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5 minutes ago, dendrite said:

PWM 95 to 77 in 25 minutes.

Just a wild boundary to be honest.

Baking here in mid-80s with dews of 70F.  Meanwhile one county northwest along the Canadian border is low 60s.

Widespread low to mid 60s like 30 miles north.  This is like a winter-time low level CAA coming down the Champlain Valley.  Northern CPV colder than the 2,000ft site by Jay Peak.  Even Picnic Tables on Mansfield are hotter than the northern Lake basin.

6 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

One part of Hawaii averages less than 10” of rain per year.  That is nuts

Other parts get 150”+ per year.  Kevin would love that right now

I feel so naive.  Guess we need to visit now. The wife will be devastated.

5 minutes ago, CT Valley Snowman said:

 BDL reported 1.63 

Looks like they recorded about 0.40” between 5:45 and 5:50pm… almost a 5”/hr rain rate.  That’s some torrential rain.

A couple good drinks for a few folks in CT, it’s a start.

39 minutes ago, DotRat_Wx said:

Big humidity difference too! 

I know nothing about HI climate, but how can an island in the middle of the ocean have big humidity differences?  I’ll have to do some looking at it, I just pictured the islands all similar climate.

77/73 after 8:30pm… might be the most tropical night of the summer.

Windows fogging from A/C style.  Even the dog doesn’t want to go outside.

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

 

Like this ? Neither have I

Went for a hike after work today, holy crap. Felt like I was on a spiritual journey in a Native American sweat lodge, only thing missing was hallucinating on peyote.

Haven’t been soaked with sweat like that in a very long time, ha.  Like jumping into the river with all my clothes on.  Even my wallet and shoes are wet somehow.

Does oddly feel cleansing sweating that much but a good 2-hour workout in this weather means we need to replace that dehydration with double IPAs I guess.

7pm and it’s still 84/72 at MVL.  Wild.

11 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Enjoying the biggest kettle pond on the Cape. Ocean tomorrow.

 

Honestly had no idea the Cape had fresh water bodies that big.  That’s awesome.  Water has to be so much warmer than the ocean.

16 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

What a summer. 

Beach day down there?

Yesterday’s 92F was hottest of the year here.

Hit 90F once in May and once in June… zero 90F in July (what a great month, min of 40F, max 89F)… but 92F yesterday and we are at 88F so might hit it today too.

88/70 at MVL.

68F at the Picnic Tables.

9 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Put your bum in a stream and hold hands with Jspin while he talks about lens exposure.

Ha, or just stay inside at the breweries and look outside through the frosted A/C window unit.

I’m going to the picnic tables right now for relief.  Gondola cabins are like toaster ovens though.

84/72 at 11am.

I’ll pass. No thanks on the steam bath.

30 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

NAM is an inferno on this run straight thru Tuesday 

Hard to know what’s true and fiction this summer.  If someone told me the Red Sox would be in last place in the AL East on August 6th, 3 games behind the Baltimore Orioles… while paying the luxury tax (!) as a top spender… no way would I believe that.  NAM could go either way.

We torch tomorrow too.

Heat Index map from BTV.

1 hour ago, weathafella said:

Well the first one was 7 days straight and who knows how long this one will be? The long duration to me is the eye opener.

The switch has flipped hard.  The first half of the warm season was largely the stuff of dreams.  Now we are firmly into the dog days of August in a seasons-in-seasons type of way, fitting all the stereotypes of high heat index.  Dews with temps.  Invested a lot in silent A/C this past spring, after the past few years of torch, so part of me is happy to have a reason to use it.  Game changer.  But still would prefer all sliders open, bears looking in, etc than a locked up place.

We can discuss which is better, low RH continental warmth vs. thick tropical moist heat... but in the end it looks like this summer will feature good long runs of both types of air masses.  As some folks showed today, everyone who loves this weather was able to get outside to enjoy it all day long.  No need for climate controlled spaces, just patios, decks, and gatherings outdoors.  It's great to see folks taking advantage of the weather they love.

16 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

But when most of it falls in heavy run off storms in 3 months with a dry winter , spring and following summer .. it’s all a distant memory . Mother Nature loves to even things out. It never fails . I would say roughly 50” a year 

For sure, Mother Nature loves her averages.  And yeah, last year’s rain is fairly useless societally, especially from a consumer demand for water stays high.  It’s not like we stockpile a wet year like they do in Cali.

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

43” last May - Sept here. About 8” so fat same period. I expected this to happen but maybe not quite this bad 

Wild.  Averaging 25” water during that time… you know what your average is roughly historically?

5 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I posted this a couple of days back. We were staying at an Airbnb in Pueblo CO and it is pretty much desert there.  Scorpions and rattlesnakes.  Some had stone and dirt yards.  These folks just went astroturf 

Look at how green that is, ha.

Would make for easier snow measurements in the winter too, no grass blade fluff ups.

10 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Well I just spent the last 30 minutes watering the garden and other certain things . Now I have to go across street and water neighbors stuff who is away. There’s been maybe 5 days all summer that hasn’t required me to water the garden . It all started with your damn Coc k in June . Now with less soil moisture than Death Valley. Days with dews in the mid 70’s delivers full sun and death. Thanks much 

 

Haha.  I water our garden almost daily.  That’s growing food.  I totally sympathize with wells running dry and other drought stuff… but it all started with a pic of some brown grass while the other vegetation looked ok.  Reminded me that grass isn’t native and more of a status symbol, while the native stuff appears to be making due.

Hopefully it rains down there.

8 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Whoosh . Way above your pony o. It’s not the lawn . It’s everything. Enjoy your upslope .5 a day 

Like Dendy said, I don’t blame you necessarily, it’s the American way to care about a lawn.  I grew up with my dad going apeshit over it, seemingly afraid people might judge him if it’s not perfect.  Used to get yelled at for not having the dog piss in the same 3 foot circle growing up.  My dad would walk the dog on pavement out to the town’s property next to ours before the dog could piss.

Lawns are serious business, people attach a lot of self-worth to them.

It would be interesting if polled the public and like 75% are like “I really don’t give a f*ck but I pour time and money into it so my neighbors don’t talk about me.”  Collectively everyone might be ok just letting fields back in their neighborhoods lol.

Most people who truly like growing things do plants, trees, gardens, etc. The lawn is a different reason.

3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

You hippies just don’t get it 

No we get it, you use your lawn as a sense of self-worth and status symbol.  It’s very important that this non-native vegetation be in pristine shape all the time otherwise you are failing at life somehow. Lush green lawn desires started with George Washington.  It’s the American dream from when his yard and house was painted and shown prominently as the pillar of wealth.

3 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Looks more like a waste of time and money. 

Yeah I just don’t get it.  Kids can still play on it, soccer balls roll just as well (though I doubt DIT lets anyone near it)… who cares what color it is except OCD folks.

Functionally it does the same thing, gives space for kids to play, aside from that lawns are useless.  Give me a meadow, attract some animals.

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Hold up. That is grass to you? Seriously?

Oh you mean the oak tree in the back?

Looks like grass in that photo.  Was expecting cactus to be sprouting up.