Septorcher 2026 Discussion - Endless Summer

[CoastalWx]

58 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Do we finally get the torch we've been waiting months for? 

 

Yep, we tried to tell them yesterday.

[CoastalWx]

Looks like a two day mild down before the equinox before we warm again. We embrace the warmth. 

[Damage In Tolland]

Hopefully that rain Sunday morning works out and doesn’t end up  a S coast special 

[dendrite]

0.74” overnight. We take.

Muggy this morning. Min of 65°

Not 100% from the migraines so still limiting screen time. I’ll try to tackle PM responses when I can. 

[weatherwiz]

1 hour ago, kdxken said:

Do we finally get the torch we've been waiting months for? 

 

Looks like the ridge is finding a new home just in time for winter 

[Brewbeer]

2 hours ago, kdxken said:

Do we finally get the torch we've been waiting months for? 

 

No, it may be above normal, but it won’t be a “torch”.

[Layman]

A soaking 0.15" here that should allow the lawn to continue to curl up and burn.  We take.

[Damage In Tolland]

A torch is 5 or more AN. Just like toddy and how it’s mainly been  Torch !

[Damage In Tolland]

Pretty big acorn year. Not the worst I’ve seen here, but there’s a lot . Nightmare 

[dendrite]

7 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Pretty big acorn year. Not the worst I’ve seen here, but there’s a lot . Nightmare 

Some nice, plump red oak acorns this year. 

[Typhoon Tip]

We know this ... but just in case.  The idea that acorns can predict a wet warm or snowy cold winter has very low or no skill as a forecasting metric.

Years with perceived surpluses of acorns have nothing to do with ensuing seasonality.  According to all science/peer reviewal, those were influenced/triggered by past environmental factors -

so yeah... , it was cold and snowy last year.  or warm and wet... which ever. tell us what we already know. 

but obviously... we are so fantastically bored -

[Typhoon Tip]

i think that's in AMS' official glossary, yeah...

  5 = torch

[BrianW]

5 hours ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

April through October it's blasting house is set to 70 all year long

Yeah. I set my t-stat to 68 cool from pretty much April to October. This is what my central air usage looks like just about every year. 

 

[Torch Tiger]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

A torch is 5 or more AN. Just like toddy and how it’s mainly been  Torch !

your avg. is like 73. +10+ is torchy

[forkyfork]

in a few years the definition of torch will be +20

[klw]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

A torch is 5 or more AN. Just like toddy and how it’s mainly been  Torch !

[#NoPoles]

1 hour ago, BrianW said:

Yeah. I set my t-stat to 68 cool from pretty much April to October. This is what my central air usage looks like just about every year. 

 

July giving you the FU finger

[tunafish]

4 hours ago, dendrite said:

0.74” overnight. We take.

Muggy this morning. Min of 65°

Not 100% from the migraines so still limiting screen time. I’ll try to tackle PM responses when I can. 

0.66" here*

*Asked the wife to check/empty the gauge for me when she went out for the chicks. When I later asked her for the total she went blank. And 0.66" was the best she could guess. 

Unfortunately it's double any nearby station. 

I've seen that happen, legitimately, but looking at the radar overnight, it doesn't really support that.

[kdxken]

2 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said:

We know this ... but just in case.  The idea that acorns can predict a wet warm or snowy cold winter has very low or no skill as a forecasting metric.

Years with perceived surpluses of acorns have nothing to do with ensuing seasonality.  According to all science/peer reviewal, those were influenced/triggered by past environmental factors -

so yeah... , it was cold and snowy last year.  or warm and wet... which ever. tell us what we already know. 

but obviously... we are so fantastically bored -

Correct it's not the amount of acorns. It's the size of the squirrels that dictate snowfall.

[kdxken]

2 minutes ago, tunafish said:

0.66" here*

*Asked the wife to check/empty the gauge for me when she went out for the chicks. When I later asked her for the total she went blank. And 0.66" was the best she could guess. 

Unfortunately it's double any nearby station. 

I've seen that happen, legitimately, but looking at the radar overnight, it doesn't really support that.

Try the raindrop app.

[dendrite]

2 hours ago, forkyfork said:

in a few years the definition of torch will be +20

We’ll be onto 2001-2030 normals 

[dendrite]

23 minutes ago, tunafish said:

0.66" here*

*Asked the wife to check/empty the gauge for me when she went out for the chicks. When I later asked her for the total she went blank. And 0.66" was the best she could guess. 

Unfortunately it's double any nearby station. 

I've seen that happen, legitimately, but looking at the radar overnight, it doesn't really support that.

There was 0.50” in S Portland.

[dendrite]

22 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Correct it's not the amount of acorns. It's the size of the squirrels that dictate snowfall.

I heard it’s the motion of the descension

[ineedsnow]

We pray for the 12z GFS! 

[Dan76]

Damage!