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Cell ~40 miles to my ENE over eastern Suffolk... 81/74 and raining here now....

Made it to 88 here, clouds in the afternoon blocked us from reaching 90.

Speaking of bugs, I was stunned to see so many bees flocking to my potted Southern Magnolia, which bloomed for the first time last week. Apparently they LOVE this species (according to the internet). I rarely see bees here so it was a nice sight, furry bees and non-furry bees alike, many of them looked very young too. Tropical Storm Fay blew those flowers off the tree but there’s more on the way, hopefully the bees come back. Magnolias are living fossils, they’re very ancient and predate most trees and also bees and other common insects. Southern Magnolia flowers smell divine btw, one of my favorite trees, glad they can grow here.

Sun finally out, 82/76 now.

75/74 and overcast here, skies were clearer overnight.

0.68” here, better than nothing.

View from 495 in Suffolk: Car says it’s 79 degrees, tops of trees starting to bend.

Yeah it feels quite warm out with the sun, even with the increasing winds, temps approaching 80 with dews in the mid 70’s.

Fay’s winds have finally arrived, it was just dead calm like 30 minutes ago. Bright skies with racing clouds, off and on drizzle, temp is 77.

0.12” here. Different world.

83/75 here, high of 89, low of 73.

84/76 here, heat index is 93 but it feels even hotter than that to me.

79/75 here, low was 74.... Low, thick clouds racing to the northeast.

It was actually hail, not a bird....

76/71 here, sun feeling like it wants to come out at times, but ultimately doesn’t. Edit: Sun is out! Probably not for long though.

My average high for July so far is 90, today should ruin that.

Getting some thunder here now, storms to my NW. New lightning detector just got its first hit from a strike 11 miles away.

75/70 with overcast marine slop, 20 degree temp drop from the high of 95.

Dew point spiked to 75 with the arrival of the sea breeze before settling back down at 70-71. Dews were in the 60’s prior to the sea breeze. 92/71 here, high of 95 so far.

Finally lol. I hope it’s the first of many there. If ISP was located about a mile or two further north they’d likely have several 90’s by now.

92 here after a low of 72. ISP should have hit 90, it was at 89 an hour ago.

It’s crazy how ISP hasn’t hit 90 yet, maybe tomorrow they will. Today was my 7th 90.

Yeah I left that part out lol, I’m so accustomed to both gunshots and fireworks that I can tell which one is which. Subtle differences, but after a while you can hear it. Way less gunshots here in LI than in Queens though.

Back up to 86 here now as well.

Am I the only one that finds it soothing? I’m from Jamaica, Queens, anything too quiet feels suspicious lol. The humming of Air conditioners, Cicadas, fireworks and ice cream trucks = sounds of summer.