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

[WxWatcher007]

19 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Dude had a full tyvek suit and respirator.  It’s got to be 130 or something up there. I kept giving him ice water and Gatorade but he was struggling.  

Having someone die on your property is definitely something insurance companies want to see.  

[dendrite]

Highs so far

[Typhoon Tip]

93/72

[Typhoon Tip]

Logan's about to drop.  They're around to the SE ... meager, only 10kts, but the Harbor being 59 F in the contact layer probably doesn't allow them to just sit at 90 with that wind direction.

Question is, is the shed a few do they get 'em back around 6:15 with the late west city fart

[monadnocks]

We took a different path for solar.

- Small house, at the bottom of a wooded hill with the southern exposure being shaded by trees. Neighbor's trees are part of the issue so even if we cut everything, it wouldn't be 100%.

- Roof is set up with the biggest section facing north.

- We have Eversuck (or Neversource) in New Hampshire so there were no state or utility rebates. The federal tax incentive definitely helped.

- We went with Craftstrom, a company that sells what are essentially balcony solar / backyard solar panels. The inverters are set up so as to prevent back feeding into grid. Note: they try but our experience is that they are not quite ready for prime time. Whenever we have had an issue, they have worked to make it right. https://craftstrom.com/

- So no installation costs. We already had two phase in the garage for an EV.  This drove down the costs substantially.

- My partner is technically competent so when we needed new cables for a different position in the yard, he just built them.

- Our house uses a lot of power (tech stuff) so we rarely make 100% of our power from solar but it does happen.

- Looking at the current market rates for power https://www.energy.nh.gov/ENGYApps/CEPS/ResidentialCompare.aspx?choice=Eversource I expect that with higher rates than we have currently, we will move closer to breaking even. 

- We also put in mini-splits this fall and will do the math to determine whether power or oil is the best bet for winter heating. They're definitely more efficient on a/c.

[Great Snow 1717]

50 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

I'm not happy.

I mean... I take some ethical value away for helping by trying to go green where I can, but humanity is completely and utterly fucked if they think they can solve anthropomorphically forced GW by means of capitalism and profit mongering - seeing a solution through a lens of greed. Good luck. And that is what this whole solar wave of install marketed as sistering to the grid bullshit is being exposed as. 

I was actually gapped by my company, which filed for bankruptcy and doesn't even exist anymore. I got a mailers ... I think some other outfit has absorbed them - but my electric bills were cut down so I'm willing to wait on investigation until I get these other home improvement scheduled projects completed - new kitchens make solar corruption look like a reach around at a Asian massage parlor but that's a different thing.  Anyway, there's clearly enough room up on that roof for another panel but they held back claiming some bs about them needed 3.5 feet of distance that I don't see on any other house down the street - so frankly am suss.  If I had that panel, I might not be paying as much.  I call that 'gapping' haha.

You know ... a digression here,  but that is what is a part of this whole Disclosure thing is about?  There's this ontological shock aspect about it, and the idea there is that the baser commodity that is the soil that all economic branches grow from, is in jeopardy because there is this shadow corporate-governance lording over technology that could provide free energy at the individual controls. Such a reality would completely freeze the gears of economics.  Oil becomes obsolete as a energy mechanism... solar? Gone.  Wind and renewables et al, albeit virtuous and perhaps even morally more sound than burning fossil fuels which are definitely a problem... all of it... the whole conflict and any economy that is rooted in oil at all.  Gone.  

Here's the sociological problem with that - which is very real, btw.  Economy is what allows societies to function 'over the horizons'   It's the unfailing faith in the value of the dollar ( or whatever native form of currency).  If zero-point energy ( being able to tap into the 10 e19th eV vacuum energy of the cosmos), and negative gravity propulsion systems ... the disruption to social order really is an ontological a-bomb. 

 

Just yesterday I had to chase off a wise mouth solar scum sales rep. I did ask him to leave the property twice but he persisted with the sales pitch..

[dendrite]

4 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Logan's about to drop.  They're around to the SE ... meager, only 10kts, but the Harbor being 59 F in the contact layer probably doesn't allow them to just sit at 90 with that wind direction.

Question is, is the shed a few do they get 'em back around 6:15 with the late west city fart

45 mins of E-SE now and still 32C

[Typhoon Tip]

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

45 mins of E-SE now and still 32C

LOL  I was just looking at that.   wtf chuck. 

[Typhoon Tip]

actually the water temperature in the harbor's up to 63 and change...  and p-town out at the tip of the cape is 87 so - heh

[Boston Bulldog]

45 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Logan's about to drop.  They're around to the SE ... meager, only 10kts, but the Harbor being 59 F in the contact layer probably doesn't allow them to just sit at 90 with that wind direction.

