BrianW

@tamarack Helped my wifes uncle close up their lake cabin this weekend near Morristown, NJ. Some impressive tree damage from that July 3rd storm with lots of local reports of 75 -80 mph winds. Almost all the damage was red oaks that split around 25-50 feet up. There is a lot of old growth trees and tons of 100+ year old giant Tulip Poplars that didnt even loose a branch.

Meriden, CT? It does have a local nickname of the "Dirty Den".

BDR with a 54 for the low. BDR still hasn't gone below 50 and Upton thinks we stay above. The coolest airmass of this fall will advect into the area Monday night into Tuesday and then remain in place into Wednesday. Lows Monday night will fall into the 40s for the most part with the coolest readings well inland. The NYC metro may remain right around 50.

I would lock in. The energy futures market for natural gas, heating oil, electricity is pretty nuts out to next year. Every 3rd party electricity supplier in New England is like $15-20 more a month right now for rates. Eversources standard supplier rates are currently much cheaper until the price adjustment hits in Dec. Its pretty much guaranteed there will be huge increases coming this winter as usually 3rd party electricity suppliers are much cheaper.

Some dews as well.

Wind really starting to rip here now. BDR just had a gust to 53 and HVN 47.

Lots of lightning out over the sound and a TVS on radar.

I have been using mini splits for the last 8 years in my all electric/solar house. I monitor the electricity consumption of everything and its incredible how efficent mini splits are. I kicked mine on a few mornings this week and they used like 1-2 kwh running a few hours in the morning. Thats like 50-60 cents in electricity. I could see if I had $6 heating oil waiting but your only saving like less than a dollar to be cold.

Around 81-82. Yeah it's been a really crazy summer on the sound with all kinds of tropical fish being caught and pods of dolphins. Even some hammer heads are coming up.. Hammerhead shark spotted off coast of Niantic Experts said shark sightings in the sound are not rare, but hammerheads are a different story. https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/middlesex/hammerhead-shark-spotted-off-coast-of-niantic/amp/

Yeah. Some really warm water still in the sound. We saw 2 pods of bottle nose dolphins this morning Bottlenose dolphins are increasingly spotted in the Long Island Sound as they follow schools of fish into the warming waters. Recent Sightings and Encounters: Branford and Stony Creek: On September 4, 2026, a pod of more than 20 bottlenose dolphins surrounded a boat piloted by a wildlife refuge worker traveling from Falkner Island toward Stony Creek. Norwalk and Western Sound: Multiple pods have been documented by local boaters and fishermen off the coast of Norwalk and neighboring towns. General Distribution: Sightings occur with regularity near Milford, Bridgeport, Stamford, Greenwich, and the Connecticut River

Thankfully I don't live anywhere near Newark. I have been out on my boat just about every day this week and the long Island sound water temps are still mid 70's. The middle of the sound out to the race is still 75-77 degrees..

62 for the low here and already up to 74 with some dews...

4.7 inches here with some 6+ totals just east.

Yeah. Some big totals there.

Tons of thunder here just now. Look at that band heading into HVN. 1.33 already.