July 2023

[dmillz25]

2 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Heavy rain here with thunder and lightning in Brooklyn 

Missing here by a few miles but the thunder woke me up lol

[Rtd208]

High for the day yesterday was 95 here.

Picked up 0.16" of rain in a quick storm around 12:30 am

Current temp 76/DP 75/RH 98%

[CIK62]

The last 4 days of July are averaging    83degs.(73/93) or +5.

Month to date is   79.2[+1.7].      July should end at     79.7[+2.1].

Reached 94 here yesterday at 6pm with H.I. of 106.

Today:   91-96, wind w. to s., few clouds, 78 tomorrow AM.

79*(86%RH) here at 7am{was 78 overnight and 84 at midnight}.    80* at 8am.      81* at 9am.       84* at 11am.      84* at Noon.      86* at 1pm      87* at 2pm.      85* at 3pm.    83* at 4pm.    86* at 5pm     90* at 7pm{H.I. 106}

[ForestHillWx]

The WU, point and click narrative contains the phrase “near record high temperatures”, however the projected high for MMU is 91; the record is 101.

Odd bit of programming to have that phrase included. 
 

in any event, next week looks incredible. 

[Brian5671]

26 minutes ago, ForestHillWx said:

The WU, point and click narrative contains the phrase “near record high temperatures”, however the projected high for MMU is 91; the record is 101.

Odd bit of programming to have that phrase included. 
 

in any event, next week looks incredible. 

Yep as we enter August maybe the back of summer is broken....

[JustinRP37]

48 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Yep as we enter August maybe the back of summer is broken....

Damaged but not broken. It will come back multiple times between now and Christmas. 

[Brian5671]

17 minutes ago, JustinRP37 said:

Damaged but not broken. It will come back multiple times between now and Christmas. 

Ha True.   But always seems like August is more tolerable-probably a combo of lowering sun angle and dropping daily average high temps...

[JerseyWx]

12 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Ha True.   But always seems like August is more tolerable-probably a combo of lowering sun angle and dropping daily average high temps...

Depends, August can be just as bad, look at last year.  Even September 2015 comes to mind.

[psv88]

1 hour ago, Brian5671 said:

Yep as we enter August maybe the back of summer is broken....

It’s July 28…summer will just be stretching next week…back is fine

[forkyfork]

winter starts ending in february 

[FPizz]

8 hours ago, winterwx21 said:

Surprised. It seemed as if the threat was over, but I got lucky here after midnight. A small downpour popped up in Hunterdon County and made it to my area, and then another cell popped up right behind it. Very heavy rain and a couple close lightning strikes. A half inch of rain. I thought I was gonna have to water the vegetable garden later today, but now I won't have to. Nice surprise late tonight. 

Yeah, it was raining so hard it woke me up, it was brief, but surprising.  I watered the garden after I thought we missed out at about 825 last night.  I got a bit less than you at .22"

[Stormlover74]

8 hours ago, winterwx21 said:

Surprised. It seemed as if the threat was over, but I got lucky here after midnight. A small downpour popped up in Hunterdon County and made it to my area, and then another cell popped up right behind it. Very heavy rain and a couple close lightning strikes. A half inch of rain. I thought I was gonna have to water the vegetable garden later today, but now I won't have to. Nice surprise late tonight. 

I managed .19. I thought I imagined thunder but fell back to sleep 

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

2 hours ago, ForestHillWx said:

The WU, point and click narrative contains the phrase “near record high temperatures”, however the projected high for MMU is 91; the record is 101.

Odd bit of programming to have that phrase included. 
 

in any event, next week looks incredible. 

I heard on 1010 wins on the way into work that this is the worst heat in a decade…. Ummmm right…. It’s hot, but pretty much run of the mill for any given July.

[nycwinter]

9 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

winter starts ending in february 

when you get older you do not mind a mild february..

[Brian5671]

12 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

winter starts ending in february 

Will it even start this year?

[Brian5671]

5 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

I heard on 1010 wins on the way into work that this is the worst heat in a decade…. Ummmm right…. It’s hot, but pretty much run of the mill for any given July.

the hype and hysteria is getting ridiculous.   90-92 in July is not anything crazy

[SACRUS]

 

85 / 71 sunny and warm.  Hot and humid next 40 hours.  Western Atlantic Ridge to its peak west expansion and with a SW flow pulling-in strong heat from the western ridge.  Mid - upper 90s as 850 mb temps near / >18c.   20C 850 MB tomorrow ahead of front so depending on clouds some of the pre frontal heat can overperform.    W. Atl. Ridge contracts and trough into the northeast pushes strong front through with potential strong storms later Sat (7/29)).  Sun (7/30) clearing and back to / below normal.   Mon (7/31) continues near/below with next shot at storms.   

Next month to open near / below normal and then a bit back and forth bias normal or cooler through the first week.  The Ridge is entrenched out west with trough into the NE, the Western Atlantic Ridge is building west by the second week of next month and trough migrating into the GL with a more humid/warm S/SW flow with more storms chances.  Moving to an overall warmer and humid / stormier.

 

  

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

Highs:

 

EWR: 101 (1949)
NYC: 99 (1949)
LGA: 98 (1499)


Lows: 

EWR: 58 (1962)
NYC: 57 (1903)
LGA: 60 (1984)

Historical:

 

1819 - A small but intense hurricane passed over Bay Saint Louis, MS. The hurricane was considered the worst in fifty years. Few houses were left standing either at Bay Saint Louis or at Pass Christian, and much of the Mississippi coast was desolate following the storm. A U.S. cutter was lost along with its thirty-nine crew members. The storm struck the same area that was hit 150 years later by Hurricane Camille. (David Ludlum)

 

1898: A severe thunderstorm produced considerable hail (some stones to 11 ounces) in Chicago, Illinois business district. Some people were hurt, not by hail, but by several hundred runaway horses spooked by the hailstones.

