powderfreak

I guess I'm not following. Where is this normal that was raised? So if you go into the NWS climate page for Cleveland and Toledo... the climate data says they are using the 1991 - 2020 climate normals like everyone else. You're telling me they just added degrees to this? Everything I'm finding right now on the F6 and climate pages show it is based on 1991 to 2020.

Yeah, it's a very set 10-year adjustment. Maybe on some other page or stats they have some rolling average on their own?

The lows matter greatly for folks without A/C or the ability to cool off at night. Sure, tucked into bed with the A/C humming you don't notice it... but then again sitting inside with A/C you won't notice 96F either, ha. I still know some people up here who do not have A/C and it has been brutal. Each year more and more schedule mini-split installations because of it.

I know but do you know what the actual normal value should be? Maybe it is 1.0 and 1.9F? I'm just trying to figure out how you know they are playing "loose and fast" with the normals. Those sound like very possible amounts for mean temp increases in a decade.

How do you know that? Do you have what the actual new "normals" should be or did someone tell you that?

Looks like BML ASOS average minimum in July should be 52F. They haven't been below 60 degrees in 9 days now.

The increased moisture and dews just remove the radiating from the radiators and man the temperature departures get out of hand in a hurry. These are the current 30-year normals... I can't wait to see what it looks like after we bake this decade in: Saint Johnsbury... 80/58 Morrisville-Stowe... 79/55 Montpelier... 78/56 Mid-July normals are highs near 80 and lows in the 50s. That implies there should be a bunch of days cooler than that level too. It's just hard to even imagine running a current July with those averages. All three sites are +5.7 to +6.1 on the July through the first half of the month.

Oh it is. Up here feels like what I remember CT being as a kid in Woodstock. Like I've been saying, our average minimums should be solidly in the 50s. Which usually means dews in the 50s. Our average low this month is 62F and running +6.1 for July in the means at MVL. That is INSANE for a summer month.

Ha, zero illusions of that. But we'll get some relief. Folks are getting worried about mold up here. It's been pretty unrelentless for a spot who's average low is in the mid-50s lol.

That 12 NAM is quite the dew FROPA on Friday. Wake up to dews of 70F and by the evening it's this:

I mean it's mid summer. The overall theme is it is mid summer. There will be some relief though mixed in, which has not been happening. 2-3 days would be 2-3 days more than folks have seen lately. Though I feel more confident up here than I do south of RT 2 and especially south of the Pike where you guys do 70 dews as soon as the flow comes out of the south in any manner.

Not going to lie, it does look a lot more refreshing this weekend and next week. There are definitely some gradient days in there for dews, like Sunday, where up north might miss out. But Monday through Thursday of next week looks to offer relief. At least up here, it looks like we see more dews in the 40s and 50s than we do in the 60s for a week starting on Friday.

Just walking the dog on the Rec path and the dog randomly loses her shit, which means she smells a bear. Off to the bushes on the side he huffs and snorted at us before I could even see him. Snorted twice at me and even stood up to scratch the tree… or he was considering going up it if the barking dog came over. We backed away and he ran off. Right in the middle of town behind the movie theater lol. Going to look for another car or building to break into.

New landslides this week on Mt Colden in the Adirondacks from the heavy rain the other day. Two freshies from the DEC photos. One on the left and one on the right, lighter colors than the old ones.

It’s funny the steps humans will take to avoid some sicknesses or health issues and not others. (Not meant to be COVID related, just in general).

People would think the world is ending. +2 no one notices… -2 would be like why is it so cold?

Persistence has been a very good forecasting method for like 3-4 summers in a row now. It will be something if we can ever pull off a full summer month of like -2 again.

What did that feel like or how did you know? I got a full tick panel done but was negative anoplasmosis… positive Lyme.

I tested positive for Lyme recently. Been on course of antibiotics for the past couple weeks prior to the test results, which take some time. Symptoms started with a week long fever (peaked at 102F), headaches and joint pain. Rash was present. Extreme fatigue at times. Blood work showed everything was fine except my liver enzymes were through the roof, fighting some infection. It all started 3 days after I walked through the high brush to bring the dog to that snow patch back on the solstice, ha. Luckily think it was treated early so should be good.

BTV had a chilly night at 75F lol. Better than almost 80F all night.

Quick quarter inch with some loud thunder.

No joke, it seems like there’s 3 buzzing you at once for 2 hours. They thrive in this 70F dew, warm/sunny, stagnant air.

The Sox just needed to get their best hitter off the team to find their full potential. Never a dull moment so far with this team in terms of emotions. From smashing the TV to flying high while enjoying mid-summer baseball. We'll be smashing things again soon, but a fun ride right now.

I won't lie, I always put you more in the ORH climate relatively to normal than BOS. Or at least as much as some of the other area posters in that zone of SNE. I'll have to look up where Southborough is again relative to like 495. I guess you aren't at 1,000ft and you aren't on the ocean, so split the difference between the two sites?

One thing I've noticed is the deer flies have been absolutely relentless up here. We used to not really have them or at least they weren't this ferocious. I remember when I moved up here thinking, wow this is really nice compared to say the woods/hills of northern CT in Woodstock where they would eat you alive. Now you go hiking and the whole time you are getting buzzed by deer flies. It feels like the CT Hill climate of 15 years ago, ha.