BrianW

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.

Lots of recent thunder just east of HVN.

Congrats on the jack 5 inches there.

Yeah. Looks like a special morning tomorrow. Hoping to get in on some 2 inch rates. However, signals are starting to point to this boundary lying close to if not over Long Island/S CT after day break Sunday morning. There may also be some added lift aloft from a passing jet. The 00z HREF is showing probabilities of greater than 3 inches in 3 hours around 30 percent over urban NE NJ, NYC into Western Long Island from 09-12z Sunday with some areas 40-60 percent over central LI into the central portions of CT coast 12-15z Sunday, and around 30 percent for southeastern CT 15z-18z Sunday. We have noted in recent flash flooding events that at least a 30 percent chance of 3 inches in 3 hours has often resulted in flash flooding in parts of the urban corridor. The 00z REFS also indicated a probability greater than 50 percent for greater than 3 inch amounts in some of these same areas, specifically east of the NYC metro. There is also about a 20-30 percent probability of around 2 inch per hour rates based of data from the WPC Urban Rain Rate Dashboard.

Yeah. I set my t-stat to 68 cool from pretty much April to October. This is what my central air usage looks like just about every year.

Natural gas prices are state regulated by PURA. They have to submit rate increases and get them approved similar to electricity. I believe its every 6 months like electricity so the price is extremely stable for 6 months.