Question is, is the shed a few do they get 'em back around 6:15 with the late west city fart

Yeah the "west fart" has been happening pretty consistently. Easterlies break down around 4-5pm and a quick spike follows. Easterlies broke down around 2:30 yesterday and KBOS spiked 6F in 5 mins.

For enterprising folks looking to make a quick buck, this is a very gameable liquidity pattern on the prediction markets. Easterly winds tamp down temps, degenerate gamblers (or bots) who don't know what they're doing pump money into this suddenly interesting looking bracket of lower temps (higher temp positions gain much better pricing at the same time), then the west wind rug pulls 'em at the buzzer. These easterly winds rarely hold through sundown... dollars are being sold for 70-80c

[Typhoon Tip]

19 minutes ago, monadnocks said:

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- We also put in mini-splits this fall and will do the math to determine whether power or oil is the best bet for winter heating. They're definitely more efficient on a/c.

Yeah, I don't have an oil option here. Not sure what the comparison would be. 

Part of problem with oil is the carbon footprint.  My aim after consult with the install engineer was that using power from solar... even if it still needs to be supplemented by the NGRID ( which I call  Ngrip or nut grip.. ) would be 'doing what I can'  ... and not purely dumping C02 into a system already force fed.   So, together with lowering demand by a much more efficient compressor (mini splits) ..etc I'm not part of the meal, just crumbs.

 

 

[kdxken]

40 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Having someone die on your property is definitely something insurance companies want to see.  

Not to mention the smell if you thought he left.

[Brewbeer]

2 hours ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

I can't even count how people I know who wish they had never gotten involved with solar power companies..

A staggering number of lawsuits have been filed against solar power companies.

I know a guy who worked for a solar power company and he refused to have solar panels installed on his home lol

This is why you want to own the panels, and not lease them for a solar power company.  

[dendrite]

Getting a good jump in temp here in the past half hour.

89.4/72

[Brewbeer]

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

I'm not happy.

do you own the panels, or do you lease them form a solar company ?

[Typhoon Tip]

7 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Getting a good jump in temp here in the past half hour.

89.4/72

I'm seeing that everywhere.

Acton, Hudson ... over here at the Oxbow ob and up in Groton about 4 clicks N of me, all over 96 out of nowhere.  Shirley ob is 94 .. I'm surrounded by big heat numbers now.  The home sites less than a 1/2 mi away are all 94 to 97.

[ineedsnow]

Templeton wins again  clearly in the sun

[SJonesWX]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

87.3/77

YES!!

what will you be doing outside to enjoy your favorite weather?

[OceanStWx]

7 minutes ago, SJonesWX said:

what will you be doing outside to enjoy your favorite weather?

I picture him wandering through the neighborhood leaving 3 ply toilet paper on all the neighbors' doorsteps.

[Typhoon Tip]

KFIT 95

Yeah, seems there's a modest T burst sweeping over sites.   Lot of 93-96 type heat at those NWS town obs on their interactive page

[Damage In Tolland]

11 minutes ago, SJonesWX said:

what will you be doing outside to enjoy your favorite weather?

Earlier I laid out on aluminum foil on the roof 

[Hailstoned]

42 minutes ago, monadnocks said:

We took a different path for solar.

- Small house, at the bottom of a wooded hill with the southern exposure being shaded by trees. Neighbor's trees are part of the issue so even if we cut everything, it wouldn't be 100%.

- Roof is set up with the biggest section facing north.

- We have Eversuck (or Neversource) in New Hampshire so there were no state or utility rebates. The federal tax incentive definitely helped.

- We went with Craftstrom, a company that sells what are essentially balcony solar / backyard solar panels. The inverters are set up so as to prevent back feeding into grid. Note: they try but our experience is that they are not quite ready for prime time. Whenever we have had an issue, they have worked to make it right. https://craftstrom.com/

- So no installation costs. We already had two phase in the garage for an EV.  This drove down the costs substantially.

- My partner is technically competent so when we needed new cables for a different position in the yard, he just built them.

- Our house uses a lot of power (tech stuff) so we rarely make 100% of our power from solar but it does happen.

- Looking at the current market rates for power https://www.energy.nh.gov/ENGYApps/CEPS/ResidentialCompare.aspx?choice=Eversource I expect that with higher rates than we have currently, we will move closer to breaking even. 

- We also put in mini-splits this fall and will do the math to determine whether power or oil is the best bet for winter heating. They're definitely more efficient on a/c.

