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They just flew over Narragansett and circled out over the water a few times. You in Rhode Island? What an epic day. About to get some lunch at Georgies.

Beautiful day out here on Pt Judith.

I pay a $20 monthly connection charge and then $3 a ccf (748 gallons). I only heavily water my fenced in 4000 sqft yard mainly for the dogs. Lawns need about an inch of water a week and that works out to about .6 gallons per sqft. So my 4000 sqft lawn needs about 2400 gallons to get 1 inch of water. That would be a little over 3 ccf or about $10 dollars. My winter bill averages $30-35 a month in the non summer months and around $80 watering in the summer.

Despite the drought in CT not a single reservoir is in drought stage. The August 5th Surface Reservoir Capacity Measurements and Trends has the states reservoirs at 94.3% of normal. https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Drinking-Water/DWS/Reservoir-Data

You need to get on city water. Just soft lush green lawns all summer.

Heads up to those using heating oil. Lots of signs are showing heating oil potentially costing $8+ a gallon this winter. A Storm Brews in Heating Oil: Elements by Javier Blas The US and Europe are running out of time to refill storage tanks. Today’s Take: The Storm Brewing in Heating Oil Heating oil is not what naturally comes to mind in the middle of August — particularly during a heat wave in Europe. Moreover, the market appears calm on the surface, with prices down 30% since March. Dig a bit deeper, though, and there’s a storm brewing. America and Europe ordinarily use the low-demand seasons of spring and summer to rebuild their stocks of middle distillates — heating oil and diesel — for use during the winter. So far, they have largely failed to do so. In the US, middle-distillate inventories typically increase by 20 million barrels from mid-April to mid-September. However, stocks are up by only 2 million barrels this time as refiners concentrate on making gasoline and overseas demand drains local stocks. In Europe, the situation is similar. The US East Coast is of particular concern. The region is home to New York Harbor, the pricing point for US heating oil. It’s also where the demand is: of the roughly 5.3 million households that use heating oil in America, more than 80% are in the Northeast. On a seasonal level, East Coast middle-distillate inventories are the lowest since at least 1992. Typically, stocks start falling there by mid-September, and soon after in the rest of America and Europe, suggesting the industry has all but run out of time to rebuild the buffer. High prices will be needed to force demand down and avoid running out of supply. But even high prices may not dent consumption enough because German industrial companies are switching from gas to oil, using more heating oil and diesel for electricity and steam production. Ironically, Europe is for now relying on Russian diesel to fill the gap, with imports in June and July rebounding to prewar levels. Starting in February, however, Europe won’t be allowed to import Russian diesel as sanctions over the Ukraine invasion take effect. By then, the heating oil market may feel as hot as the weather does now.

If you don't have a coolant or oil leak then its most likely the plastics, vinyl, rubber off gassing from the heat as Monadnocks said. My wife's Subaru with an all black interior did it when it was new the first year a few times in the heat. Opened the door and it was like new car smell times 100. Try cracking the windows or sunroof if you have one. It does help.

Pretty rare for Groton to have the highest max temperature in CT in August with an 86.

DXR +9.2 HVN +7.9 KGON +6.7 MMK +6.9 BDR +5.2

77 for the low. What an impressive stretch of heat down here on the shoreline. HVN is +7.9 for August July was +4.7

HFD's low was 81

HVN is 92/79. I think an 80 dew might happen.

I planted a ton of milkweed this year and it's been crazy active with monarchs. I think these are eggs?

Heat stress. It's an autoflower strain that flowers/buds without changes in light in 90 days. The strain originated from northern Russia/Asia where they grow fast under the 24/7 sunlight there. So they don't tolerate heat well. Because C. ruderalis transitions from the vegetative stage to the flowering stage with age, as opposed to the light cycle required with photoperiod strains, it is bred with other household sativa and indica strains of cannabis to create "auto-flowering cannabis strains".[14] These strains are favorable for cultivars because they exhibit the hardiness of ruderalis plants while still maintaining the medicinal effects of sativa and indica strains.[15] Cultivators also favor ruderalis plants due to their reduced production time, typically finishing in 3-4 months rather than 6-8 months. The auto-flowering trait is extremely beneficial because it allows for multiple harvests in one outdoor growing season without the use of light deprivation techniques necessary for multiple harvest of photo-period strains. A

Yeah. The shoreline of CT is the new tropic zone.

The cannabis harvest is going to be great this year. Had to bring this girl in to cool her off for a bit.. she couldn't handle the dews...

92/77. What an epic summer here on the shoreline. HVN was +4.3 for July and is +6 for August. The overnight lows have been running around 80 the last few nights and with the sound 80+ its like Miami down here.

Try this. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/coastal-water-temperature-guide/natl.html Most of Long Island Sound is 80 degrees which is way above normal. A friend on his boat said the water was 83 degrees in the harbor. Normal temp for New London is 72 and they are currently at 80.

What a special one. 80/76

90/74. What a summer here on the CT shoreline. A thermometer on a friends dock on the sound has been at 82 all week.

I am jealous. Congrats to sticking it to Eversource for 11 years!

Another record month for solar production....

Perfect timing for the Aug 1st rate increase. The energy service rate for New Hampshire Electric Co-op will go up 77%, Liberty Utilities will jump 100% and Eversource's rate will rise by 112%.

Recent article I saw on it from Matt Noyes. If you want warm water come to the sound. Water temps have been around 80 for the last 2 weeks here. https://www.nbcboston.com/weather/stories-weather/why-is-the-ocean-water-so-cold-near-the-north-shore-this-summer/2776675/

$600 MWH is nothing compared to whats coming this winter. Natural gas futures are at record highs this incoming winter...