August 2024

[SACRUS]

 

92 / 70 now more clody

 

[Dark Star]

1 hour ago, Stormlover74 said:

Was supposed to be upper 80s to low 90s. Heat advisory for much of nj

Depends what forecast day you were looking at.  I believe they revised the temperature upward yesterday (for today)?

[dWave]

90/ 71 overachieving today.

5 out of 6 days in the 90s to start Aug.

[SACRUS]

storms popping in nj

[SACRUS]

 

Got to 93 here, showers now down to 86.

[Euripides]

Interesting as a south of the LIE special so far for Suffolk County and even Nassau.

Been the other way around the past few summers

[steve392]

Hail in ridgefield park, nj

[winterwarlock]

hit 94 today...unexpectedly brutal, heat index 102......also got about a quarter inch with a very quick pop up storm and now that stationary line to the south of me is bringing in some more downpours as i type

[SACRUS]

well west

 

[EWR757]

1.36" here in Bridgewater, NJ so far today.  The thunderstorms are over (for now).

[wkd]

5 minutes ago, EWR757 said:

1.36" here in Bridgewater, NJ so far today.  The thunderstorms are over (for now).

Similar amounts in Three Bridges.

[gravitylover]

1 hour ago, SACRUS said:

well west

 

100 hours ago I told my wife this would head right up the Appalachians. Apparently that's exactly what it's doing, at least in this frame. Guess I'm pretty good at this stuff   On the downside, she has a 2 day outdoor craft fair this weekend that's already paid for, hotel too   

[wdrag]

For now am behaving and not posting on the event specificv link til 5" reports, but The Bronx climate site is over 4.25", and Oceanport in ne NJ 3.5". All those road closures and wind damage reports good to go on the 5-12" pocket link. 

[Will - Rutgers]

72/72 and waiting for more rain

[SACRUS]

 

Highs:

 

EWR: 94
TEB: 93
BLM: 93
TTN: 92
New Brnswck: 92
PHL: 91
LGA: 91
NYC: 90
ACY: 90
JFK: 87
ISP: 84

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 97 (2001)
NYC: 97 (1955)
LGA: 95 (2018)
JFK: 91 (2010)

Lows:

EWR: 54 (1934)
NYC: 56 (1869)
LGA: 57 (1994)
JFK: 57 (1994)

Historical:

1890 - Thunderstorms left four inches of hail covering the ground in Adair County and Union County in Iowa. The hail drifted into six foot mounds, and in some places remained on the ground for twenty- six days. (The Weather Channel)

1918 - Unusually hot weather began to overspread the Atlantic Coast States, from the Carolinas to southern New England. The temp- erature soared to an all-time record high of 106 degrees at Washington D.C., and Cumberland and Keedysville hit 109 degrees to establish a state record for Maryland. Temperatures were above normal east of the Rockies that month, with readings much above normal in the Lower Missouri Valley. Omaha NE reached 110 degrees. (David Ludlum)

1959 - A bucket survey showed that thunderstorms dropped 16.70 inches of rain on parts of Decatur County IA. The total was accepted as Iowa's 24 hour rainfall record. (The Weather Channel)

 

1959: Hurricane Dot crossed Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands producing sustained winds of 105 mph with gusts to 125 mph. Over 6 inches of rain fell with over 9 inches on the big island of Hawaii. The sugar cane crop on Kauai sustained $2.7 million in damages.

1986 - Evening thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 100 mph at Winner SD damaging two hundred homes. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1987 - Afternoon thunderstorms deluged Milwaukee, WI, with 6.84 inches of rain, including more than five inches in two hours, breaking all previous rainfall records for the city. Floodwaters were four feet deep at the Milwaukee County Stadium, and floodwaters filled the basement of the main terminal at the airport. Flooding caused 5.9 million dollars damage, and claimed the life of one person. Death Valley, CA, reported a morning low of 97 degrees. A midday thunderstorm deluged Birmingham AL with nearly six inches of rain in one hour. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Pennsylvania and New York State. A cold front crossing the northwestern U.S. produced wind gusts to 66 mph at Livingston MT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced severe weather from northwestern Texas to the Southern Appalachians, and in the northeastern U.S. There were 136 reports of large hail or damaging winds during the day and evening. Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains Region produced tennis ball size hail northwest of Buffalo OK, and wind gusts to 100 mph at Pampa TX. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1993: Virginia experienced its worst tornado outbreak ever as 18 tornadoes ripped through the state in 5 hours. The most devastating tornado caused severe damage in the historic part of Petersburg. The storm then moved on to Pocahontas Island and into Colonial Heights. There, the storm ripped apart a WalMart store, killing three people and injuring nearly 200. The F4 twister was the first known violent tornado in Virginia history. It killed a total of 4 people and injured 246 along its 12-mile path. Total damages were near $50 million.

