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Summer Banter, Observation and General Discussion 2018


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  On 8/31/2018 at 2:10 PM, CoastalWx said:

 I was looking at several stations around southern New England and the amount of hours spent above 70° dewpoint blows anything out of the water. 

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Yeah...I really don’t care about persistent 65F dews. This summer has been overbearing with the 70-75F+ mank. 

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  On 8/31/2018 at 2:40 PM, CoastalWx said:

If I look at every CT ASOS for JJA (which includes a decent June mind you), it's not even debatable. The hours spent above 70F dew are unprecedented. 

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Where are you looking that you can see hours spent at or above a certain level?  I'd like to compare that to July 2013.

If the data is there I have no problem admitting that but when I look at 30 straight days where the temperature never went below 68° and with many of those days only bottoming out in the low 70s and then I look at this year and see breaks in the high humidity, I think arguments could be made either way.

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  On 8/31/2018 at 2:51 PM, MetHerb said:

Where are you looking that you can see hours spent at or above a certain level?  I'd like to compare that to July 2013.

If the data is there I have no problem admitting that but when I look at 30 straight days where the temperature never went below 68° and with many of those days only bottoming out in the low 70s and then I look at this year and see breaks in the high humidity, I think arguments could be made either way.

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https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plotting/auto/?q=159

 

I picked JJA for a representation since June wasn't oppressive. 

 

 

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For July, BDR in 2013 beats 2018....BDL, 2013 just surpasses 2018..But for DXR..2018 crushes it. So some variety it seems. Also, I believe the error or variance with dewpoints reported probably has a higher standard deviation of error...thus giving some differences in results. Even if not error....environmental and geography can locally effect the results.

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  On 8/31/2018 at 2:54 PM, CoastalWx said:

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plotting/auto/?q=159

 

I picked JJA for a representation since June wasn't oppressive. 

 

 

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He lives in a little valley between hills and radiates . Those localized areas can always cool and drop dews due to oragraphics. Whereas Hill tops never cooled or dew downed 

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I will say that that if you look at the number of hours of 70+ dp's at BDL for JJA this year blows past years away.  Then again, the data set only goes back to 1973.

  On 8/31/2018 at 3:00 PM, CoastalWx said:

For July, BDR in 2013 beats 2018....BDL, 2013 just surpasses 2018..But for DXR..2018 crushes it. So some variety it seems. Also, I believe the error or variance with dewpoints reported probably has a higher standard deviation of error...thus giving some differences in results. Even if not error....environmental and geography can locally effect the results.

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August at BDL beats July 2013 by a little bit.  I think therein lies why this year would be special - having back to back months under the same regime.  Thankfully we got some breaks but I do think that stretch in July 2013 is impressive in it's own right.

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  On 8/31/2018 at 3:07 PM, Damage In Tolland said:

He lives in a little valley between hills and radiates . Those localized areas can always cool and drop dews due to oragraphics. Whereas Hill tops never cooled or dew downed 

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lol..we're talking about BDL.  Besides, I don't live in a valley.  How many times do I have to tell you that?  I live on a hillside.  The valley is below me and the hills are above me.

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  On 8/31/2018 at 3:11 PM, MetHerb said:

I will say that that if you look at the number of hours of 70+ dp's at BDL for JJA this year blows past years away.  Then again, the data set only goes back to 1973.

August at BDL beats July 2013 by a little bit.  I think therein lies why this year would be special - having back to back months under the same regime.  Thankfully we got some breaks but I do think that stretch in July 2013 is impressive in it's own right.

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Yeah it’s defintely not hyperbole. This stretch has been brutal. Hopefully next summer is cooler if nino is still around.

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  On 8/31/2018 at 4:43 PM, dendrite said:

I've never seen this much squirrel roadkill on the highway before. It's like 5/mile.

Maybe Jerry knows what it means.

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Okay,  this is very weird.  I started noticing this too.  Actually in the spring.  So many squirrels and chipmunks.  Every morning I make my 6 mile trek to Duncan Donuts in Bristol NH and back.  I started a dear squirrel count in my head.  Up to about 50 squirrels. I don't count chipmunks, racoons and other animals.  The numbers are really increasing in the recent weeks but I think its because acorns are easy to see on the roads.  It's a massacre out there.  

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  On 8/31/2018 at 5:46 PM, wxeyeNH said:

Okay,  this is very weird.  I started noticing this too.  Actually in the spring.  So many squirrels and chipmunks.  Every morning I make my 6 mile trek to Duncan Donuts in Bristol NH and back.  I started a dear squirrel count in my head.  Up to about 50 squirrels. I don't count chipmunks, racoons and other animals.  The numbers are really increasing in the recent weeks but I think its because acorns are easy to see on the roads.  It's a massacre out there.  

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So 50 dead squirrels in 6 miles.  Coincidentally that is the same  as the number of Dunkin Donuts in that same stretch.

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