Summer Banter, Observation and General Discussion 2018

[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Hopefully the mods can handle this 

I agree, your Tree House obsession is out of control.  

Padawan, let me help you understand the way of New England IPA. 

[CapturedNature]

17 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Eh...a lot of those 70F dew days are in the morning and we mix out to a slightly tolerable heat index in the afternoon. We've been pulling many dews well into the 70s all daytime.

Eh...that's just speculation.  I'll bet if you dug into that that's not always the case.  Not every day that starts out with a 70° Dp becomes a CoC afternoon.  Like I said, just another way to look at it.  I'm not knocking the hours approach just showing different data.

[dendrite]

13 minutes ago, MetHerb said:

Eh...that's just speculation.  I'll bet if you dug into that that's not always the case.  Not every day that starts out with a 70° Dp becomes a CoC afternoon.  Like I said, just another way to look at it.  I'm not knocking the hours approach just showing different data.

 

 

[JustinRP37]

18 minutes ago, MetHerb said:

Eh...that's just speculation.  I'll bet if you dug into that that's not always the case.  Not every day that starts out with a 70° Dp becomes a CoC afternoon.  Like I said, just another way to look at it.  I'm not knocking the hours approach just showing different data.

I do not quite understand though why you are trying to show this summer as a 'normal' summer when it comes to dew points. Most of the data we have suggest that this summer is not even close to normal for hours above normal. This summer has seen sustained dew points >75 for hours and days at a time. Even some of the ecological data I work with are showing this to be an exceptionally dewy and moist summer (ticks etc). And Dendrite is correct that many 70 degree dew days do end up lower in the afternoon.

EDIT: Dendrite has the data for hours above 70 as posted above.

[dendrite]

Actually 72F+ dews show it more. Lots more mixing out in 1994 versus 2018.

[Ginx snewx]

Yowzer, just saw the electric bill for August, 420, highest use ever since moved up here in 2000 and then we had 9 kids in the house. We did have 4 critical care puppies in the puppy room so that 750 sq ft space had AC dehumidifier and vaporizer but still. Epic dews and high nighttime temps conspired against my wallet.

[JustinRP37]

5 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Yowzer, just saw the electric bill for August, 420, highest use ever since moved up here in 2000 and then we had 9 kids in the house. We did have 4 critical care puppies in the puppy room so that 750 sq ft space had AC dehumidifier and vaporizer but still. Epic dews and high nighttime temps conspired against my wallet.

That's a Florida AC electric bill for sure! But happy that the critical care puppies were nice and comfortable! 

[Ginx snewx]

Just now, JustinRP37 said:

That's a Florida AC electric bill for sure! But happy that the critical care puppies were nice and comfortable! 

They are happy they all got adopted and I am happy we helped, worth every single penny to help those little guys who were destined for death.

[weathafella]

10 hours ago, moneypitmike said:

I'll let you know when I hit 93 next week.

You’ll 89.7 and call it sub 90.

[weathafella]

14 hours ago, tamarack said:

For that entomologist, earlier this year.  For me, TBD.

Coolest morning of the month, about 45 here.  HUL touched 40.  Month will finish about +2.0, significant departure for a summer month.  (Would be meh in winter.)

It’s actually pretty warm here in BTV.

[Sugarloaf1989]

56/56, glad we live here.

[CoastalWx]

58. Never felt so good.

[dendrite]

53.2F after midnight before the clouds rolled in. Had a little -RW an hour ago.

[CoastalWx]

10 minutes ago, dendrite said:

53.2F after midnight before the clouds rolled in. Had a little -RW an hour ago.

Jesus Christ every effing time I want to come up. Of course.

[dendrite]

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Jesus Christ every effing time I want to come up. Of course.

Looks like I got the one sprinkle in the state. Should be a nice, cool day up here. M***holes gone wild last night on the roads. Thankfully your people will leave us alone soon.

[Damage In Tolland]

When was the last day we had rain in SNE? It’s been close to 2 weeks I think. Getting very dry 

[S&P]

23 hours ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Well done. Scores? I’m a carry my own bag guy but some courses or days the carts are necessary. 

Mid 80s morning round was a match , best ball , so wasn’t concerned with score 

[CoastalWx]

22 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Looks like I got the one sprinkle in the state. Should be a nice, cool day up here. M***holes gone wild last night on the roads. Thankfully your people will leave us alone soon.

We run this sh*t.

[HoarfrostHubb]

8 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

Yowzer, just saw the electric bill for August, 420, highest use ever since moved up here in 2000 and then we had 9 kids in the house. We did have 4 critical care puppies in the puppy room so that 750 sq ft space had AC dehumidifier and vaporizer but still. Epic dews and high nighttime temps conspired against my wallet.

Ours was the highest ever for our most recent bill...$287.   We had added another window unit, and ran our pool filter quite a bit. I expect our next bill to be similar.  It was really the humidity that was the bigger issue, last week and this upcoming week notwithstanding. 

[CoastalWx]

On a side note, nice to see the seasons in seasons change in the NAMR. Canada has some cold air and it seems the first real nrn Rockies snowstorm may happen in a couple of weeks or so. Just gonna be awhile for the East Coast.

[HoarfrostHubb]

41 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Looks like I got the one sprinkle in the state. Should be a nice, cool day up here. M***holes gone wild last night on the roads. Thankfully your people will leave us alone soon.

My wife had a huge downpour in Royalston, MA on Thursday...I didn’t see anyone’s else with rain.

[Baroclinic Zone]

53F for low 

0.59” over the last 19 days.

[HoarfrostHubb]

On the squirrel front, my son was mentioning the road kill surge and pointed it out as we were driving yesterday evening.  In one 30 foot stretch of Rte 2 (in front of the Aubuchon Hardware HQ), there were 6 bodies.

 

[Baroclinic Zone]

I’d put a bullet in myself if I saw a $400+ electric bill.  Think last one was $160.

[Baroclinic Zone]

11 hours ago, Sugarloaf1989 said:

You go after me, been doing it ever since I started posting here.

 

11 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I’ve never sworn at anyone on here or been so truly hateful and nasty. This was just plain nasty tonight 

You 2 are like piss and vinegar.  Just ignore each other.

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 minute ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

I’d put a bullet in myself if I saw a $400+ electric bill.  Think last one was $160.

Do you have AC and do you have solar/geothermal/etc?

[powderfreak]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

53.2F after midnight before the clouds rolled in. Had a little -RW an hour ago.

Some here too driving up to the mountain.  Wasnt expecting a shower though there's really nothing on radar.

 

[Baroclinic Zone]

5 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Do you have AC and do you have solar/geothermal/etc?

3 window units that have been running 24/7 since about June 1st.  No solar, no geo. Nada

[Ginx snewx]

7 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

I’d put a bullet in myself if I saw a $400+ electric bill.  Think last one was $160.

Cant say I was happy but its only money. It is what it is.

[HoarfrostHubb]

4 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

3 window units that have been running 24/7 since about June 1st.  No solar, no geo. Nada

Hmm...maybe our pool filter draws more than I thought, and it is typically on a timer, but I run it more than I should probably.  One more month of horrific bills then we drop.