When we moved into our current home, I vowed to go electric as much as possible: 

1. Removed the basement furnace (A pellet one that took up a lot of room) and replaced with a mini-split system.

2. Installed solar, about 36 panels (we're fortunate to have good solar exposure here.)

3. Bought an excellent high capacity wood stove with a calalytic converter, that heats our spacious main room. You Know Who's beloved gypsy moths  took out enough oaks here that  am still processing the wood and waiting patiently for the rest to fall.

4. Bought an electric truck and installed my personal "gas" station in the barn to fuel it.

Results:

1. The solar panels are paid off, and we sell enough energy back to the grid that from May to October, have no fuel or AC bills. (We use the mini-splits for de-humidifiers to cool our main room but only in extreme heat such as we're now experiencing.)

2. We're in a program with the state of Massachusetts where in turn for selling excess generation back to the grid, we're paid $120 a month

3. My "gas" free holiday extends from May to October where I charge at home for free.

Downside: Just one, though pretty significant. Even with the wood stove we pay a lot over the low sun months for the mini-splits to heat the rest of the home, though the $120/month takes a nice dent out of that.

Future plans: We live on an active year around stream and would like to put in some kind of small, hydro-electric system. Anyone have any info on how to go about that?

 

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

10 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

East of the river stein baby

Hopefully that holds through Saturday 

[powderfreak]

9 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

I picture him wandering through the neighborhood leaving 3 ply toilet paper on all the neighbors' doorsteps.

You get a roll, and you get a roll…

 

90/70

[Hoth]

2 hours ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

I can't even count how people I know who wish they had never gotten involved with solar power companies..

A staggering number of lawsuits have been filed against solar power companies.

I know a guy who worked for a solar power company and he refused to have solar panels installed on his home lol

Yep, as much as I like the low electric bill and green aspect of it, not a fan. They effed up the flashing on my parents’ roof and the water damage destroyed the underlayment in their attic. They’ve been trying for months to get them to remove the panels so a roofer can replace the roof, but it’s going nowhere. My neighbor had panels installed and had water pouring through his bathroom fan during the first rain. These outfits slam as many arrays on as they can, but they often do substandard work and completely ignore problems once the project is done. Caveat emptor for sure. 

[Typhoon Tip]

4 minutes ago, Hailstoned said:

When we moved into our current home, I vowed to go electric as much as possible: 

1. Removed the basement furnace (A pellet one that took up a lot of room) and replaced with a mini-split system.

2. Installed solar, about 36 panels (we're fortunate to have good solar exposure here.)

3. Bought an excellent high capacity wood stove with a calalytic converter, that heats our spacious main room. You Know Who's beloved gypsy moths  took out enough oaks here that  am still processing the wood and waiting patiently for the rest to fall.

4. Bought an electric truck and installed my personal "gas" station in the barn to fuel it.

Results:

1. The solar panels are paid off, and we sell enough energy back to the grid that from May to October have no fuel or AC bills. (We use the mini-splits for de-humidifiers to cool our main room but only in extreme heat such as we're now experiencing.)

2. We're in a program with the state of Massachusetts where in turn for selling excess generation back to the grid, we're paid $120 a month

3. My "gas" free holiday extends from May to October where I charge at home for free.

Downside: Just one, though pretty significant. Even with the wood stove we pay a lot over the low sun months for the mini-splits to heat the rest of the home, though the $120/month takes a nice dent out of that.

Future plans: We live on an active year around stream and would like to put in some kind of small, hydro-electric system. Anyone have any info on how to go about that?

 

36 panels certainly helps all all this

[weatherwiz]

May be seeing lots of solar panels becoming airborne on Friday. 

[psv88]

Had solar installed last year, 36 panels, and it’s been terrific. A few hiccups along the way but the company made the necessary adjustments. You build up a huge energy credit bank in the spring and fall and burn through it in the summer and winter. I had mine installed with a new roof so all warranties are intact 

[wxeyeNH]

91/75  We had about .35" of rain last night.  I have a question.  I'm looking at the vis sat picture.  Why does the Cu field basically stop around the Hudson River?  Winds are light so it's not a SW cooler flow over us.  The complex coming into NNE just died right out.  No real difference in airmass?  Just curious?

[butterfish55]

I’ve had my solar for about 12 years.  Small system, only 18 panels. Bought the system outright, no leasing….No complaints at all.   There are little issues here and there, but nothing major. 
 

I expected to see some decline in production as the panels have aged, but I honestly haven’t seen anything.   Just had my second highest June production in their 12th year.