves, I have a specific definition of 7 or more consecutive days of 90+, which hasn't happened since the 90s from the records I keep. I don't think the summer will be very hot either, for a number of reasons. I don't believe it will be very wet either though (which is where you and I diverge.)
  8. LibertyBell
    I remember seeing satellite images back in August 1995 that showed the smoke but it was being blown offshore. Most of the fires were east of us out in eastern Long Island so they went offshore. I do remember seeing fires in NW NJ but they weren't as widespread as the Long Island fires.
  9. LibertyBell
    Poconos or Catskills? Close enough to benefit from noreasters and yet they also get remnants of lake effects streamers often enough, so there's both heavy wet snow and the postcard light dry snow that falls for days.
  10. LibertyBell
    I have a question for you Don, how come the air quality wasn't this bad in August 1995 when we had all those awful fires close by? This time it made me really sick and my blood pressure was around 190/115 during the worst of it.
  11. LibertyBell
    Extended heatwaves are really nice and don't happen much anymore. I love dry heat, not the humid wet stuff that makes me sick.
  12. LibertyBell
    Anyone who says that air pollution has somehow "gone away" is sorely mistaken, it kills millions of people every year and shortens life, especially near areas where diesel trucks go (mostly urban areas) by 10 years on average. Air pollution shortens life even more than smoking does. The toxic smog we had earlier in June made me really sick.
  13. LibertyBell
    It'll go by quickly, another nice long dry sunny stretch will begin on Tuesday and temps will start to warm up again by next Thursday and Friday.
  14. LibertyBell
    Don, what's the earliest 90 degree day on record for JFK-- the only time I remember JFK hitting 90 degrees in April was during the heatwave in April 2002? Did it also happen in April 1976? And I believe there have never been multiple days of 90+ at JFK in April have there? Thanks!
  15. LibertyBell
    So that must have been our earliest heat wave on record too since in 2002 we had 3 days of 90+ and peaked at 96 (same as 1976)-- I think the one in 1976 was displaced a day later?
  16. LibertyBell
    I wonder if that's ever happened before....the only April heatwave I remember happened during the great 2002, but that was in the second half of the month.
  17. LibertyBell
    and WABC7/Lee Goldberg said the sea breeze coming in around that time caused the fire to spread quickly. Yet another reason to hate the sea breeze (I hate it as much as the rain/snow line moving north).
  18. LibertyBell
    I've always hated the sea breeze because it makes the air more humid, I'd rather it come in closer to sunset and not spoil the hot temp party. I hate the sea breeze as much as I hate the rain/snow line moving north. And now ABC7/Lee Goldberg said just a few minutes ago that the sea breeze caused those fires to our north in Rockland County to spread more quickly as the wind speeds picked up. So that's another reason to hate the sea breeze.
  19. LibertyBell
    Is this the airport for Hartford?
  20. LibertyBell
    Something I've noticed about the sea breeze is the temperature experiences a jump just before the sea breeze comes in. It's almost like a temperature rise just before a cold front passes. And after the sea breeze comes through the sky clears out-- also similar to a cold front passage.
  21. LibertyBell
    wow that's amazing, they're still rising on a southerly wind...Tony I saw that JFK achieved a record high also, but got no higher than 85? And LGA?
  22. LibertyBell
    Don how close has NYC gotten to 90 so far?
  23. LibertyBell
    I find there are less bugs around when it's very hot and dry
  24. LibertyBell
    2002 was another one where this happened, very blue skies, high temps and low humidity......absolute perfection!
  25. LibertyBell
    Yeah then we'll have days with a westerly wind when even JFK is hotter than NYC lol
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