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Still think summer will be a very hot ?

The long range still shows no real extreme heat. Next week might be trending downward with temps as a more Easterly flow may set up. The main heat areas are out West. Precip is never that far away. Granted the actual amounts may vary.

The persistence of cloud cover the last several months is almost annoying as the high winds of the last several months, although that seems to be diminishing.

The early season modeling that predicted the worse of the heat being out West is holding true in the very early phase of JJA. Seems that the High pressure tendencies that started many summers ago is present again Northeast of us allowing a more humid airmass, but not extreme heat. Temps may be skewed by higher overnight lows.

.28 here from that line that went through.

Sneaky broken line moving SE, better do dog walk now. OMG its steamy outside

Can't wait, checked out the video and there are surfers out there presently getting some good wave action, as mentioed below the tide is coming in with a peak high tide in Southern NJ at 5:30 to 6:20 PM today. Surf zone summary : Fun-size SSE swell has built in this afternoon. Patchy fog but fun chest high waves. Low pressure tracking through the Northwest Atlantic sets up a fun pulse of mid period swell that moves in and peaks this afternoon That offers surf in the chest high range with some bigger sets likely at top spots as the tide pushes in. Shape generally looks pretty fun but parts of Ocean County still are dealing with fog and low visibility. Winds look light most of the day setting up pretty clean/manageable conditions. Make the most of it. https://northwildwood.com/north-wildwood-surf-cams/

Not bad

The line doing a split here, nothing unusual with that. Happens a lot. Meanwhile, I would not be surprised to see some peaks of sun here based on the currentl satellite animation. Clouds are zipping along.

The local forecast grids have cloudy skies for the next 4 days yet precipitation totals only about .25 to about .50. Surf zone temps appear to be getting ready to ratchet upwards to match climatology. Already several nearby stations have reported temperatures increasing several° f.

Light rain showers here presently. 70 F.

That was very fast, like poof.

That was a big reversal from Mount Holly, from Mostly sunny skies on Saturday after morning clouds to mostly cloudy all day. Saturday saturday A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Storms developing in Dover De and moving slowly NW, yet forecast for my grid is mostly sunny, hmm. Meanwhile storms to the West near ( Thurmont ) moving East, but progress may be limited

Reminds me of yesterday's post by @MillvilleWx very muggy, moisture in the air and everything wet.

Mount Holly AFD zone forecasts actually has skies clearing and going to mostly sunny on Saturday.

Modeling suggest the worse of the heat out West this year. NW may fry. Also, there is a signal for normal, to at times above normal precip, in our area through the summer.

Definitely not as comfortable today with the higher temps watering the garden. As soon as I got home I could smell smoke in the air from above. Also many insects swarming around.

Smoke plume thickest at this time in our area, but moving out in WV., so maybe some improvement later in the day, certainly once the winds shift to SW tomorrow. week. close up here https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G19&sector=ne&band=GEOCOLOR&length=24

We are starting to lessen the negative temp anomalies in the East, of the note the NW US really starts to heat up, as the PNA starts to rebound. .

Update on soil moisture. Much improved , seems lower DE and Western zones not as robust as the general area, but not horrible.

No clear signal, but some rainfall seems possible

From what I have read, some of it may have to do with Forest mismanagement in Canada. I'm sure there is more to it than that. Possibly the way Canada deals with the forest fires as well. It would be something interesting to look into further. In this morning's area forecast discussion, the Mount Holly office even states that more smoke will be evident today as it moves in from the north and west

Smoke and dust.

Low of 48, nice walking weather.