powderfreak

ORH is an oasis of cool down there. Surrounded by heat.

81F at 4am at BTV with a southerly funneling breeze. Thats a Key West night.

What a torch zone the Champlain Valley is... low to mid 80s still. Once into the hills east of the Spine, it cools off pretty decently... low 70s here along the valley waterways in the interior.

Those are some solid heat obs at BOS... dews in mid-70s with temps in mid-90s, for 8 hours straight. That's no touch and run, it's sustained. 97F was the high between hours.

Otter Creek's Berner IPA (7.0%) here... nothing special but on these hot evenings it has a crisp finish with some lighter, almost fruity flavors. A summer beer. Of course, some shots of Jack could do it.

It's really hot and humid. No way around it. As much as it's oppressive relative to what we are used to, most folks today (even employees) found it more fascinating than anything. Definitely high-end stuff for an uncomfortable period. I do think it was worse last year up here. Early July 2018, MVL had 4 out of 5 days registering a high of 92F (today's high was 91F), which is incredible to get 4 days up this way in the low-90s in one stretch...lows of 68 and 72 at a radiating site in there too, which means dews were high (last night low was 69F for comparison).

I’ll be watching MVL up here for it... we just had a 10-min downpour with a t-storm and that should give just enough low level moisture to get it close to 80 dew. MVL went quickly dew of 69F to now 75F and the rain is about to hit the ASOS. Last year a similar set up got us to 78F for the Td... easier in an air mass after a departing brief shower.

That looks like a win right there for sure.

Huh, I’m too lazy to go back and look right now but I seem to remember that. A lot more ASOS hit 80F dews last year, I’d be real surprised if that didn’t translate to at least low 80s in your backyard. I thought PWS were hitting mid-80s at one point last July.

Today was pretty damn hot. Worst ever? No, but I’m not sure it’s worth downplaying it. This is about as hot and humid it gets around New England for the most part aside from the record days.

Didn’t you have like 83-84 last year?

I can’t even imagine like a Lawrence, Mass apartment building with no A/C right now... good lord that must be tough. Really tough for dealers to keep their drugs in a cool & dry place too.

Mansfield hit 80F for a high which is very rare... but last summer set the all-time high of 84F do not quite to that level.

Nice! Well done.

It’s definitely true but comparing it to any ASOS obs is apples to oranges as clarified yesterday too. Either way it’s humid...last year some ASOS hit 80F dews.

Some PWS are probably low-80s around there, I’ll take a look.

It’s the same as like a mid-70s airport dew. You’ve experienced it. Get an airport to show 80F and that’s something special like last year.

90/65 First 90F of the season. Dews are mixing out somewhat. Its hot.

Just noticed SLK had a minimum of 70F last night... wonder when the last time that happened at that high elevation pit.

88/69 Climbing.

What really stands out to me is how clear the air still is. Not really hazy at all, still good visibility of the summits.

86/70 Looking for that first 90F of year... I think we get it.

Had a min of 69F last night... didn’t break the high mark last year of a 72F min from last July but we’ll get another shot tonight. 82/70

Turned the wall unit on briefly, but will turn off before going to bed. Cooling off, down to 73F along the RT 100 corridor through Mo'Ville, Stowe and Waterbury. Its mellowed out for sure, a fan or two can get it done now.

That's what I was thinking... anything with past history baked into the equation should probably miss the extreme days on any end of the spectrum, at least by a little. Do you know how much climo (if any) the operational models have included in the algorithm? If the models understand the micro-climates quite well...based on past observations... where does MOS and the OP guidance deviate?