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July 2025 Discussion-OBS - seasonable summer variability
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
0.0 here today 1” with the last event. Wouldn’t exactly call it water world on the island. Parts of the east end had .10” last event. -
July 2025 Discussion-OBS - seasonable summer variability
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
You’re in the central Jersey severe alley. That comes with allot of convective rain. Out here in the south shore desert I would pay to see the kind of storms you get. -
July 2025 Discussion-OBS - seasonable summer variability
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Changed my plans today for water park to big snow. It’s unbearable even for a water park. I was working on my veggie garden this morning and was drenched in sweat in 20 minutes. -
July 2025 Discussion-OBS - seasonable summer variability
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
You’re favorite days, the days when the south shore shoots well over 100 on a strong offshore flow often see brutally cold water temps. Near shore water temps were in the low 60s on the hottest day of the June heatwave with tons of upwelling. Super shock from the system to go from 100+ on the sand to water that chilly. The Gulf Stream is too far offshore to have any real effect on our waters. It follows the end of the continental shelf. Occasionally an eddy will spin off that gets relatively close. As far as effects on tropical activity, our exposure to a major is increasing. We have always been able to support a major up to the latitude of the Gulf Stream but then had a nice buffer to weaken storms that weren’t rocketing north like 38. Out waters still technically can’t support a major (allot of it is depth related) but the weaking effects of water around 26c aren’t that pronounced. -
July 2025 Discussion-OBS - seasonable summer variability
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
All the gaurds I work with and we have about 1000 years between us are saying it’s the warmest it’s been this early. Usually you get a day or two in the high 70s in August. Unless we see a reversal to strong westerly’s, sustained low 80s are possible in August. -
It’s the sea breeze. You can see the exact thing play out in Florida everyday with water temps there in the mid 80s. It has to do with locally higher pressure over and near the water. As the land heats and warms it creates an area of lower pressure which acts as a focusing mechanism inland. Enhanced convection 30-50 miles inland is exactly what we saw yesterday.
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Occasional Thoughts on Climate Change
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to donsutherland1's topic in Climate Change
Paid. END. OF. STORY. This is dangerous, and the exact reason people die needlessly. It’s simple physics…. -
July 2025 Discussion-OBS - seasonable summer variability
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Honestly I think this is just a local issue with the super high dews And water temps being in the mid 70s. Easily reaching 100% humidity. -
July 2025 Discussion-OBS - seasonable summer variability
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Sheet drizzle and fog at the beach this morning. So much for the great beach weekend… -
2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to BarryStantonGBP's topic in Tropical Headquarters
Biggest take away is the near record OHC off the east coast specially around 35n. Any storm threating the east coast will have ample fuel. -
2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to BarryStantonGBP's topic in Tropical Headquarters
I’m definitely liking the water temp configuration more now. What I’m really looking forward to is any storms that make into the subtropics. Given good shear profiles we could see some record far north majors. -
July 2025 Discussion-OBS - seasonable summer variability
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Yep, should have watered the veggies. -
July 2025 Discussion-OBS - seasonable summer variability
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Meanwhile just to our south massive flooding. If it were an ocean stabilization issue we wouldn’t see eastern New England blowing away our rainfall totals. Something about the geography of the NY bight destroys convection. -
July 2025 Discussion-OBS - seasonable summer variability
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
When the sea breeze is minimal and we have a another focusing mechanism we can get heavy rain right to the beaches. Weekend looks like a perfect summer weekend. -
July 2025 Discussion-OBS - seasonable summer variability
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Sea breeze looks minimal tomorrow. Should allow the coast to rain. Sorry liberty, weeds, mosquitoes and allergies are coming. -
July 2025 Discussion-OBS - seasonable summer variability
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
I’m trying to move on. But it annoys the crap out of me when tv Mets report the high temp for the region using the park. -
2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to BarryStantonGBP's topic in Tropical Headquarters
It’s an every dog has its day strategy. Just simply using climatology you are likely to be right. When you’re right you pump it out to social media. When you are wrong, deny, block and move on. -
2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to BarryStantonGBP's topic in Tropical Headquarters
I’m sorry but this is crap. No one can predict landfall locations more then a week out better then climatology. Even with AI. -
July 2025 Discussion-OBS - seasonable summer variability
LongBeachSurfFreak replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Absolutely. Growing up in south wantagh it was always “it never rains in the summer”. So it’s certainly not a new phenomenon. If you look at the prominent historical tree species you can see the micro climate. The south shore had plains and pitch pine and oak forest. While the north shore had a fully developed climax deciduous forest. Some of that is soil related but precip patterns also played a role. Water temps have skyrocketed to the mid 70s and that’s when the island as a whole tends to score its biggest precip events. Maybe tomorrow produces.
