ORH_wxman

Congrats on the rainy afternoon that NYC was supposed to get.

Rain just started picking up. Looks like we might get a nice little drink with that northern band going right along and just south of the pike region.

At least fall has the foliage. Spring is utterly useless in New England. Pure garbage. I wish we’d go right from winter to summer.

Nice little circulation there between SYR and ALB. We’ll have to watch that.

Looks like a queen yellowjacket....they often end up inside in spring and early summer as they emerge from winter hibernation looking to build a nest. They usually winter in the attic of homes or other spots that are warmer than outside burrows and when they emerge, they often emerge the "wrong direction" and end up inside rather than outside. They are usually sluggish and don't fly fast and aggressive like the worker wasps so the risk of getting stung is pretty low. Though it's getting a little late in the season for a queen to be emerging....I stopped finding them inside about 3 weeks ago....maybe a straggler. Just kill it but be careful as it can still sting you even after it is dead. Pick it up with a lot of paper towels or thick gloves.

Scooter has transformed into an old lady in summer within a period of like 2 years...wearing a shawl outside if it's not 95F. We were outside with my son biking today and I saw more people than usual. That' whats happens when its 80/50 vs 90/70.

Not sure if even gets that far south on EPS....maybe by the time it is elongated.

It trended north compared to 00z.

Boo ya!

Time to move west into Litchfield county and embrace winter. You will get more severe there too.

I'm sure we'll get pulsers that collapse on themselves after 30 minutes.

Lol, 13 out of the first 17 days of August.....that looks like a huge BDL torch, nevermind BTV.

We've slowed down recently from the reverse dipole.....2020 now trails 2019, 2012, 2010, and 2007. Though not by huge amounts, so a top 3 melt season is still very much possible. We'll see if the area losses pick back up as the reverse dipole weakens.

I never forecasted coc all month. But I did downplay the chance for 90s last week due to meh 850 temps which was dead-on. We kept topping out in the 80s.

How’s the 6/8 heat wave looking?

Yep....hot and humid sucks ass unless I'm at a pool party or the beach. For hiking, yard work, biking, golfing, etc....I want 75/40...and if I can't have that, I'll take cloudy and 74/66. But different strokes for different folks.

This is great....my son was outside on his bike and I didn't need to put sunblock on him with the thick clouds. Wasn't raining and was plenty of warm still with the higher dews. I'd be grumpy if I was going to the beach in this, but otherwise, give me more of this.

91 at BDL, 74 at ORH, and 71 at BOS, lol

Interior is def drying out a little bit. ORH down to 59F dew. GHG up to 72F with a SE wind though. Scooter throwing a party on his front lawn. Lol

It’s muggy but not horrific. Early this morning seemed muggier than it is now. There are some nasty dews hugging the coast though. PVD over to the cape in the 70 range and even up toward GHG and BOS. Scooter will be happy...glad we dont live there.

Yeah it’ll prob level off in the 90-91 range at the ASOS stations. Won’t be one of those days where it keeps rocketing to 95-96 by 3-4pm.

Yeah. It’s pretty much all trees here. A little tougher to hit 90 than an open area. It should make it though in the next couple hours.

Up to 86 here now. Trying to make a run at first 90F of the year. Should at least eclipse our seasonal high of 87 set earlier this month.

First they steal DIT's snow, now they steal his heat.