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Impressive that IZG managed 100 with dewpoints staying close to 70. The July 2011 event it mixed down to the 50s (maybe even 40s?). Over here in FFZ we've so far managed 100.9 according to the mesowest, so it looks like a tie with IZG, except dewpoints are much lower (upper 20s). Our P&C next 7 days has 102/106/107/108/112/113/112 so I doubt IZG will tie again anytime soon.

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Huh? IZG is official.

3pm obs. Lots of 99/100s.

Yep, looks legit:

14:54     100.0
14:50     100.4
14:45     100.4
14:40     98.6
14:35     100.4
14:30     98.6

IZG managed 100.4 at 14:35

IZG stuck at 98-99, doesn't seem like 100 is in the cards today

IZG stuck at 98.6 the past hour. Seeing lots of little clouds popping up on satellite so that might be a factor.

IZG 97 already wow

8am: 88

9am: 91

10am: 93

They could legitimately be warmer than here today, our forecast high is 102. The temps/dews across NE yesterday and today match up with typical July monsoon airmasses here.

Interesting cloud behavior on satellite. They seem to be holding stationary to the north and west of the major mountain divides. BTV and BML say 2600ish ceilings. IZG despite the early clearing still only managing 84 at this hour.

It's definitely a notable heat dome. Yesterday's late afternoon high was 115, which is about the hottest I've experienced since living here the past four years. It has begun its departure east so we're cooling off today (109) going into next week as temps fall back to the lower 100s.

7 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said:

95° and sunny here in Vegas

Abundance of sun here as well, managed a late afternoon high of 102 today off a low of ~72. Our warmest of the year thus far. Currently sitting at 100/21, dewpoints have been in the upper teens and low 20s all day. Looks downright miserable back in the coastal plain of NNE, I certainly don't miss these late May/June debacles.

6 hours ago, weatherwiz said:

Going to be tough to get a really hot summer here, if for any reason we don't even look to be building any sustained or early heat in the southwest. There's been fluxes of some big early season heat in the Southwest into Texas but not sustaining.  

Yea it still hasn't gotten started here yet. We've had a couple days of 100+ and then it's being knocked down to the 80s and lower 90s for several days. Last week we even had multiple mostly overcast days. This upcoming week it looks like we might get our warmest days of the year Wednesday through Friday with highs topping out around 104, but cooling down again after with another trough approaching.

6 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Quick thought on this ...  July 2010 saw a DPs dry out from  somewhere around 70 all the way to the lower 50s between FIT-BED during the course of that afternoon where temperatures were near or over 100 before and after the DP advection took place.  There's obviously other moving parts in the dynamics of the thing... I'm just pointing out that general rules can and do have exceptions yadda yadda

What's the wind direction ?  Curious.  If this is WNW d-slope flow, we may see the in situ "dry line" advection take place.

Was that July 2011? Or was there another event in 2010, I can't remember very well. I wonder if WPC will ever put a dryline on the current sfc obs map in NE during these occurrences, since a couple months ago I remember there being a similar situation with a severe outbreak in Illinois, and they actually drew a dryline on the map in that one. It wasn't the usual desert origin dry air which is why I found it unusual.

4 hours ago, weatherwiz said:

Yeah the big heat thus far has been just east of you 

Managed 93.2 this afternoon, slighty above IZG. It has been a cool year so far, first 90s were delayed to mid April (usually happens around the equinox), and just a couple days ago it finally hit 100 for the first time.

1 hour ago, weatherwiz said:

Give it an hour or so and PHX will probably be warmer  

Going to be close. We're in a cooler pattern the last few days, IZG hit 91.9 and our current high 91.4. I just thought the NNE heat was impressive for this time of year.

IZG at 91, warmer than Phoenix metro currently (~89 here).

Looks like most of Maine held off the gloom but it creeped into western ME towards late afternoon. There have been a copious amount of clouds here in AZ today as well, but still managed a high of 90. This is definitely the time of year when being in AZ vs the coastal plain of NNE pays handsomely.

It's been a long week and I just now have gotten the time to write up my experience Monday. I was deciding between Colebrook, northern VT, or Eustis area. In the end given the satellite cloud trend, and to maximize totality time, I went for Third Connecticut Lake on the Quebec border.

There were no clouds to speak of, not even cirrus, so viewing was perfect. Conditions in the area were still pretty set in Winter, with the lake frozen over thick enough that most people were out on it in chairs and had tripods set up. The snowcover was at least a foot deep if not more.

The eclipse itself was magnificent, and it looked better overall that the 2017 one I saw in Idaho which was marred by a thin haze of forest fire smoke. The corona looked a lot larger this go around, and the large flare at the bottom stood out. I regret forgetting to look for shadow banding in the minute before and after totality. I imagine on the expansive snowcover of the lake, it would be very easy to notice. I'm wondering if anyone got video of it in that area. I do not have any decent camera gear so I was only able to manage a phone picture pre-totality and short video during.

The drive back took at least twice as long as normal, about 5 hours, thanks to closures of alternate routes to US 3, and an enormous backup in Errol that took over an hour to get through. It was still worth seeing and I'm glad I was able to experience it.

It's amazing the weather cooperated so well with the timing. Right after I went back to Arizona, the usual spring time perpetual gloom, cold, and dampness settled in to plague Maine for what looks like a long stay.

18 minutes ago, tamarack said:

I may be looking there as well, but even though I'm familiar with the roads there, the paucity of off-road parking may be an issue.  Maybe Natanis Point Camps (north end of Natanis Pond) opened early, but if so, they're probably filled up.

Yea I have hesitation about that area and there's only one major road there. I'm probably headed to Canaan/Colebrook/Pittsburg.

5 minutes ago, kazimirkai said:

Have a map of 3 or 4 pm? Actual totality is at 3:30

Unfortunately they only have that specific time. There does seem to be a bit of an E trend if you check the previous model run.

https://www.pivotalweather.com/eclipse2024/?m=srefens&p=cloudcover_tle_2-mean&r=us_state_ne_n

High clouds creeping towards w VT. Hopefully they'll hold off.

Got into Portland from Phoenix late Saturday night. Original plans were for southern TX but I pulled the plug on those Thursday/Friday. The departing storm was still spitting out snow from around 7k feet all the way down to around 900ft in PWM area where it changed to rain showers the rest of the descent. A pretty big difference from the 70s and 80s we've been getting in AZ. The snowcover is melting rapidly, already down to patches, hard to believe 18" fell a few days ago.

Starting from Harrison tomorrow morning and am thinking Norton, Canaan, Colebrook, Pittsburg or maybe Newport. Eustis to QC border area is a possibility too.

My original plans for Texas aren't looking good. Have backup plans for Maine, tip of NH or Quebec, will lose a minute of totality but that seems the best bet currently.

IZG reported brief switch to sleet but it's back to snow now. Curious what things are like in Harrison and Bridgton, looks like their expected totals may be cut down by the sleet.

I saw the 2017 one in Sawtooth National Forest in Idaho. It was spectacular with exception of being marred by forest fire haze. I'm planning on driving from Phoenix to southern Texas for this one, and getting an early start from San Angelo Monday morning. Hopefully the climatological sunshine % in that area comes to fruition.

48 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

Bingo . New England severe is basically a joke compared to anything west or Sw of us and East of Rockies 

The monsoon storms in AZ have been more impressive than anything I've seen here. Last July a complex ripped through from SE to NW with 80mph gusts, knocked the power out for 18 hours. Helps when it's over 100 degrees out ahead of the storm.