August 2024

[bluewave]

29 minutes ago, LoboLeader1 said:

I picked a great week to take vacation, woke up to a very comfortable 53F this AM here in the Berks. 

It’s a real rarity these days to get a cooler and drier 5 day period. Most of our cooler periods have been due to heavy rains in the warm season. So looks like a great week of weather for outdoor activities coming up.

 

 

[winterwx21]

15 hours ago, Stormlover74 said:

When's the peak? I'll need to find a dark spot 

I see Roger Smith did a good job explaining in the post below yours. Did you have any luck seeing any? I saw 6 in the hour I spent outside from 12:30 to 1:30. A little disappointing to see only 6 since I've always seen more than that in an hour (usually more than 10), but a couple of them were especially nice. I saw a fireball and another one that was very long and colorful. I'm gonna spend another hour outside tonight and hopefully will see more this time.

[Stormlover74]

2 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

I see Roger Smith did a good job explaining in the post below yours. Did you have any luck seeing any? I saw 6 in the hour I spent outside from 12:30 to 1:30. A little disappointing to see only 6 since I've always seen more than that in an hour (usually more than 10), but a couple of them were especially nice. I saw a fireball and another one that was very long and colorful. I'm gonna spend another hour outside tonight and hopefully will see more this time.

Nice! I crashed around 11 unfortunately so didn't get outside. Maybe tonight

And yes Roger gave a great explanation 

[SACRUS]

Sunset at 7:59 PM tonight 

 

 

[SACRUS]

Ernesto looks to cause some issues for Bermuda this week and pump humid air back here by Thu/ Fri and into the weekend with a more southerly flow.

 

[RedSky]

Was able to observe 22 meteors between 2-3am this morning but that was the sideshow because the Aurora blew my socks off between 2:25-2:40am with red pinks and a couple white pillars. Caught me off guard I thought I was having visions lol.

 

 

[Allsnow]

We done 

 

 

[TheClimateChanger]

On 8/10/2024 at 8:19 PM, SACRUS said:

Records:

Highs:

EWR:  102 (1949)
NYC: 98 (1949)
LGA: 99 (1949)
JFK: 94 (1949)


Lows:

EWR: 57 (1962)
NYC: 55 (1879)
LGA: 57 (1962)
JFK: 54 (1964)

Historical:

 

1856 - The Isle Derniere (Last Island) disaster occurred off the coast of Louisiana. A storm tide drowned 140 vacationers as a five foot wave swept over Low Island during a hurricane. (The Weather Channel)

1882 - Sandusky OH noted a four minute snow squall during the morning, frost was reported in the suburbs of Chicago, and a killing frost was reported at Cresco IA. (The Weather Channel)

1884 - An earthquake, centered near New York City and registering a magnitude 5.5, hit the region a little after 2 PM. The tremor made houses shake, chimneys fall, and residents wonder what the heck was going on, according to a New York Times article two days later.

1898 - The temperature at Pendleton OR climbed all the way to 119 degrees at set a state record. (The Weather Channel)

1924 - Colorado's deadliest tornado killed a woman and nine children in one house along its twenty-mile path east southeast of Thurman. Mennonite men had left the farm to provide possible aid, as the 200-yard wide storm was first seen while far away.(The Weather Channel)

1936 - The temperature soared to 114 degrees at Plain Dealing, LA, and reached 120 degrees at Ozark AR, to establish record highs for those two states. (The Weather Channel)

1980 - Hurricane Allen came ashore above Brownsville, TX, dropping fifteen inches of rain near San Antonio, and up to 20 inches in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Tidal flooding occurred along the South Texas coast. Hurricane Allen packed winds to 150 mph, and also spawned twenty-nine tornadoes. Total damage from the storm was estimated at 750 million dollars. (David Ludlum)

1987 - Unseasonably hot weather continued in the southeastern U.S. Ten cities in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina reported record high temperatures for the date. Macon GA hit 101 degrees. A tropical depression deluged southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana with torrential rains. (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Citizens of Bluefield, WV, where the Chamber of Commerce provides free lemonade on days when the temperature warms into the 90s, were able to celebrate their record high of 90 degrees. Eight other cities also reported record high temperatures for the date,including Bismarck ND with a reading of 102 degrees.(The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Thirty-eight cities in the south central and southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Asheville NC with a reading of 48 degrees, and Victoria TX with a low of 63 degrees. Oklahoma City OK reported a record cool afternoon high of 71 degrees, and the daily high of 64 degrees at Raleigh NC established a record for August. In Arizona, a record sixty-four day streak of 100 degree days at Phoenix came to an end.(The National Weather Summary)

Between this and the 6 inches of snow and slush on that Lake Michigan ship two days prior, sounds like 1882 would have been an exciting time for a weather weenie.

[BxEngine]

Whered this rain come from?

[IrishRob17]

6 minutes ago, BxEngine said:

Whered this rain come from?

Look up

[BxEngine]

15 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

Look up

Thanks. Bird poop. 

[bluewave]

44 minutes ago, BxEngine said:

Whered this rain come from?

Pop up convection with the trough swinging through.

[steve392]

Had a nice downpour about half ago.  Will check guage in a bit

[psv88]

2 hours ago, Allsnow said:

We done 

 

 

Yup. Was a good summer. Maybe a few more 90s for the warm spots. Plenty of heat and humidity for about 4 weeks, now we slide into fall

[psv88]

Pouring now

[Rmine1]

Pouring in Brightwaters 

[Dan76]

Good down pour here RVC

[NCPOW]

I know it’s a ways away but I see precip in the forecast for this coming weekend. What is the current likelihood of storms or heavy rain?

