August 2026

[NEG NAO]

[psv88]

Pouring now.

[psv88]

Quick 0.08" on the sea breeze boundary. These high dewpoint days usually pop some sea breeze storms in the center of the island. 

[NEG NAO]

3 minutes ago, psv88 said:

Quick 0.08" on the sea breeze boundary. These high dewpoint days usually pop some sea breeze storms in the center of the island. 

what are the water temps in the Sound and the Atlantic ? Any convection with it ?

 

[psv88]

1 minute ago, NEG NAO said:

what are the water temps in the Sound and the Atlantic ?

 

im guessing mid 70s

[LoboLeader1]

91 here  DP72/RH 55%

 

 

[SACRUS]

 

94 / 74 here storms in EPA/NW NJ

[lee59]

17 minutes ago, psv88 said:

Quick 0.08" on the sea breeze boundary. These high dewpoint days usually pop some sea breeze storms in the center of the island. 

I could see that developing just to my north and heading east

[rclab]

1 minute ago, SACRUS said:

 

94 / 74 here storms in EPA/NW NJ

My Brooklyn Cobble Hill area 8 miles SSW of Central Park is warmer. For that matter so is Halifax quite a bit to the north and east. As always ….

 

[LoboLeader1]

Radar depicting storms to be here btwn 5-5:30PM.

[psv88]

89/79/105. Awful after that shower 

[allgame830]

25 minutes ago, LoboLeader1 said:

Radar depicting storms to be here btwn 5-5:30PM.

The storms firing up near Lancaster would be the ones that come this way unless stuff gets going closer.... so 5-530 is probably a bit premature of a radar depiction! 

[doncat]

94/79

[NJwx85]

Unlike the last few threats, near max instability today, especially West of Long Island. The limiting factor today will be wind shear. The primary severe threat will be strong wind gusts from downbursts. Expect slow moving storms that will dump and frequent lightning.

 

 

[jm1220]

1 hour ago, lee59 said:

I could see that developing just to my north and heading east

Takes very little to wring out a downpour on these days. 

[LibertyBell]

5 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said:

You have to take some of these high dewpoints from 1995 with a grain of salt. The chilled mirror sensors in use at the time had to be regularly cleaned or they could produce spuriously high readings.

I know you like saying this but some of us lived through this time period. The 90s had much more sustained and long lasting heat than we do now. I remember 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1999 quite clearly and sustained extreme heat like that has not happened since. And back then I most definitely wasn't running my heat in the summer like I've had to do in the latter half of July this year. In the 90s the only summer I ran my heat was in 1992 the year of no summer thanks to Pinatubo.

 

[LibertyBell]

5 hours ago, bluewave said:

I remember that morning really well. It was one of the biggest  weather events from 2006 to 2008. The only time a rotating wall cloud came right over my location in Long Beach. So NWS issued a tornado warning for my area due to how strong the rotation was on radar.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
650 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  SOUTHWESTERN NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  EASTERN KINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 715 AM EDT...

* AT 644 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CANARSIE...
  OR ABOUT NEAR CROWN HEIGHTS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  JAMAICA BY 700 AM...
  KENNEDY AIRPORT BY 705 AM...
  CEDARHURST BY 710 AM...
  WOODMERE...VALLEY STREAM...LYNBROOK AND ATLANTIC BEACH BY 715 AM.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

 

Was there an actual tornado though? The F2 on Labor Day 1998 was a real tornado that caused real tornado damage.

[LibertyBell]

6 hours ago, MANDA said:

The humidity / dews are what is making this stretch nasty.  Temperatures are not crazy so if we can at least lose the humidity I think most would be happy.  It is really swampy out there again this morning.  Had .02" last night as a T-Storm clipped my area.  Bulk of it slid by to the west into Sussex County..

High temperatures are MUCH more comfortable than high humidity. 102 degrees with 20 percent humidity is FAR better than this sauna.

But dry heat is normal for July and high humidity is normal for August.

[SACRUS]

3 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

I know you like saying this but some of us lived through this time period. The 90s had much more sustained and long lasting heat than we do now. I remember 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1999 quite clearly and sustained extreme heat like that has not happened since. And back then I most definitely wasn't running my heat in the summer like I've had to do in the latter half of July this year. In the 90s the only summer I ran my heat was in 1992 the year of no summer thanks to Pinatubo.