1930 - The temperature at Greensburg, KY, soared to 114 degrees to set a state record. (The Weather Channel)

1934 - The temperature at Grofino, ID, climbed to 118 degrees to establish a record for Idaho. (The Weather Channel)

1952 - A severe storm with hail up to an inch and a half in diameter broke windows, ruined roofs, and stripped trees of leaves near Benson, AZ. The temperature dropped to 37 degrees, as hail was three to four inches deep, with drifts 46 inches high. (The Weather Channel)

1986 - Severe thunderstorms moving out of South Dakota across Iowa produce high winds which derailed eighteen piggyback trailer cars of a westbound freight train near Boone, IA. Sixteen of the cars fell 187 feet into the Des Moines River. The thunderstorms also spawned a number of tornadoes, including one which caused twenty-five to fifty million dollars damage at Sloan, near Sioux City, IA. (Storm Data)

1987 - Thunderstorms in Nevada produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Searchlight, reducing visibilities to near zero in blowing dust and sand. Thunderstorms in Montana drenched Lonesome Lake with 3.78 inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Thunderstorms drenched Wilmington, NC, with 3.33 inches of rain, bringing their monthly total 14.46 inches. Seven cities in Michigan and Minnesota reported record high temperatures for the date. Marquette, MI, hit 99 degrees, and the record high of 94 degrees at Flint MI was their tenth of the month. (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Afternoon thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Massachusetts. Early evening thunderstorms over Florida produced wind gusts to 68 mph at Fort Myers, and evening thunderstorms in South Dakota produced nearly two inches of rain in twenty minutes at Pierpoint. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

[Allsnow]

.10 overnight 

[psv88]

87/77/97, nasty!

[JustinRP37]

This might be the first "historic" heatwave where I do not even hit 90 degrees. Just a few days ago I had a forecasted high of 92, 99, and 95. Yesterday was 89, forecast for today is 89 again, and tomorrow 87. Sunday through at least Wednesday looks like a late September pattern and that could extend. 

[Wxoutlooksblog]

59 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

85 / 71 sunny and warm.  Hot and humid next 40 hours.  Western Atlantic Ridge to its peak west expansion and with a SW flow pulling-in strong heat from the western ridge.  Mid - upper 90s as 850 mb temps near / >18c.   20C 850 MB tomorrow ahead of front so depending on clouds some of the pre frontal heat can overperform.    W. Atl. Ridge contracts and trough into the northeast pushes strong front through with potential strong storms later Sat (7/29)).  Sun (7/30) clearing and back to / below normal.   Mon (7/31) continues near/below with next shot at storms.   

Next month to open near / below normal and then a bit back and forth bias normal or cooler through the first week.  The Ridge is entrenched out west with trough into the NE, the Western Atlantic Ridge is building west by the second week of next month and trough migrating into the GL with a more humid/warm S/SW flow with more storms chances.  Moving to an overall warmer and humid / stormier.

 

  

I think that the second half of August could be the hottest part of this summer, overall. I think that it's possible.

WX/PT

[Brian5671]

1 minute ago, Wxoutlooksblog said:

I think that the second half of August could be the hottest part of this summer, overall. I think that it's possible.

WX/PT

Shades of 2002 if that happens....I think some places had 10 days straight of 90+  That summer however was alot drier than this one....

[winterwx21]

7 minutes ago, Wxoutlooksblog said:

I think that the second half of August could be the hottest part of this summer, overall. I think that it's possible.

WX/PT

Amazing that right now it appears that we won't be going above normal anytime soon, once the heat passes tomorrow. Early August looking very comfortable, but it sounds as if we could make up for that in the 2nd half of August. 

[Wxoutlooksblog]

1 minute ago, Brian5671 said:

Shades of 2002 if that happens....I think some places had 10 days straight of 90+  That summer however was alot drier than this one....

This is not 2002. There should not be any comparisons. I'm not saying we're going to have 10 consecutive 90+ days in August. Just that we may average more above normal temperatures than the rest of the summer has had here. It often happens after a normal or cooler than normal first half.

WX/PT

 

[TWCCraig]

86/74 Heat Index: 97

Maybe we can hit 90 before the sea breeze. Not much of a breeze at all today compared to yesterday

[SACRUS]

 

 

11AM Roundup:

 

EWR: 90
BLM: 89
ACY: 89
New Brnswck: 89
JFK: 88
PHL: 88
TEB: 86
LGA: 86
ISP: 85

TTN: 84
NYC: 83
 
 

[SACRUS]

26 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Shades of 2002 if that happens....I think some places had 10 days straight of 90+  That summer however was alot drier than this one....

That was early AUgust.  We'll see id go warm / humid and much warmer than the first 7 - 8 days.  

[SACRUS]

22 minutes ago, Wxoutlooksblog said:

This is not 2002. There should not be any comparisons. I'm not saying we're going to have 10 consecutive 90+ days in August. Just that we may average more above normal temperatures than the rest of the summer has had here. It often happens after a normal or cooler than normal first half.

WX/PT

 

 

A agree in this case it was a cooler 1/3, warm 1/3 and we'll see if August (1/3) end up on the plus side by way of warmer period once past the first week.  Think we'll tunr more humid similar to end of June/early July towards the second week with that comes some hot days and storms.

[SACRUS]

TTN/Park the cool spots typical of park more typical of TTN since 2018 or so.