Augdewst 2026: Summer's Last Stand

[Lava Rock]

89/75. Ooph

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[jlauderdal]

For all of you dew lovers out there, go to the cornfields of the midwest during a heatwave and experience corn sweat, Heat Index 120+ with dews mid 80's.  

 

[CoastalWx]

Dews dropping a tad as expected away from south coast. 

[powderfreak]

It’s a steam bath out there.

86/68 at MVL.  Pretty HHH past couple days given the past few weeks of relative comfort.

[ma blizzard]

1 hour ago, weatherwiz said:

I think we're going to see a pretty nasty cluster of thunderstorms moving northeast across CT into MA this evening. Should be a quite a bit of lightning with flash flooding as a concern. Not sure if there will be damaging wind potential throughout but I could see a pocket of wind damage into southwestern Hartford County from NJ, southeast NY, and through Fairfield County

maybe the storms ride along the boundary separating MU 60s vs 70+ dews? I'm with ya though def bullish on storms this evening / tonight 

[CoastalWx]

Definitely less humid compared to earlier. 

[Modfan2]

24 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Dews dropping a tad as expected away from south coast. 

Seabreeze looks like it’s pinned on the SE Mass coast 

[Modfan2]

27 minutes ago, jlauderdal said:

For all of you dew lovers out there, go to the cornfields of the midwest during a heatwave and experience corn sweat, Heat Index 120+ with dews mid 80's.  

 

I lived in Martin County and worked in  Okeechobee/Indian River/St Lucie Counties and days like today remind of those days in FL; glad this is short lived.

[weatherwiz]

55 minutes ago, ma blizzard said:

maybe the storms ride along the boundary separating MU 60s vs 70+ dews? I'm with ya though def bullish on storms this evening / tonight 

yup going to want to watch that dewpoint/MUCAPE gradient. 

I also have to say...things are evolving a good 3-4 hours earlier then I was anticipating. But this is where we stand with MUCAPE. Activity may come through early enough that the storms remain surfaced-based which could mean an increased risk for damaging wind gusts well into the region. But to go along with Scott's posts about the dewpoints, there is a significant drop off in MLCAPE values away from the coast as drier air mixes down. Have to see when/if they rebound 

[kdxken]

46 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Definitely less humid compared to earlier. 

Big time. I thought it was just me.

[Baroclinic Zone]

Mid 90s and low to mid 70s dews. Blech

[mreaves]

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

It’s a steam bath out there.

86/68 at MVL.  Pretty HHH past couple days given the past few weeks of relative comfort.

85.4°/65° at the newly reinstalled PWS

[Damage In Tolland]

Dews are in low/ mid 70’s SOP . 
75.3 here. Seems humid