June 2025 discussion-obs: Summerlike

[Sundog]

9 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

Front looks to be pegged for next weekend as well 6/14-15. 

That's ridiculous lol what are the chances

[bluewave]

25 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

Front looks to be pegged for next weekend as well 6/14-15. 

We’ll see if the pattern can dry out a bit after the 16th and maybe promote higher temperatures than we got the last few days.

 

[LibertyBell]

3 hours ago, bluewave said:

It could very well be a feedback process causing these big ridge expansions further north than we used to get back in the old days. These very strong ridges to the east of New England have been the norm. So the 500 mb ridges warm the waters below and the warmer waters could promote stronger 500mb ridges. Plus there could be remote teleconnections involved from marine heatwaves closer to the equator.

Our first 90° Heat of the season is following a familiar theme. The mid 90s major heat missed our area to the north. So the record heat for June 5th was up in Maine and New Hampshire. This was the 2nd year in a row with record early June heat in those areas.

Even closer to home, Danbury was 3° warmer than Newark in more over the top to the north fashion.

So not sure what caused the comments that the temperature anomaly charts were showing too much red to our north. They turned out to be correct. Augusta Maine had a record high of 92° which was a +20. Newark at 90° was only a +12°.

 

TEMPERATURE (F)                                                          
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         92R  2:21 PM  88    2024  72     20       88        

TEMPERATURE (F)                                                          
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         90    428 PM  95    2021  78     12       81     

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
0409 AM EDT FRI JUN 06 2025

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT AUGUSTA...

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 92 DEGREES WAS SET AT AUGUSTA 
YESTERDAY, JUNE 5TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 88 DEGREES SET IN 
2024.

 

Data for June 5, 2025 through June 5, 2025
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NH	ROCHESTER SKYHAVEN AP	WBAN	96
ME	FRYEBURG EASTERN SLOPES REGL AP	WBAN	95
NH	MANCHESTER AIRPORT	WBAN	94
NH	LEBANON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT	WBAN	93
ME	AUGUSTA STATE AIRPORT	WBAN	92

 

Data for June 5, 2025 through June 5, 2025
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NJ	TETERBORO AIRPORT	WBAN	93
CT	DANBURY MUNICIPAL AP	WBAN	93
NJ	CALDWELL ESSEX COUNTY AP	WBAN	91
NY	PORT JERVIS	COOP	90
NJ	NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP	WBAN	90
NY	MONTGOMERY ORANGE COUNTY AP	WBAN	90

 

Poughkeepsie too. I've noticed Poughkeepsie, Danbury and Scranton have all been hotter than us the last few years.  So they beat us in snowfall in the winter and heat in the summer lol.

Did you think it was curious that Montauk hit 80 degrees on a SW wind? I can understand how JFK hit 81 with only a short trajectory over water on a SW wind but how did Montauk hit 80 on such a wind?

 

[Brian5671]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

Rainy weekends theme continues with rainy periods possible on Saturday and Sunday. Hopefully, the Euro is too fast with the rain to return on Sunday. So we can at least get some drier conditions during the day.

 

 

 

 

models seem to be north this am with the best coverage.  (Which is fine by me!)

[LibertyBell]

3 hours ago, Sundog said:

Is there smoke in the sky? The color of the Sun looks off. 

If we were in space, the sun would look nearly white (because evolution has determined that we see our sun as nearly white, as it is the primary source of light on our planet and our eyes use that to adjust color balance.)  Life on exoplanets would most likely see their sun as white for the same reason (even though we might see their sun as orange or red.)  By the way the reason that photosynthetic plants are green is because green has the highest efficiency rate of absorbing light from a yellow sun.  On an  exoplanet with what we perceive as a red sun, we would see photosynthetic plants as purple for the same reason our photosynthetic plants are perceived by us as green.

The atmosphere always has an effect on the color of the sun, the particles suspended in it decide on how much.

 

A lucky shot I took with a solar filter on one of my cameras to capture the sunspot maximum we had last year, caught a bird flying through the frame and eclipsing the sun  (yes the sky darkened for a brief second as the bird flew by, just like it would during a real eclipse.) I have another shot somewhere where a plane flew right in front of the sun.

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

Rainy weekends theme continues with rainy periods possible on Saturday and Sunday. Hopefully, the Euro is too fast with the rain to return on Sunday. So we can at least get some drier conditions during the day.

 

 

 

 

Sunday looks to be dry but mostly cloudy.

I don't think we're going to get an inch of rain out of this either.

