July Discobs 2026

[dailylurker]

Just got done staining a large deck with oil base stain. My employee looked at me while wiping oil on his face while attempting to wipe away the sweat and said, this is hell on earth. How do you do it everyday. I said "because I like it". He told me I was sick in the head. It's 98, humid and smoky. What's not to like. Better then being in an office building. 

[TSSN+]

Have a feeling air going to get nasty around here tonight into tomorrow. Areas in PA going into very unhealthy to hazardous air quality which they only had it getting to code red. Pittsburgh already into very unhealthy levels. 

[GramaxRefugee]

13 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

Just got done staining a large deck with oil base stain. My employee looked at me while wiping oil on his face while attempting to wipe away the sweat and said, this is hell on earth. How do you do it everyday. I said "because I like it". He told me I was sick in the head. It's 98, humid and smoky. What's not to like. Better then being in an office building. 

Perhaps he would also enjoy a winter trip to the NY Snowbelt? 

 

 

[dailylurker]

1 minute ago, GramaxRefugee said:

Perhaps he would also enjoy a winter trip to the NY Snowbelt? 

 

 

Naaaa.. he's not one of us lol. I'm super ready! It's great watching these heat domes turing the lakes into batch water. Man.. those first cold shots in late November are going to produce epic rates. As a rate chaser I approve. 

[MN Transplant]

Good news is that the HRRR is being less aggressive on the smoke over the past several runs.  Bad news is that it is undershooting the visibility reduction in the Great Lakes right now.  Much of WI and MI have 1 mile or less visibility.

[TSSN+]

2 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

Good news is that the HRRR is being less aggressive on the smoke over the past several runs.  Bad news is that it is undershooting the visibility reduction in the Great Lakes right now.  Much of WI and MI have 1 mile or less visibility.

I haven’t seen it back off much from what I seen. And air qualities as worse than forecasted in parts of central Pa nw Pa right now. 

[pazzo83]

10 minutes ago, TSSN+ said:

I haven’t seen it back off much from what I seen. And air qualities as worse than forecasted in parts of central Pa nw Pa right now. 

maybe the mountains will help block the lower level stuff.  Air Quality is bad in Philly/NYC but not purple-bad.

[BlizzardNole]

93/77 Hx 107 but it feels hotter out than the 100 degree days we had.  Just nasty

We are halfway through met summer.  I will be happy to see September

[pazzo83]

DCA 98 so far

[TSSN+]

Just now, pazzo83 said:

maybe the mountains will help block the lower level stuff.  Air Quality is bad in Philly/NYC but not purple-bad.

It’s moving in from the nw to se 

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

The very bad air is into Cleveland lotta AQIs 400-700 I’m seeing, hopefully it stops bleeding southeast towards us. 

[TSSN+]

Tomorrow is our day. 
 

[MN Transplant]

15 minutes ago, TSSN+ said:

I haven’t seen it back off much from what I seen. And air qualities as worse than forecasted in parts of central Pa nw Pa right now. 

I’ve been using surface viz as a proxy for how it will seem at the ground level, but yeah, it is going to be smoky in the column.

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

7 minutes ago, TSSN+ said:

Tomorrow is our day. 
 

Is that the near surface smoke? Yuck

[Kay]

It's pretty smoky locally. My throat feels scratchy. 

[SnowenOutThere]

29 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

Good news is that the HRRR is being less aggressive on the smoke over the past several runs.  Bad news is that it is undershooting the visibility reduction in the Great Lakes right now.  Much of WI and MI have 1 mile or less visibility.

It shunts the 200+ near surface smoke off to our east (Capeland) so we get values around 100. Talked to the team reps for my swim team and fought to get practices reduced from 1 hour to 45 minutes for age groups tomorrow. My atmosphere course last fall really emphasized how pm is not something you want to play around with when it comes to nearly any exposure. It's the day before divisionals so we're tapering anyways. 

[mappy]

1 minute ago, SnowenOutThere said:

It shunts the 200+ near surface smoke off to our east (Capeland) so we get values around 100. Talked to the team reps for my swim team and fought to get practices reduced from 1 hour to 45 minutes for age groups tomorrow. My atmosphere course last fall really emphasized how pm is not something you want to play around with when it comes to nearly any exposure. It's the day before divisionals so we're tapering anyways. 

Could you also call my county rec program and get them to cancel softball tomorrow night lol

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

Truly awful out, lifting weights in my un air conditioned garage and just soaked head to toe

[wxmeddler]

One of the downsides of the smoke is that it has reduced the surface heating and therefore boundary layer depth. The high dews are not being mixed out as they would on a day without smoke.

[TSSN+]

28 minutes ago, SomeguyfromTakomaPark said:

Is that the near surface smoke? Yuck

Yes 

[TSSN+]

Just got a code purple for tomorrow up here. 
 

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code PURPLE Air Quality Alert for all of central Pennsylvania for Friday, July 17th.

Wildfire smoke from northern Minnesota and south central Canada will continue to result in unhealthy air quality through Friday.

Everyone should limit outdoor strenuous activity and exercise due to poor air quality. Sensitive groups should avoid all outdoor activity. Sensitive groups include children, the elderly, and people suffering from heart disease, asthma, or other lung diseases.

[yoda]

Mostly Code Red AQ for us tomorrow... but C and W MD are code purple

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=lwx&issuedby=LWX&product=AQI

 

[TSSN+]

3 minutes ago, yoda said:

Mostly Code Red AQ for us tomorrow... but C and W MD are code purple

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=lwx&issuedby=LWX&product=AQI

 

I think they will end up upgrading. Smoke looks pretty uniform and dense across the whole area tomorrow.

 

[CAPE]

Not as hot as it could have been, but dewpoints are hideous.

High of 93. Currently 92 with a DP of 78 

[JakkelWx]

woo heat! 95/77

[CAPE]

Latest from Mount Holly on the smoke-

Latest HRRR/RAP smoke guidance continues to depict that a slug of
dense near surface smoke from the wildfires originating over western
Ontario will spread into the region tonight. Skies will likely be
quite hazy with visibilities projected to fall between 1 to 3 miles
overnight, before improving some on Friday. With more of a northerly
surface flow expected overnight and into early Friday, this may
suppress the worst of the smoke south of our area by mid-day.
However, as flow shifts to more southerly by Friday night, guidance
is hinting that surface smoke may return into the weekend.

[MN Transplant]

Airports still had a good run today and the HIs got in the 105-110 range in a good chunk of the region.

DCA: 98

IAD: 96

BWI: 95

[TSSN+]

Getting decently smoky up here now. Just popped to code orange here code red about 10 miles north and Harrisburg into code purple. Going to get gross here after 7pm. 

[nw baltimore wx]

Does altitude play a role in smokiness? Specifically, are higher altitudes at a higher risk?

[pazzo83]

lol - PHL is 95F with "Smoke" - basically hell, right?