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Also, the Pac Jet has set another warm season record. Same thing happened in the Winter and screwed up our cold and storm tracks. It is acting to pump up the WAR , similiar to the winter as well. The Pac Jet also hindered the forecast of Winter West coast ridging, which looked like it would develop on the weeklies/seasonals and then was fractured by the might Pac jet.

If memory serves me correctly I believe @bluewave mentioned the Super Nino being responsible to a degree for this. Many recent dew point records have taken place since the peak of the Super Nino. In addition ( also from a conversation with bluewave ) the robust WAR and warm SW Atlantic SSTs have helped in delivering many records recently across the East , of which, many have been late in the summer and the early Fall. When plottted these records clearly follow the Western flank of the WAR from the SE , Florida up to the Mid Atlantic .

Something going on recently the past 4 years with these extreme dew points and record breaking dew points. Some say the after effects of the Super Nino are responsible, and others speculate about the Atlantic Ocean cycle and the WAR.

Middletown no better, was in the garden and sweating like a pig. 90 degrees here at 10:15 AM. Some unofficial beach surf zone temps reported this AM at between 80 to 82 degrees. Wow !

Delayed re-seeding of the lawn and than BANG the cold came and lost the window. Last Sept and early October sucked ! But as @nw baltimore wx said, the shorter days and earlier sunsets is one offsetting positive of any late season heat.

Do you think we are seeing our hottest temps for the summer now ? ( We are getting this heat right at the climo peak ) Wonder if the highest temps "relative" to normal still occur in September and October this year? Fits the decadal pattern . Warm Atlantic , strong WAR

That frontal passage will be the only rainfall oppurtunity for the next 7 to 10 days once the drier airmass moves in, so hopefuly we all score.

@C.A.P.E. Some private met service providers going 2 to 5 below average Eastern half of the Country days 6 to 10, that is bullish !

Yesss is right, that airmass change looks great ! Hope you are right regarding the rainfall. Seems we are in line for rainfall as we exit the heat, but the WPC trimmed down a bit on rainfall in our region for later Sunday through Monday night.

.65 here so far with some of the loudest thunder in a couple years. Some booms were similiar to the vibrations from the Proving Grounds. China and glassware vibrating and rattling. The winds before the line hit I estimate near 50 mph. Deck chairs sent airborne and the weeping cherry was really swaying, heard some cracks but did not see any fallen trees, but is was pretty bad for about 10 minutes with the winds at the very beginning.

Friday will feel unreal......in a bad way ..... although maybe Saturday will be the worse day, looking for a low Friday night only in the low 80's maybe.

Some crazy dew points out there at the present time, searching around and found nearby Annapolis at a very nasty 79 dew point, Ugh !

Over 2.25 inches yesterday, mulch washed away and piled up in the bottom drive way, trees swaying down, garden hit hard, So much rain ! Power outages here and flooding on many roads. I believe the ground water levels must be very high. Fungus and other crap all around. Like clock-work this is similiar to last July. The first storm that hit us before the main area was a sight to behold. A lot of booming thunder with the evening complex. Some sad news about a car that washed away, driven by a women who was pregnant and her child in the Philly area. We need a serious break in my area.

Wow, went to the store and encountered an incredible thunderstorm, the most intense rainfall I have seen in years. Looks like over 1.50 inches here. Flooding on roads and vivid CTG strikes. Believe it is headed NE and carries a STW with it. There goes the garden. but really incredible to see and dark as night too! Also this would not send because of various FIOS issues here, and power outages

Did not expect rain this early, there was a heavy cell SW of me. Here I have .15 with cloud cover. My daughter is at the beach this morning , Bethany, DE, looking on the vis sat appears mostly sunny down there now.

Looks like the odds are increasing for a mid-month heat wave. GFS and EPS seem to concur. Also, bake those Western Atlantic SSTs even further.

Wonder if this year follows the same pattern, or whether we make a change going forward to a hotter regime and drier. drier = hotter Some models indicate mid month a supportive pattern of hotter weather. Yet, so far at least, even a dry periods have reversed going back to wet. Some have missed the rainfall but certainly it has been more wet than not. Summer blocking supports heat further into the season so whether the current blocking continues might have a say.

Well, the clouds sure looked cool rolling in, but the line really fizzled here and was a dissapointment, not even much rain.

Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 823 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2019 DEZ001-MDZ008-012-015-NJZ009-015>017-PAZ070-071-102-104>106-070115- New Castle-Queen Anne`s-Cecil-Kent-Salem-Mercer-Hunterdon-Gloucester-Lower Bucks-Eastern Montgomery-Philadelphia-Upper Bucks-Delaware-Eastern Chester- 823 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2019 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NEW CASTLE...NORTH CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE`S...KENT...EASTERN CECIL...NORTHWESTERN MERCER... NORTHWESTERN SALEM...SOUTH CENTRAL HUNTERDON...NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...CENTRAL BUCKS...SOUTHEASTERN CHESTER...PHILADELPHIA AND DELAWARE COUNTIES... At 822 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Tinicum to Lima to near Betterton. Movement was south at 20 mph. Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Philadelphia, Camden, Wilmington, Newark, Middletown, Elkton, Norristown, Chester, Lansdale, West Norriton, East Norriton, Pennsville, Yeadon, Doylestown, Byram, Carneys Point, Conshohocken, Hatboro, Folcroft and Ambler.

Yes, that is correct. But, the latest radar look seems to indicate the line is fading a bit. Still should get some rain though.

The storm cluster moving SE into the Northern Chessy Bay look to be getting stronger. Forming a line at this time at the leading edge. Boaters beware !

I might look into that as well, thanks.

Thanks, that is a great point ! I read crab grass sends out some sort of phenol that makes the grass around it not grow as much, but so far crab grass is under control here, with the pre-emergent I but down. Seems my biggest issue this year with the lawn will once again be lawn fungus because of this dew point at night deal. Will reseed in the Fall. but all in all I am happy so far to still have green grass on July 6 th.

Many cucumbers this morning in the garden, wow, I guess the rain maybe, birds after tomatoes though, so I purchased a bird netting because the ribbons and aluminum squares flying in the breeze is not really working at keeping all the various birds away. Its always something ! Yum, your sald sounds great ! My wifes fav are the cherry tomatoes !!! She told me if the birds eat them I am in the dog house . LOL ( more like sweat house ) !

Some folks scalp the grass when they cut it , and wonder why it browns and causes stress on the lawn. I always cut on the highest settings.