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Thanks for responding Bluewave. I posted the picture because it is the most recent picture I have seen. (January 2020) I agree that it is a winter picture which is unfortunate because it is the summer foliage that is the problem. What did you mean "it won't open".

Your area up to around Newark and slightly west, including parts of the boroughs are certainly the places with the hottest summer temps in our area.

Channel 7 just had the first African American that will be leading the USDA Forest Service in the United States and the big conversation was the fires out west. I was so glad to here him emphasize forest management as something that has to happen out there. He also said there have been some 4000 fires and most are quickly taken care of by the fire fighters but there are a few like the Dixie fire that get out of hand.

I posted this picture of the Central Park weather station from January of 2020. So it is fairly recent. There has been a lot of talk about the growth around where the station is located. I am just a little surprised that nobody commented on the picture. I guess it is pretty much what people expected.

Meanwhile no matter what our summer temps have been, it certainly is hot today. 92.2 here today.

Funny you say that because the same thing here yesterday. There was plenty of blue sky and sun when the lightning was flashing and the rain falling. There was one long ominous looking cloud and some darker clouds to the north. Almost reminded me what happens in Florida sometimes.

This is the most up to date picture I have found. Not so bad in the winter, would like to see what it looks like in the summer.

https://goo.gl/maps/R1GELAXm2WmeWDEBA Found the above picture of the Central Park weather station taken in January of 2020

That storm just brushed my area but the thunder and lightning was intense. The cloud formation was also very impressive.

Meanwhile I don't think there were any severe warnings issued for this storm.

I'm getting the outer edge of a good thunder and lightning storm.

92 was the high here today.

Once we make it thru this heat, it looks like we are back to more normal conditions starting Sunday.

89 here.

Nothing here at this point. I was surprised we got rain last night, tonight back to normal as the storms die out as they approach my area.

88 the high here, don't think I will get any higher as the wind is now off the water. Dew point 80

My dew point is 73 and temperature 74. I guess that says it all.

For this time of the day, the entire northeast seems to have a lot of scattered storms and rain around.

For those who wonder if it can snow at extreme low temps. Currently at the South Pole it is -98F with snow flurries and ice fog.

looks like I will end up with almost .40 of an inch. More than I expected tonight.

Well the storm held together more than I thought, I got .25 of an inch. Still light rain.

I will be surprised if they have anything left when they get out here.

80 here after a high of 82.4

I agree. The only part I may have some difference is on the managed retreat. Maybe we have to come to the realization that some places people should not live or live at their own risk. We all know the risk on the ocean, ocean storms and flooding. So we build house off the ground and put up walls. Out west they have to stop blaming climate change as the main culprit and start forest management, be careful with power lines, stop people from starting fires and so on. If this isn't done nothing will change. So to me, it is start doing that immediately or move out.

The alternative part at the end says a lot. Folks continue to build homes in dangerous areas. Insurance companies don't want to insure you if you live on the coast or in an area that has wild fires. The reason of course is risk. The risk out west was not a problem in the past because people did not live in these areas. Now they do and they start fires and climate change makes the fires worse. The coast has always been risky and continues to be.