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78/70 , 0.78 in the bucket. Mostly cloudy this morning will cap highs today a bit, any larger breaks of sun will see low / perhaps some mid 90s. Western Atlantic Ridge builds the bermuda highw and Florida style pattern with pop up storms, some soakers the next 60 hours, mainly evening and overnight. Boundary nearby to enhance training storms. Hot, humid and stormy, sun out near / low 90s next few days with breaks of sun , Miami style.. Monday again could be less wet ahead of the front and more strong heat potential for an over performer day. Front and subsequent trough comes through Tue (8/9) and with it more normal temps through next Thu (8/11) / Fri (8/12) before overall warmer pattern returns next weekend. Rockies / Plains ridge looks to re build in Kansas and piece of that heat looks to push east.

0.70 in the bucket and light rain. Lightning show was very vivid and prolonged between 8:30 and 10. Last batch is heaviest in S-NJ and Delmarva

8/4 New Brnswck: 98 EWR: 98 PHL: 97 TTN: 96 BLM: 94 TEB: 94 LGA: 94 NYC: 93 ACY: 92 JFK: 91 ISP: 90

8/4 New Brnswck: 98 EWR: 98 PHL: 97 TTN: 96 BLM: 94 TEB: 94 LGA: 94 NYC: 93 ACY: 92 JFK: 91 ISP: 90

Will see what holds together this evening as potentially some bonus rains ahead of the late Fri / Sat storms and soakers.

Storms are slowly approaching EPA

Made it to 98 WAR is enhancing the sea breeze it seems. 90+ # 26 here

The eventual hung up boundary is visible in EPA, we'll see how far southeast that gets later Friday and Saturday and how far west the W.AR pushes west. Still think we can get some soakers in the drier areas too. http://synoptic.envsci.rutgers.edu/site/imgs/vis_nj_anim.gif Hovering between 95/97 here. More clearing moving in so still a shot at 100 between 245 / 5.

Definitely more clouds made it to 97 before partly cloudy conditions. Is Tony still at Mt Holly?

Some storms in C PA

Noon roundup New Brnswck: 93 EWR: 93 BLM: 92 LGA: 92 TTN: 92 PHL: 92 TEB: 91 NYC: 89 ACY: 88 JFK: 87 ISP: 87

If PHL is too warm than New brnswck and BLM must be running 6 degrees too warm as well. Paralysis by analysis with too many sites to compare. The dryness is adding some heat to the areas from about TTN to EWR vs other sites. Ive said TTN has seemed a it lower since 2016 or so than had previously been. All this attention to those sites but none to the mecca of stats for NYC (central park) being skewed by over growth vs metro areas cooler by 3 - 5 degrees on the hotter/hottest days.

10 AM sizzler EWR: 90 New Brnswck: 88 LGA: 87 BLM: 86 PHL: 86 ACY: 86 ISP: 86 TEB: 86 TTN: 85 JFK: 84

84/72 warm and humid on the way to the likely peak of this heat, although Mon could be an over performer. Mid / upper 90s with outside chance of the century mark in the warmer and drier spots in NJ, though i think it will be less than the heat last weeks. Humid and warm and likely wet, kind of caught between the rim of the Rockies / Plains ridge eastern periphery and the western side of the building Western Atalantic ridge later Friday (8/5) and into the weekend Sat (8/6) and early Sun (8/7) with a stalled out boundary. This will enhance the already juicy atmosphere and drop some heavy rain. Where that sets up is still to be determined later Friday night and especially sat and sat night. Friday, where the sun is out for any length will push into the mid 90s. Saturday looks mainly cloudy, Florida style peaks of sun and scattered down pours, it may be tougher to get to90, but the same, where there is any break in clouds the heat quickly pushes to 90 as we have 850 MB temps near 20C Thu pm through Sat pm. Sun (8/7) looks to clear out a bit with a more westerly flow and perhaps more sunshine with more low 90s. Beyond there and into next week a front will approach and the timing of that front will determine if Monday (8/8) could be an over performer with some strong heat. Tue (8/9) the front is moving through and sets up a trough Wed (8/10) through the end of next week. Beyond there overall warmer ,as the plains and rockies ridge is pushing more heat into the GL/OV heading into the region with the Western Atlantic Ridge near the EC.

72/69 Dew points on the rise at this hour and through the over night.

8/3 EWR: 94 New Brnswck: 93 LGA: 93 PHL: 93 TEB: 92 BLM: 91 ACY: 91 TTN: 91 JFK: 89 NYC: 89 ISP: 87

8/3 EWR: 94 New Brnswck: 93 LGA: 93 TEB: 92 PHL: 92 BLM: 91 ACY: 91 TTN: 91 JFK: 89 NYC: 89 ISP: 87

Noon roundup New Brnsck: 90 ACY: 88 EWR: 88 PHL: 88 BLM: 87 ISP: 85 TTN: 85 JFK: 84 TEB: 84 NYC: 84 LGA: 84

81 / 63 after a low of 68. On way to some drier more comfortable lower 90s today before the strong blast of heat come through Thu (8/4). 850 around or >20C tomorrow and Fri(8/5). Believe storms and clouds come in later Friday after mid/upper 90s and perhaps a century mark in the warmer / drier spots. Then is Miami style pattern later Friday and Sat (8/6). Pop up storms warm /humid where it stays sunny it will approach or exceed 90 / low 90s with high heat index otherwise plenty of clouds and storms as we are sought of caught between the rim of the eastward extent of the Rockies/ Plains Ridge and the western rim of the expanding Western Atlantic Bermuda High. Storms could ease up on Sunday (8/7) but would expect some soakers then Mon (8/8) more heat and humidity before front comes through Tue (8/9). Beyond that overall warm pattern with rising heights building in by later next week Fri (8/12) from the Rockies / Plains ridge.

Believe areas will get the goods between late Fri / Sunday. Great setup. Florida style setup.

NYC pulled it out and still running 3 - 5 below surrounding sites on the hotter/hottest days.

8/2 EWR: 95 New Brnswck: 94 BLM: 94 LGA: 93 ACY: 93 PHL: 93 TTN: 92 TEB: 92 NYC: 90 JFK: 89 ISP: 88

8/2 EWR: 95 New Brnswck: 94 LGA: 93 ACY: 93 PHL: 93 TTN: 92 TEB: 92 BLM: 92 NYC: 90 JFK: 89 ISP: 88