 

There have been periods similar to the 90s
2002, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2025 

1993 / 2010 /2022 were similar heat
1999 / 2025 similar
1991 : 2022 similar 
 

[LibertyBell]

On 8/5/2026 at 2:33 PM, winterwx21 said:

We needed what happened over the last month to pull out of the drought. Glad it happened even though it wasn't nice weather at times. 

Droughts are a normal part of our climate and a healthy way to get rid of excessive vegetation. Droughts normally happen in the summer and sometimes the fall and really aren't anything to be alarmed about. During the 90s I used to water for about 4 hours every other day after I got home from work and found it quite enjoyable and relaxing. Sometimes I just turned the water on and went inside and enjoyed watching the rainbows created by it.

Summer is the time to be outside when most people dont want rain unless it's in brief 20 to 30 minute spurts with sunshine 90 percent of the time. We have the other 3 seasons to have rain and cloudy weather lol.  I look at 1983 as an example of the kind of year that had everything and would probably make most people happy: a 20 inch snowstorm in February, another snow event in April, a hot and dry record setting summer with 100 in July and August and a 99 in September and then back to heavy rain for the Fall. A year with 80 inches of rain but no more than 2 inches in any of the summer months. The reason why summers are supposed to be dry is because we get the vast majority of our rainfall from coastal storms which dont happen in the summer or aren't supposrd to happen anyway (and neither are cutoffs). The abnormal and excessive rainfall we've had recently has polluted our reservoirs so we're getting water restrictions here from too much rainfall. That's in addition to toxic algae blooms caused by farm fertilizer and pesticide run off so people and pets can't go near the water at all. But this is a result of an extreme and historic el Nino and by next summer I'm pretty sure we'll be back to hot and dry in the summer like what's happened in the past when a strong el Nino ends-- 1966, 1983, 1999, 2010, etc.

[LibertyBell]

14 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

There have been periods similar to the 90s
2002, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2025 

1993 / 2010 /2022 were similar heat
1999 / 2025 similar
1991 : 2022 similar 
 

Well we seem to have fewer multiple 7 day plus heatwaves per summer now wasn't 2002 the last summer in which we had at least 2 heatwaves of 7 days or more in length Tony?

[ForestHillWx]

Storms are warned here. Waiting for the line by the Delaware River to approach. 

[Cyg]

Out cycling right now. Storms are coming.

[Snowlover11]

Cell getting going here in rockland. Thunder picking up.

The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a
  - Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Bergen County in northeastern New Jersey... Central Westchester County in southeastern New York... Rockland County in southeastern New York...
  - Until 545 PM EDT.
  - At 454 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pearl River, or near Nanuet, moving northeast at 10 mph.

# DETAILS
--------------------

HAZARD
60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE
Radar indicated.

IMPACT
Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind    damage to trees and power lines.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR
Nanuet and Tappan around 500 PM EDT. Nyack around 515 PM EDT. New City around 530 PM EDT.

ISSUED AT
Friday, August 7, 2026 at 4:54 PM EDT

ISSUED BY
National Weather Service New York NY

HEADER
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED | Severe Thunderstorm Warning

# PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS

[Snowlover11]

Holy shit!! This storm is nuts 50-60mph winds, cant see anything across the street. Branches flying. Dangerous CG’s

[NJwx85]

7 minutes ago, Snowlover11 said:

Holy shit!! This storm is nuts 50-60mph winds, cant see anything across the street. Branches flying. Dangerous CG’s

I hope it doesn’t cause the main line to weaken. It’s bowing out right now over NJ.

[Snowlover11]

Just lost power.

[NJwx85]

3 minutes ago, Snowlover11 said:

Just lost power.

There’s been no wind yet in Bardonia. Just heavy rain and a ton of lightning.

[cleetussnow]

My turn.  We are about to get schwacked.

[Snowlover11]

Just now, NJwx85 said:

There’s been no wind yet in Bardonia. Just heavy rain and a ton of lightning.

Had brief 50-60 gusts at the start. Power went out after the wind. Something most likely got hit by a lightning strike.