JustinRP37

I don’t see any of this “cool”. Even today was supposed to be below average by a few degrees, yet most of the area is at or above average by a few degrees for a high. The whole week was supposed to be average to below average and moderated warmer as it got closer. I do remember you calling for a cooler summer too back in April/May, and so far this has been an impressively hot/humid summer most of the summer. Sure, we had a slow start, but it hasn’t been a cool summer. @BxEngineenjoy the cruise. If you are in the Getaway we will be on it next week. Now I expect a major hurricane to send us to Canada because that’s my luck!

The problem with the heat and humidity here in the NYC Metro is we still don't "slow down" as much as places in the tropics. People in the tropics, even in Florida, tend to work on "island time". I still chuckle though with the people that are either forced to wear suits in this heat or they love to feel like a wet dog.

So much smoke today. Got worse heading back home after the game.

First Yankees game in 6 years for me. Good Lord, this team is garbage. And the stadium is 50/50 Yankees/Phillies fans. What has happened to this once-legendary team? Oh, wait, Hal isn’t George. How is Boone still managing this team? It is hot in the sun, though. Thankfully, the humidity isn’t too crazy. There was a lot of smoke up in Patterson this morning.

Cool mornings, these past few. Low was 57 outside my back door this morning. Felt like September. Looking hot at the end of the week.

Anything this time of year that projects slightly below average should almost always be bumped to ‘average’ unless the air mass is considerably below average and dry. The reason being is that overnight lows in the summer now are almost always above average because of humidity. It is very hard to get a below-average low lately, even if the daytime temps are right around or just slightly below average.

I feel like everything about Twitter has gotten worse since it became X. Hell the Twitter Mets were always terrible, but now the X Mets are just full of dreams and garbage.

I am thoroughly impressed with the humidity this summer. At least the condensate lines won’t have as much trouble since they are flowing like a faucet! No chance for the water to stagnate! But our lab is still reporting very high tick activity. We should be getting out of peak nymph season before the larvae come out in August. The good thing about larvae is that they typically don’t carry disease since they haven’t fed on anything yet. I used to consider winter and summer as tied for my favorite season, but I am starting to enjoy winter the most. I went outside to watch the fireflies last night for 5 minutes and received over 5 mosquito bites. Summer is great though when you don’t have to work and are in the water.

It's almost all outdoors from what I hear with minimal shade too (not that that will be an issue today). Think it is still worth it or wait for a better day? Might keep the lines down today...

Was going to take my son to Legoland NY today. I am guessing that would be a poor decision looking at the models. Grr.

I think this will end up being our hottest stretch of the summer. The extended looks warm to borderline hot, but does not look exceptional. I’m fine with that, but honestly I will take anything if it means the back door gunk is done for awhile.

This week’s weather does not look as hot or prolonged as we originally thought. Looking like upper 70s low 80s for me by Thursday. Mid 90s Monday and Tuesday. That is if the models that didn’t get today right are right. Also looks like a quite cloudy week ahead. It does look humid though all week.

No you are confusing latest sunset and longest day. The longest day is always on the solstice. We peak tomorrow in Manhattan at 15h5m38s, we lose a second by the 21st. By the 26th we have lost a full minute. Same as winter: https://sunrise-sunset.org/a/why-the-shortest-day-is-not-the-day-with-the-earliest-sunset-or-latest-sunrise.

It really has been feeling like Groundhog Day. Everyday is the same gloomy morning. This morning though it feels like soup outside.

I mean it is going to be quite the head fake from constant gloom and 60s to even the 90s...

Most of the branch lines are diesel. Hudson line from Croton to Poughkeepsie, Southeast to Wassaic, Danbury branch, Waterbury branch, and the Hartford line are all diesel. We are getting new Siemens locomotives too.

It is bad enough on some of the diesel hauled coaches when the AC is on the fritz with 70s outside. I expect to see big rail issues next week. Third rail/caternary issues, coaches with no AC, you name it.

I think they are thinking low 90s, not what the models are printing out. When I told a few that we could have a few days over 100 they didn’t believe me. But if the dews are also high, that will really cause power issues, if it is a drier heat, we should be able to handle it. I do see schools that are still in session closing though (although this is a good lesson as to why they should stick to a normal school year if their buildings are not air conditioned and not go until the end of June, but I digress).

That’s very true. I think people are just looking for a pattern change. I know my lawn is super green but getting red thread and other fungus now that it has been so wet and dark.

Talking to some people on the train today and everyone is super excited about a heatwave, even the people that hate the heat. I found that odd but I think everyone is just sick and tired of the constant dreary weather we have had. Constant October skies in May/June do mess with emotions.

Really might want to be check for diabetes and get a relative humidity sensor. Warm air holds more moisture so heating this time of year will allow indoor air to become more moist. Mold is not killed by 85 degree heat. It is killed by sunlight and lack of moisture. So unless you are UVing the room, that heat won’t be killing it. You also should not have mold in a properly build house, so that should be remediated. Diabetes also makes the body feel cooler than it is. Sleep experts all recommend sleeping below 68 degrees.

We can't just get rid of Canada's boreal forest! They are part of a very important ecosystem. The problem with boreal forests is that decomposition is super slow. They have very limited decomposition throughout the year because of the long and very cold winters. So every summer more growth does happen and some needles and whatnot drop to the forest floor where they can remain for decades. The problem with this is it is akin to you bringing in a gallon of kerosene into your kitchen each year and storing it under the sink. You never light the kerosene or use it, but every year you buy another gallon and store it. Eventually you have a lot of kerosene built up and suddenly your garbage disposal goes on the fritz and sparks go everywhere (like lightning). Next thing you know you have gallons of kerosene going up in flames because none was used and just kept accumulating. The boreal forest is also home to several endangered species, plus tons of bacteria we haven't fully studied. We can't just get rid of it. Even replacement more fire-resistant trees would be non-native and not provide the same ecosystem services.

Ticks do well when we have snow cover before any arctic outbreaks, which we had this winter. Then early spring being moist helps get them active again. It has really been ideal conditions.

As for those saying June has been above normal so far, there are many locations in our subforum that are reporting below average. Danbury is one such location posting an average temp of 65.1 degrees against a normal to date of 66.2. For the year Danbury is at 42.1 degrees against an average of 43. Very rare in our current climate to be 'below' average. This May/June has been very odd in that some areas are holding on to cloud cover more than others, especially our more mountainous terrain. I do think the back half of summer will be much warmer than average and our fall will once again be warmer and drier than normal as that would be in line with our "stuck" weather patterns we get.

They are more brown than the blacklegged tick and were originally discovered in the US in NJ. See https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/cattle/ticks/asian-longhorned. The scary thing about them is their population has exploded because they can reproduce via parthenogenesis which is wild for a tick.