Augdewst 2026: Summer's Last Stand

[Baroclinic Zone]

11 hours ago, kdxken said:

79/64 here. It's actually pretty nice.

Dews dropped towards dusk and overnight
Pleasant out now, low 60s with dews in low 60s.

[Damage In Tolland]

Will it rain again this month?

[kdxken]

13 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Will it rain again this month?

Hope not

[kdxken]

13 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Will it rain again this month?

Likely get some shredded mess of an old tropical system.

[Damage In Tolland]

Lots of smoke this week. Wonder if it will affect temps at all like last time 

[dendrite]

Min 59.5°

Deep summer may be on its last legs…especially NNE. 

[weatherwiz]

Was reading up about downtown Springfield/Forest Park area...pretty crazy. Forest Park closed until further notice due to storm damage. Was just at the Forest Park Zoo last weekend for Bew at the Zoo. When I parked at the T station, saw the watch was out, and those storms in east-central NY, I knew Springfield would get crushed. Don't think it was bad on my end though...a good 10-15 minutes northeast of that area. 

[weatherwiz]

On 8/7/2026 at 11:30 PM, Ginx snewx said:

Bullshit its very very true. Hair sticks up and gives you a tingling feeling, you become a negative 

 

On 8/8/2026 at 9:04 AM, FXWX said:

Very well documented for decades... 

Wanted to respond to this earlier since it's pretty important lightning safety but it is 100% true. People can be a great source as a connecting leader between the ground and the forming stepped leader with positive charges flowing up the connecting leader (which can be people) and when the stepped leader establishes a connection with a connecting leader...lightning! In fact, because of this the "flash" actually travels from the ground to the cloud but the whole process is so quick we see it was going from the ground to the cloud.