Augdewst 2026: Summer's Last Stand

[Damage In Tolland]

9 minutes ago, CT Valley Snowman said:

What's left of it looks to track between Kevin and I, towards smellington.  

That thing hit the river and died faster than a weenie on prom night 

[Torch Tiger]

Wild lightning

[Chrisrotary12]

Storm to my west getting act together a little bit. 

[Masswx]

 

Some lightning that I can see all the way from that cell on the ma nh border

[Torch Tiger]

@ NH /MA border  killer lightning very vivid

[Chrisrotary12]

Gotta love these anvil bombs. 

[FXWX]

37 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Nice !

Unlike you; I've been lucky and scored several times over the past several weeks... 

[CoastalWx]

3 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

@ NH /MA border  killer lightning very vivid

That’s because it’s nighttime 

[Damage In Tolland]

1 minute ago, FXWX said:

Unlike you; I've been lucky and scored several times over the past several weeks... 

Yes your area FTW over and over . July 4th was a beast . I just am looking for my first gentle tshower 

[Ginx snewx]

5 minutes ago, FXWX said:

Unlike you; I've been lucky and scored several times over the past several weeks... 

Damn you go boy. Get it while you can 

[weatherwiz]

Was doing my last final earlier and happened to look out the window and saw this cutie.

 

sitting outside watching distance flashes every now and then from the stuff to the northeast 

[512high]

Yes quite the light show in Nashua:, haven’t had this in a long time.

[WalpoleJoe]

Can see the lightening down here from that storm to the north

[Torch Tiger]

That one they saw at fenway almost hit me lol!  Got video

[CT Valley Snowman]

Yeah storms looks solid up there.  

[Damage In Tolland]

Ray about to get trained . Man that area this year just awesome for storms . 

[vortex95]

25 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Gotta love these anvil bombs. 

Window rattlers?

[Chrisrotary12]

2 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

Window rattlers?

Woke the kid up. Fortunately put herself back to sleep.

[Chrisrotary12]

Man the heaviest of the echos missed to my south but damn it is pouring. Can’t imagine what the 50-60 dbz is pumping out. 

[H2Otown_WX]

1 hour ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

lol the heavy rain just finds me every storm this year 

How much last month and how much so far this month?

[Sey-Mour Snow]

11 minutes ago, H2Otown_WX said:

How much last month and how much so far this month?

16.5 July / 4.5 August 

[Hoth]

5 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

16.5 July / 4.5 August 

Ridiculous stretch down here.

[NoCORH4L]

That was some of the heaviest rain I've experienced. Looked even heavier to the NE over Lunenburg. RT 2 Training 

[dendrite]

1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said:

Damn you go boy. Get it while you can 

His username checks out?

[vortex95]

4 hours ago, Torch Tiger said:

severe drought here 

This is why I do not trust the U.S. Drought Monitor.  And yes, I know there is more than just rainfall that goes into it, and there are 4 types of drought, but really?

Look at the MA drought  map 6/30 compared to 8/4 (attached).  Then look at the 6/30 to 8/4 rainfall for the FMH area and BOS area (also attached).

So we have locations in the FMH area that got more than double the rainfall compared to the BOS area, and the BOS area goes from svr drought to abnormally dry, and the FMH area is still in svr drought?  Sorry, that's too big of a disparity to be correct from a practical and sensible impact POV!

And the type of rain that fell in this period -- two summer nor'easters and the rainfall was spread out during those events, not falling in short tstm bursts, which makes difference for runoff and soil percolation.

This kind of disparity is nothing new concerning drought labeling and status.  WA state recently, similar issue.  All indicators were AOA normal in May, except for snowpack, and they declared a drought emergency.  And really, given the drought monitor for the state at this time w/ less than half the state in mdt drought (see like below) - how is this an "emergency?"  "Emergency" should be reserved for only the most dire and critical situations.  But throwing around absolute superlatives is the norm now -- no scaling or proper perspective.  IMHO, declaring "emergency" is a often tool for graft, b/c it frees up $$ that would otherwise not be available.

Details on WA drought "emergency."
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2026/05/why-washington-drought-emergency-should.html
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/data/png/20260505/20260505_WA_date.png

[Torch Tiger]

it's been relatively dry here for a long time lol  Tonight great example, Stein shield absolutely entrenched 

[vortex95]

20 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

it's been relatively dry here for a long time lol  Tonight great example, Stein shield absolutely entrenched 

Local STEIN SHIELD, like the local WEYMOUTH SHIELD!  

I know it is more long-term, but is it?  PVD is only -0.67" Y-T-D.  CON -0.55 Y-T-D and ORH +1.24.  Yes, BOS is a "hole" but that is quite local and it we know it is low by about 2" due to bad LEQ from the big S+ events this winter.  |

At what point does long-term drought "go away" as a weight for considering drought?  It is not defined anywhere I can find.

A *lot* of decisions about land and water management are made from the drought monitor, so it needs to reflect actual conditions accurately!

Back in the day, the Crop Moisture and Palmer Drought Severity Index were used and IMHO, these are better.  The parse things out instead of once lumped categorical map.  See attachments for current conditions.   I don't see any drought/dry issues in New England!

 

[Cyclone-68]

I think Boston itself has had at least two thunderstorms this summer with nary a peep here. So even the CITY is doing better than most south of town