KamuSnow

1 hour ago, Hurricane Agnes said:

Using my own lay characterizations, the location of the heat core pushed the hotter temps further north and east.  I.e., it wasn't/isn't really positioned in a traditional "Bermuda High" configuration, with a conveyor belt of heat pouring up from the southwest.  EWR hit 98 yesterday whereas PHL only hit 95.  My sis and her hubby drove up to Jersey City yesterday to visit my niece in her new apartment and popped over to NYC to see the September 11 Memorial, and they noted it was broiling up there.

Still, the fact that the heat core produced the heat that it did here, is significant given had it moved into Bermuda High position (without all the vortexes north and south), we would have hit closer to 100.

Looking at my data, I registered a brief 95.7 at some point (probably between 3:30 - 4:00), so my high yesterday ended up being 96.  It's currently 72, a full 4 degrees below my yesterday's temp at the same time, so not sure where things will go today, although the dews are up in the 70s now, which is a change.

I saw that the other day, the core of the heat being to our northeast....didn't expect that large of a difference, but that's ok!

7 hours ago, RedSky said:

Nice timing picking the regions hottest day in years, or so i been reading, to do that kind of job 

My high was only 96.4F 

 

Lol I know - and while many weather scenarios around here don't evolve exactly as forecast, you can pretty much take heat to the bank. At least it's dry for a few days (fingers crossed).

Wondering about my thermometer a little after today - the high here was 92F, currently 75F, DP 70F. Generally speaking it seems fairly accurate, but I was surprised to see 92 as the high. We spent the day horizontally boring holes from the barn to the front yard, 28 feet length under the driveway. It was hot, after a while it's like you're in a mental fog, and just plugging along.

55 minutes ago, Rtd208 said:

Up to 99 here now, so close.

You can do it!!!

Thermometer here says 88F, although it also says the high so far is 90F. Outside working on a project so it's plenty hot either way, with the humidity.

1 hour ago, Hurricane Agnes said:

Now 86 @ 9am, 2 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time so the temp trajectory is a bit steeper now.  Dews still in the 60s.

Still a comfortable 83F here. We used to call the cicadas locusts when we were kids, and still do most of the time even if not accurate. And then there's the cicada killers, those B52 bomber bees that prowl around about a foot or two off the ground. Never been bothered by them but I keep my distance, lol.

3 hours ago, Hurricane Agnes said:

Heard my first cicadas this evening.  Seems sortof late but then the spring was prolonged so maybe the soil finally warmed up enough to finally hatch them.  Currently 86.

I always thought of Cicadas as a July feature, then katydids and crickets in August....generally speaking. We probably have this conversation every year, lol.

Made it to 93F here, 90F currently.

1 hour ago, JTA66 said:

Absolutely dumping rain here. Just had a bolt of lightning strike near by. (Can't remember if I remembered to roll up the car windows last evening )

I had a stack of split wood I wanted to cover up and forgot to. Got about 0.60" of rain here between 4:30 and 5 am, lightning and thunder woke me up. Yay! Pretty muggy out now.

1 hour ago, JTA66 said:

Wow! Somebody's trash can washed up on the lawn. It wasn't the wind, there was no wind with these storms. It was water that carried it down the street! Finally starting to quiet down here.

Hopefully it was empty, lol.

Prior to the big heat, I'd really like to see some rain tonight. Starting to get dry here. Models show near nada (NAMs) to around an inch (most of the rest). NWS is sort of in the middle (imby more or less). No rain dud tonight please!

57 minutes ago, RedSky said:

No generator here, if i lose the power have to live in Starbucks 

Be sure to post a lot! And take a pocket thermometer with you.

1 hour ago, etudiant said:

Betting the grid will hold up?  At 111*F, things will get pretty tight imho.

Better get a nice generator too, lol.

2 hours ago, RedSky said:

111F model output for Boston this morning lmao

Taking no chances with the potential hell wave coming and getting a new higher btu AC delivered 

 

Well played! Meanwhile I'm hoping we don't have to wait 3 months for a 3 day stretch like today, tomorrow and Wednesday.

Just got a light shower here, not enough to wet beneath the trees. Has cooled off a bit, and a little breezy. Also getting some setting sun below the cloud deck.

23 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

^Passing just to my south. You, Agnes and Kamu may cash in. Me? I'll be out watering my flowers.

Been watching it slowly fade as it gets closer. It is raining lightly here, hoping that southern edge of yellow/orange holds together....gonna be close it appears.

55 minutes ago, RedSky said:

0.0" good thing though is the grass is rapidly browning out so less cutting

 

Lol that's one way to look at....I'm trying to keep it green here, I like the way it looks. It helps that we just got one of them sit on mowers.

1 hour ago, JTA66 said:

I feel like Even Stephen ... Monday evening, those storms were supposed to fizzle before reaching us. But I got a pretty decent t-storm out of them. Last night the forecast called for rain, possibly locally heavy. I got nada.

We'll see what the weekend brings, but really don't know what to think (expect) at this point.

Similar thoughts regarding the weekend, but seeing 80% pops for Saturday 2 days out  indicates high confidence on Mt.. Holly's part at least.

Uh, make that 60% now, thought it was 80% earlier.  Medium confidence then.

17 minutes ago, RedSky said:

Need some rain here everything has fizzled since the great septic flood like a month ago. 

In other news i am puzzled by the lack of thunderstorm activity this year. One would think with the predominant weather pattern having been swinging back and forth frequently from cool to hot and a chilly vortex parked in southeast Canada most of the time we would have had significant activity, I had one decent thunderstorm night and two weak waves of storms that fizzled in May and June. Quite strange.

Not as dry here, although in the last week things dried out pretty good, between the heat and sun angle and all. Picked up about 0.3" from this pop up shower just now. Currently 71F, DP 68.

We've had a couple of good thundershowers here, but a lot of the rain has fallen with horizontal boundaries nearby and generally cooler temperatures. Not too much of the classic fronts from the west/NW running into hot and humid air with other supporting factors...so far anyway. Lot's of summer to go yet (actually all of it calendar wise, lol).

Getting a pretty decent shower now - air smells great!

25 minutes ago, Birds~69 said:

That area to the west is showing a little more promise...of course it could go "poof" right at my doorstep but I think we'll get something. The "reds" are growing a bit on the NW corner... 

Just looked at the radar and lo and behold there are some oranges popping up about 5 miles west of here. Hmmm!

^^^ Did the old fizzle fade here, maybe a little something later on? This is a re-useable post so far this season.

Eta - don't get me wrong, overall we've done well rainfall wise here, to this point.

3 hours ago, Hurricane Agnes said:

May get sideswiped by that line coming down from the NW.  In other news, I finally saw my first lightning bug.  It was just one but hey...   Currently 85 at post time with a bit of a breeze but still soupy out.

 

Nothing here from that first line - maybe we'll get something if this holds together at all. Congrats on the lightning bug! The ones here are out there partying again tonight. Letting the grass grow long in the back to encourage them . 78F now, DP 73F.

3 hours ago, Hurricane Agnes said:

Tied my yesterday's high at noon today.  Currently 91 and partly cloudy w/dews in the 60s.

Made it to 91F here as well, one degree higher than yesterday. Currently 89F.

72F here, DP 71, very muggy! Did a little outside stuff for about 15 minutes and had no problem starting to sweat. Awesome!