[bluewave]

43 minutes ago, Will - Rutgers said:

nice cloud structures (if rather squat) on this front.  somebody’s getting a nice little storm i imagine

Yeah, we always get these photogenic cloud structures when a cold pool is moving overhead. 
 

 

[steve392]

Had a second downpour about an hour ago while out on my walk.  A very coldddddd rain too. 

[Intensewind002]

Double rainbow in West Hempstead!

[SnoSki14]

4 hours ago, psv88 said:

Yup. Was a good summer. Maybe a few more 90s for the warm spots. Plenty of heat and humidity for about 4 weeks, now we slide into fall

Lol yeah sure we will. I can't wait for those fall 80s deep into October 

[JustinRP37]

Absolutely shocked 880 AM is signing off the air at the end of the month. Traffic and weather together on the eights will forever be remembered. To me this is short sighted. Whenever communications networks go down there was always good old 880AM. 

[SI Mailman]

10 minutes ago, JustinRP37 said:

Absolutely shocked 880 AM is signing off the air at the end of the month. Traffic and weather together on the eights will forever be remembered. To me this is short sighted. Whenever communications networks go down there was always good old 880AM. 

I still listen to Craig Allen on my drive into work in the morning.  Hopefully he shifts over to 1010 WINS

[SACRUS]

 

Highs:

 

 

EWR: 86
ACY: 85
BLM: 84
JFK: 83
PHL: 83
New Brnswck: 82
LGA: 82
TEB: 81
NYC: 81
TTN: 81
ISP: 80

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR:  98 (2021)
NYC: 97 (1944)
LGA: 98 (2021)
JFK: 92 (1970)


Lows: 

EWR: 54 (1954)
NYC: 55 (1889)
LGA: 56 (1979)
JFK: 55 (1979)

Historical:

 

1752 - The following is from the Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane, published in 1849. �In the evening there was dismal thunder and lightning, and abundance of rain, and such a hurricane as was never the like in these parts of the world.� This hurricane struck Portland, Maine.

1778 - A Rhode Island hurricane prevented an impending British-French sea battle, and caused extensive damage over southeast New England. (David Ludlum)

1933 - The temperature at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, CA, hit 127 degrees to establish a U.S. record for the month of August. (The Weather Channel)

1936 - The temperature at Seymour, TX, hit 120 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)

1955 - During the second week of August hurricanes Connie and Diane produced as much as 19 inches of rain in the northeastern U.S. forcing rivers from Virginia to Massachusetts into a high flood. Westfield MA was deluged with 18.15 inches of rain in 24 hours, and at Woonsocket RI the Blackstone River swelled from seventy feet in width to a mile and a half. Connecticut and the Delaware Valley were hardest hit. Total damage in New England was 800 million dollars, and flooding claimed 187 lives. (David Ludlum)

1987 - Early afternoon thunderstorms in Arizona produced 3.90 inches of rain in ninety minutes at Walnut National Monument (located east of Flagstaff), along with three inches of pea size hail, which had to be plowed off the roads. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Fifteen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Youngstown OH reported twenty-six days of 90 degree weather for the year, a total equal to that for the entire decade of the 1970s. (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - Thunderstorms were scattered across nearly every state in the Union by late in the day. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Fergus Falls MN, and golf ball size hail and wind gusts to 60 mph at Black Creek WI. In the Chicago area, seven persons at a forest preserve in North Riverside were injured by lightning. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

2004: Hurricane Charley was the third named storm and the second hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. Charley lasted from August 9 to August 15, and at its peak intensity, it attained 150 mph winds, making it a strong Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. It made landfall in southwestern Florida at maximum strength, making it the most powerful hurricane to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew struck Florida in 1992.

2005 - A tornado strikes Wright, Wyoming, a coal-mining community, killing two and destroying 91 homes and damaging about 30 more in around the town.

[SnoSki14]

Dropped into the upper 50s this morning. Fantastic past few days of summer. 

The worst is definitely behind us and 90s look uncommon especially in the city 

[Allsnow]

15 hours ago, psv88 said:

Yup. Was a good summer. Maybe a few more 90s for the warm spots. Plenty of heat and humidity for about 4 weeks, now we slide into fall

Yup. It got off to a late start but we ended up with a hot 4 week stretch. 

[bluewave]

35 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

Yup. It got off to a late start but we ended up with a hot 4 week stretch. 

6-17 to 08-06 was the warmest on record for Central NJ.

 

Time Series Summary for New Brunswick Area, NJ (ThreadEx)
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1	2024-08-06	79.2	0
2	2010-08-06	78.5	0
3	1955-08-06	78.2	0
4	2020-08-06	77.7	0
-	2006-08-06	77.7	0
5	1949-08-06	77.5	0

 

Time Series Summary for SOMERSET AIRPORT, NJ
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1	2024-08-06	78.2	0
2	2020-08-06	76.7	0
3	2006-08-06	76.4	0
4	2019-08-06	76.1	0
5	2010-08-06	76.0	0

 

Time Series Summary for HIGHTSTOWN 2 W, NJ
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1	2024-08-06	79.2	0
2	2010-08-06	78.2	2
3	1955-08-06	77.7	0
4	1894-08-06	77.4	2
5	1934-08-06	77.2	35

[forkyfork]

12 hours ago, SnoSki14 said:

Lol yeah sure we will. I can't wait for those fall 80s deep into October 

i have news for everyone here regarding ninas and fall temps