August 2026

[NEG NAO]

4 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

Not nearly as widespread as yesterday though. Yesterday we had lines of storms, unlike the isolated smaller cells today.

True - todays are taking 5 minutes to pop up and produce heavy rains another fast popper near south Old Bridge

[winterwx21]

6 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

In south plainfield pretty good downpour but not much else

Here it was just a brief moderate shower. Hopefully that's it for today. Nothing more behind this on radar right now, but will keep an eye on it in case something else pops up. 

[MJO812]

Thunder here

[NEG NAO]

16 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

Here it was just a brief moderate shower. Hopefully that's it for today. Nothing more behind this on radar right now, but will keep an eye on it in case something else pops up. 

good idea the atmosphere is still primed and ready had a  CTG lightning strike at the western edge of the precip with the sun out temp dropped from 90 to76

[doncat]

46 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

We'll see how much we can heat back up after these clouds move out in the next hour.

Got hit by another brief t storm with 0.13" so down to 78° now.

[gravitylover]

Holy lightning and thunder Batkids! Wow...

[steve392]

Heavy rains in hazlet area but everything looks to be dying out. 

[Great Snow 1717]

On 8/6/2026 at 12:11 PM, LibertyBell said:

Yes at around 1650 ft elevation near Lake Harmony.  When I set up my Ambient WS-2000 and Ecowitt HP2584 weather stations I had to find the exact lat long and elevation and it came up with 1531 ft but I think that's wrong because it underdoes my Barometric pressure. I had to adjust it upward by about 0.05 inches on both units.  If you have an easier way for me to calculate my exact elevation I'd appreciate it Chris.  Here are the two numbers I used.

Absolute air pressure

28.55 inches

Relative air pressure

30.08 inches

Is the low absolute air pressure the reason I dont feel the Florida type humidity up here?

[donsutherland1]

Aside from a widely scattered shower or thundershower, this evening and tonight will be variably cloudy and warm.

Above normal temperatures will persist through the remainder of the weekend until near the middle of next week. Highs will generally top out in the upper 80s to lower 90s in the warmest spots. 

A somewhat cooler air mass will arrive near mid-week. Afterward, readings will be mainly in the lower to middle 80s for Wednesday and Thursay.

A push of even cooler air is possible by the close of the week. As a result, Friday through Sunday could see highs mainly in the upper 70s and lower 80s.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +4.1°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +2.3°C for the week centered around July 30. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +3.53°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +2.02°C. The ongoing strong El Niño, which has reached super El Niño threshold, will continue to strengthen through the summer.

The SOI was -16.51 today. 

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +0.288 today. 

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied near 51% probability that New York City will have a warmer than normal August (1991-2020 normal). August will likely finish with a mean temperature near 76.2° (0.1° above normal). 

Supplemental Information: The projected mean would be 0.9° above the 1981-2010 normal monthly value.