 

[FPizz]

4 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

If we were in space, the sun would look nearly white (because evolution has determined that we see our sun as nearly white, as it is the primary source of light on our planet and our eyes use that to adjust color balance.)  Life on exoplanets would most likely see their sun as white for the same reason (even though we might see their sun as orange or red.)  By the way the reason that photosynthetic plants are green is because green has the highest efficiency rate of absorbing light from a yellow sun.  On an  exoplanet with what we perceive as a red sun, we would see photosynthetic plants as purple for the same reason our photosynthetic plants are perceived by us as green.

The atmosphere always has an effect on the color of the sun, the particles suspended in it decide on how much.

 

A lucky shot I took with a solar filter on one of my cameras to capture the sunspot maximum we had last year, caught a bird flying through the frame and eclipsing the sun  (yes the sky darkened for a brief second as the bird flew by, just like it would during a real eclipse.) I have another shot somewhere where a plane flew right in front of the sun.

When we had the thicker smoke, I was able to catch the sunspots with my cell phone.  That was pretty awesome.

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, Sundog said:

That's ridiculous lol what are the chances

There's some sort of cycle that sends storms here every 6-8 days or so.  I wonder what it is....

This cycle won't be broken until we get a real dry spell, likely after June 20th.

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, FPizz said:

When we had the thicker smoke, I was able to catch the sunspots with my cell phone.  That was pretty awesome.

wow that sounds absolutely amazing, the smoke was your filter

 

[Sundog]

24 minutes ago, FPizz said:

When we had the thicker smoke, I was able to catch the sunspots with my cell phone.  That was pretty awesome.

And you took this pic while riding a bicycle

[SACRUS]

84 and rising.  So far so clear

[dWave]

85/67 now after a low of only 74. Hazy sunshine, but brighter than yesterday at this time.

[FPizz]

47 minutes ago, Sundog said:

And you took this pic while riding a bicycle

I was riding a horse that was bucking.  

87 here.  

[Sundog]

20 minutes ago, FPizz said:

I was riding a horse that was bucking.  

87 here.  

Such is life in the rugged foothills of the The Highlands

[FPizz]

17 minutes ago, Sundog said:

Such is life in the rugged foothills of the The Highlands

There are a few stables around the area

[winterwx21]

Looks like scattered downpours tomorrow with some spots getting significant rain while others get very little. We had the much-needed drying out period, but now the ground is back to being a little dry again. I watered the vegetable garden for the first time in quite awhile yesterday. I'd like to see a downpour tomorrow. 

[Sundog]

My temp has been steady between 84 and 85 degrees since 11AM. I assume we peaked for the day. 

[LoboLeader1]

87 here as of 1:30, fwiw the NWS has placed this area in a marginal risk of severe wx later today. 

[LibertyBell]

51 minutes ago, Sundog said:

My temp has been steady between 84 and 85 degrees since 11AM. I assume we peaked for the day. 

Yep we were in the low 80s here at 10 am and have stayed there lol

[SACRUS]

1PM Roundup

 

TEB: 88
New Brnswck: 87
PHL: 88
TTN: 86
EWR: 84
BLM: 84
ACY: 83
NYC: 82
LGA: 81
JFK: 79
ISP: 77

[SACRUS]

 

[LibertyBell]

3 hours ago, FPizz said:

When we had the thicker smoke, I was able to catch the sunspots with my cell phone.  That was pretty awesome.

wow thats pretty wild, that sunspot group near the middle is probably the one that caused the solar storm a few days ago and the resulting northern lights display.

 

Here's one of mine from last year in May

 

 

[LibertyBell]

Just now, LibertyBell said:

wow thats pretty wild, that sunspot group near the middle is probably the one that caused the solar storm a few days ago and the resulting northern lights display.

 

Here's one of mine from last year in May

 

 

on the camera LCD live view this giant sunspot group looked like a large ant moving around on the sun.

[LibertyBell]

4 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

1PM Roundup

 

TEB: 88
New Brnswck: 87
PHL: 88
TTN: 86
EWR: 84
BLM: 84
ACY: 83
NYC: 82
LGA: 81
JFK: 79
ISP: 77

high temps were a few hours ago, on the south shore we peaked in the low 80s around 11 am

[LibertyBell]

5 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

wow thats pretty wild, that sunspot group near the middle is probably the one that caused the solar storm a few days ago and the resulting northern lights display.

 

Here's one of mine from last year in May

 

 

 

[LibertyBell]

Just now, LibertyBell said:

 

one more

 

 

[LibertyBell]

Just now, LibertyBell said:

one more

 

 

okay just one more lol

[Poker2015]

Are the storms in PA supposed to hold together and get us or dissipate?

I can't have another softball game canceled!!

[SACRUS]

[LibertyBell]

41 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

it's getting darker here