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

[dendrite]

The smoke is really thicc aloft now. We have CAA undercutting it…pretty gusty NW flow. 17G30mph at 1p1.

[klw]

2 hours ago, weatherwiz said:

Just went outside to grill hot dogs for lunch and wow the smell is insane. Combination of smoke and ass. 

Isn't that how hot dogs usually smell?

[dendrite]

It’s getting converged and stretched between the ridge and trough and training our way. You absolutely love to see it.

[Layman]

7 minutes ago, klw said:

Isn't that how hot dogs usually smell?

 

Roman:
"You know what the gourmet here wanted? Hot dogs! You know what they're made of, Chet? Huh? Lips and a**holes!"

https://www.quotes.net/mquote/115045 

[weatherwiz]

Insane AQI back over the Great Lakes. Can't imaging what values tomorrow will be down this way. 

[Damage In Tolland]

17 minutes ago, dendrite said:

It’s getting converged and stretched between the ridge and trough and training our way. You absolutely love to see it.

We smoke train .. choo choo

 

[SJonesWX]

1 hour ago, Brewbeer said:

yeah. it's consistent with light to moderate overcast, a rainy day is even less. 

curious what folks with solar sensors on their weather stations are getting for readings

right now my station solar radiation is ~100 watts/m2 (whatever that means), with a UV index <1

[Brewbeer]

1 minute ago, SJonesWX said:

right now my station solar radiation is ~100 watts/m2 (whatever that means), with a UV index <1

how does that compare to a normal sunny day at the same time ?

 

[weatherwiz]

25 minutes ago, klw said:

Isn't that how hot dogs usually smell?

depends on the hot dog

[Damage In Tolland]

lol. Literally in the AFD. Can’t make this stuff up 

Not much chance for showers through Thursday night. Any that do
form would likely bring more smoke to the ground, and not result
in much rainfall.

 

[dendrite]

24 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

We smoke train .. choo choo

 

Looks like a Mad Max scene

[dendrite]

25 minutes ago, Brewbeer said:

how does that compare to a normal sunny day at the same time ?

 

Should be close to this

[Brewbeer]

10 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Should be close to this

so looks like an 80% reduction 

[Typhoon Tip]

I just saw a meme on Instacrap that labeled 838 concurrent wild fires draped from N Alberta to western Quebec across the Canadian Shield 

Who knows if that's true or not but it does spark the question for me, what is the average number of Canadian wild fires per season?   assuming a 'season' is whatever April through whenever October

[WxWatcher007]

21 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Looks like a Mad Max scene

Have you seen the video? It’s wild.

[Damage In Tolland]

Just now, WxWatcher007 said:

Have you seen the video? It’s wild.

Here

https://x.com/hotshotwake/status/2077232582375116970?s=46

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

Best event of summeh 2026

[BrianW]

57 minutes ago, Brewbeer said:

how does that compare to a normal sunny day at the same time ?

 

I lost around 50% production today on my solar panels compared to a clear sunny day. My system is only 5kw and maxed out around 2.75kw today. I usually produce around 30-35 kwh on a sunny day. 

 

 

[HoarfrostHubb]

So dark here (with a sepia/orange tint) I would swear I’m about to get nailed by a big thunderstorm.  
 

New England Dark Day -2026 edition 

[Damage In Tolland]

Lost in all the smoke excitement today. Much of the modeling lost the showers/ storms and soaker they had for Saturday . That better not completely vanish Stein 

[wxeyeNH]

Living life on the edge.  A beautiful late afternoon up here in the Plymouth NH area.  Brilliant blue skies about overhead and to the north and dark and dirty looking south.  It is really an unusual event. 

76/56  Current cam view from Plymouth looking north

[dendrite]

Smoke is almost outta here. Lots of blue on the northern horizon

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Peaked at 84° today in downtown Greenfield.  It was definitely humid, but steady breeze all day.

[Brewbeer]

56 minutes ago, BrianW said:

I lost around 50% production today on my solar panels compared to a clear sunny day.

I'm down about 75+%, usually I'd have 40+ kwh by now and I'm at 13.6 kwh, I've used about that today on air conditioning alone 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

33 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

So dark here (with a sepia/orange tint) I would swear I’m about to get nailed by a big thunderstorm.  
 

New England Dark Day -2026 edition 

It’s like 8 PM dark in downtown Greenfield right now. Crazy.

[Damage In Tolland]

4 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

It’s like 8 PM dark in downtown Greenfield right now. Crazy.

On visible you can see clouds North of pike moving west to east. So you’re cloudy with the smoke layer added on. Just smoke SOP

[dendrite]

230p vs 3hrs later

[FXWX]

6 hours ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

Those are great books especially the  Early American series.

Yes!

[vortex95]

7 hours ago, FXWX said:

Google New England dark days... Also David Ludlum has a section on dark days in his New England Weather book.

Yes, good point referencing history.  Something that gets ignored all too often these days b/c if interferes w/ hype or a narrative.

Large wildfires in Canada have a cycle of 50-80 years.  The dark days here in the 18th century have been traced to large wildfires in Ontario from paleoclimatology IIRC.  

This is the problem w/ these days, the media and politicians prey on recency bias and short memories and act like what is happening now is unprecedented or not supposed to happen.  We are wired to think in human lifetime frames of reference, but that is nothing compared to climate and geological frames.

Wildfires are so endemic, some species of plants have evolved to only to germinate w/ fire present  The seeds of many plants in fire-prone environments need fire, directly or indirectly, to germinate. These plants produce seeds w/ a tough coating that can lay dormant, awaiting a fire, for several years.

So summarily demonizing wildfires is misguided and narrow-minded.  Yes, their impacts can be devastating, but that is no different that say hurricanes and tornadoes as to the natural order of things.  Fire has a natural role in the environment/ecosystem and it was established long before humans existed.

[HoarfrostHubb]

Dews have dropped a ton. Actually feels nice. 74/51.