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August 2025 Summer Thread


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1 minute ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Yes, you are right. Looks like the NWS must have a coop site nearby too. Looks a little warmer throughout the record than the observatory numbers, maybe lower in elevation?

If the Coop is nearby, it's over 400' lower. So makes sense it would be warmer.

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44 minutes ago, kdxken said:

AI is stupid.  I was looking for something that would easily break when filled with gas and thrown at yellow jackets . Not a lecture for Christ's sake.

 

 

 

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how dare you get told that molotov cocktails are dangerous 

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11 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

how dare you get told that molotov cocktails are dangerous 

i may be overt tree hugging in this .. clearly in the minority, but unless the bee's nest is critically located - which most realistically aren't - leave 'em the f* alone.

they are hugely beneficial to the local ecological health.  from pollinator species, to insect carnivores ( yellows and wasps - ) they do vastly more good than harm 

honey bees can even be moved by calling a specialist.  

if a bald face hornet's nest is clinging to the underside of the front door awning, than okay.  but in the past, i just avoid them unless it's more obviously necessary.  seems like some people wanna go after them just because it is there.   hoping that's not the case -

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3 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

i may be purest ...but either way, clearly am in the minority on this, but unless the bee's nest is critically located - which most realistically aren't - leave 'em the f* alone.

they are hugely beneficial to the local ecological health.  from pollinator species, to insect carnivores ( yellows and wasps - ) they do vastly more good than harm 

honey bees can even be moved by calling a specialist.  

if a bald face hornet's nest is clinging to the underside of the front door awning, than okay.  but in the past, i just avoid them unless it's more obviously necessary.  seems like some people wanna go after them just because it is there.   hoping that's not the case -

i had a nest next to my garden last year and never got stung. they would land on me once in a while to check me out but if you're cool about it they don't bother you

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28 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Looking at 850Ts, seems like a subtle shift north with the highest 850 temps on guidance. Might be your classic MHT-lower elevation Maine roaster. Just for Dryslot. A Tamarack Torcher.

If winds are SE  take up the dews and lower the temps.. which is wanted quite honestly 

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Just went out to refill the hummingbird feeder and the grape jelly and had a couple of yellow jackets and a bald faced hornet eating out of the jars. I waited until they were done and refilled. No injuries to humans or wasps to report. 

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Just now, dendrite said:

Just went out to refill the hummingbird feeder and the grape jelly and had a couple of yellow jackets and a bald faced hornet eating out of the jars. I waited until they were done and refilled. No injuries to humans or wasps to report. 

"No injuries to wasps were committed in the making of this post"

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"NBM is showing 60-85% probs of 90+ next week away from the southcoast. The worst of the heat is expected in the interior as daily
sea-breezes may temper the heat somewhat near the coast, especiallysouth coast. It appears humidity levels will be moderate through at least Tue and possibly Wed with dewpoints mostly in the low-mid 60s which would keep heat indices a bit below dangerous thresholds. The
lower dewpoints will also allow overnight low temps to fall into the 60s"

The Great Heatwave of '25 seems to be waning a bit no?

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4 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Glad we don't live there.

It's funny, sensibly so far the month is still considerably cooler than BOS.

Our mean temperature this month is 65.7... Boston's is 69.0F.  

I guess normally we are running 8 degrees cooler than BOS in the means, instead of 3-4F.

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8 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

84F.

Today should wipe out the residual negative departures to turn the month positive.

Only one day so far in August has seen below normal (78F) maximums.

This dry air has bucked the trend of high minima so far.  Highs are running +0.3 while lows are -5.4.

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2 hours ago, kdxken said:

AI is stupid.  I was looking for something that would easily break when filled with gas and thrown at yellow jackets . Not a lecture for Christ's sake.

 

 

 

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My grandparents had a house in Long Valley, NJ which had a 3/4-acre lawn that we would mow.  Each time we'd discover (usually painfully) 2-3 yellowjacket nests.  My long-passed dad would not have followed the above - at about 4 AM he'd pour a half cup of gas into the entry hole and follow it with a match.  One large nest had so much underground wasp-paper infrastructure that there was a bushel basket-sized hole after the burnout.

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1 hour ago, dendrite said:

79.3/63

The visibility is improved but there still seems to be some residual haze in the air and aloft. 

Vis is better but still lots of smoke.  I can see the sunrays from the Cu.  We had a brief popup shower just west of air but otherwise dry, dry, dry.  (Tell Lisa I said hi) 

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11 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

6-10" of rain on the euro and 50-75+mph gusts depending on where you are. That would be fun. Of course this will track 300 miles east of here, but always fun to see.

it's like possible 100 F for 2 straight days followed by that

yeeeeah

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