Ju-ply 2026 Obs and Disco - Kicking it off with heat, humidity, and ... severe?

[weatherwiz]

7 minutes ago, CT Rain said:

It's funny that people think this is something nefarious.

The issue is that the weather graphics vendor most stations use (your former employer) have an almost impossible to figure out UI when it comes to building bar graphs and charts. TBH, it's why I don't show them very often. Obviously it shouldn't have been used but we're generally using horribly outdated equipment and graphics systems that are generally awful all around.

At WestConn we still had to use PowerPoint for our broadcasts because the school refused to pay for WSI and didn't care how important it was. I'm pretty sure they still use PowerPoint to this day. 

[CoastalWx]

Yeah when I saw that graphic, I first thought something went wrong lol. I didn't think it was to hype something up or anything. 

[kdxken]

Surprised they didn't up the severity.

[dendrite]

Yeah looks more dumb than malintent.

[CoastalWx]

NO change in drought where 3-6" of rain fell. Those maps should have been DOGE'd.

[dendrite]

I guess in their defense this is valid 8am Tuesday and there may not have been much river and stream response yet, but man...idk what they expect.

[Cyclone-68]

I want a Met to incorporate the word “hellacious” when doing their forecast 

[CoastalWx]

16 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I guess in their defense this is valid 8am Tuesday and there may not have been much river and stream response yet, but man...idk what they expect.

OK I'll give them that, but then the person showing this should probably not even show this at all. At least wait a week. This should be common sense, I'm sure the public comments have laugh emojis and condescending remarks since they are well aware of the copious amounts of rain SNE got overall.

I can't tell you how many idiots out there claim this is govt manipulation and trying to control our water usage. This doesn't help.

[Chrisrotary12]

Kind of hot out. Bring back 82 with low dews.

[CoastalWx]

Yeah with little wind, it's a hot one. I have 92.

[Torch Tiger]

Perfect!

[WxWatcher007]

2 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Yeah when I saw that graphic, I first thought something went wrong lol. I didn't think it was to hype something up or anything. 

 

2 hours ago, dendrite said:

Yeah looks more dumb than malintent.

Yeah, just bad QC imo. Not great but it happens. 

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

OK I'll give them that, but then the person showing this should probably not even show this at all. At least wait a week. This should be common sense, I'm sure the public comments have laugh emojis and condescending remarks since they are well aware of the copious amounts of rain SNE got overall.

I can't tell you how many idiots out there claim this is govt manipulation and trying to control our water usage. This doesn't help.

The first time I saw this widespread foolishness was Helene. How people can hold the government being totally incompetent and capable of literally changing the atmosphere at a massive scale simultaneously is mind numbing. 

[CoastalWx]

2 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

 

Yeah, just bad QC imo. Not great but it happens. 

The first time I saw this widespread foolishness was Helene. How people can hold the government being totally incompetent and capable of literally changing the atmosphere at a massive scale simultaneously is mind numbing. 

Never underestimate stupidity. Now more than ever.

[tamarack]

"Never assume malice for what is easily explained as stupidity."

[WxWatcher007]

7 minutes ago, tamarack said:

"Never assume malice for what is easily explained as stupidity."

Basically what I’ve told my wife for 20 years.  

[Typhoon Tip]

93/70

ouch

[weatherwiz]

40 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

93/70

ouch

meh just a little warm 

[Brewbeer]

17 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

meh just a little warm 

93/70 is too warm for mowing the lawn that's for sure

it's 72/58 in my basement

[LurkerBoy]

Whoever said this summer would be cool and dry ... You broke my heart

[Brewbeer]

might have to make it a no-mow July 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

4 minutes ago, Brewbeer said:

might have to make it a no-mow July 

Got back from Falmouth last night and I mowed well into the evening.

Thinking I may not have to again for a few weeks.

[Torch Tiger]

Fun variety of clouds out there

[OceanStWx]

4 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

NO change in drought where 3-6" of rain fell. Those maps should have been DOGE'd.

Never underestimate the power of the atmosphere to rain between the data cutoff and when the map is released on Thursdays. 

[klw]

4 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

NO change in drought where 3-6" of rain fell. Those maps should have been DOGE'd.

Except that they did improve some of the area in NY and CT by one grade to reflect the rain.

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Northeast

Quote

Widespread heavy rains fell in the New York City area, southern New England, southern New York, eastern Pennsylvania and portions of New Jersey. Rain amounts over 2 inches were common, and some locations saw rain amounts of 4-6 inches. Ongoing drought and abnormal dryness improved in parts of eastern Pennsylvania, southern West Virginia, New Jersey, southern New York and a few areas of Connecticut and Rhode Island where the heaviest rains occurred. Long-term precipitation deficits and groundwater shortages continued in many areas, so this week’s improvements were mostly limited to the areas where rainfall amounts were heaviest. 

Change map shows this plus the improvement in Maine on in RI

[Chrisrotary12]

Lone cell trekking east  on 101. Let’s see what it does as it approaches NH Seacoast machine.

[Damage In Tolland]

Thankfully we ended with a hot and humid summer. Some knew and ACATT accepts defeat.