 

 

[psv88]

88 today. 

[Rtd208]

Picked up 1.88" of rain for the day yesterday.

5 day rainfall total of 4.23"

High for the day yesterday was 94 here.

[bluewave]

Big slowdown in 90° day counts forecast as we actually see a very comfortable stretch of temperatures coming up into mid-August. Continuing to look like we may have seen the last of the 100° heat this summer. The combination of onshore flow and wetter pattern prevented a repeat of the record type of heat we saw during the 2010 El Niño to La Niña transition. 
 

 

[SACRUS]

 

73/71 cloudy,  4.10 in the bucket.  Cloudy onshore  SSE flow keeping it in the 70s with scattered showers. Last time the temp didn't reach 80 was Jun 28th for many.  Thu the same as Debby slowly drifts north.  Fri Debby/remnants are centered into VA and heading NNE through C/E PA keeping the brunt of additional rains focused into PA.  Sat will dry out and clear up, warming back near normal.  Sun (8/11) begins a stretch of very nice , drier, near normal allowing the area to dry out. Looking mainly dry and sunny.  Heat capped to the west through mid month.  Warming and next potential heat after 8/17 and beyond.  

 

[SACRUS]

 

Monthly rainfall totals

TTN: 5.54
LGA: 4.03
ISP: 3.94
NYC: 3.54
EWR: 3.53
JFK: 2.47

[SACRUS]

 

Western track has kept the focus of the remnants of Debby west into PA, saving additional flooding Fri into sat. Mos of that additional 1 - 1.75 comes later today and Thu (tomorrow AM)

 

[SACRUS]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

Big slowdown in 90° day counts forecast as we actually see a very comfortable stretch of temperatures coming up into mid-August. Continuing to look like we may have seen the last of the 100° heat this summer. The combination of onshore flow and wetter pattern prevented a repeat of the record type of heat we saw during the 2010 El Niño to La Niña transition. 
 

 

 

 

Looks heat free for the next 10 days or more.  Perhaps a similar progression from early periods in Jun and Jul before western heat pushes east north first, as we close the last 7 - 10 days of Aug.   Or it could see a day or two of low 90s and if the wetter pattern resumes with any future tropical influences.

[bluewave]

43 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

Looks heat free for the next 10 days or more.  Perhaps a similar progression from early periods in Jun and Jul before western heat pushes east north first, as we close the last 7 - 10 days of Aug.   Or it could see a day or two of low 90s and if the wetter pattern resumes with any future tropical influences.

Debbie will effectively end up pulling the trough was has been over the Midwest this summer into the East going forward. Another case of summer heat getting interrupted by a tropical system. We have seen this many times in the past with 100° heat right before a tropical system and then less intense heat after.

 

 

 

 

[SACRUS]

4 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Debbie will effectively end up pulling the trough was has been over the Midwest this summer into the East going forward. Another case of summer heat getting interrupted by a tropical system. We have seen this many times in the past with 100° heat right before a tropical system and then less intense heat after.

 

 

We'll see if the ridge tends more east once past the 16/17th as Jun/Jul and a warmer / humid progression evolves.  Next week looks marvelous with a imuch  needed dry out if it evolves as forecasted.

[MANDA]

Received 3.42" last 24 hours.  Roughly 2.5" of that fell in about 30 minutes last evening.  Highly variable totals around my area.

Total so far for August = 5.04".

[MANDA]

Last 24 hours.  You can click to enlarge.

[bluewave]

11 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

 

We'll see if the ridge tends more east once past the 16/17th as Jun/Jul and a warmer / humid progression evolves.  Next week looks marvelous with a imuch  needed dry out if it evolves as forecasted.

The GEFS weeklies are a little more bullish than the EPS weeklies for some more mid 90s potential from late August into early September. But the last time Newark saw a 100° reading after August 20th was in 1993. The only times we are able to see cooler temperatures these days is with heavy rains and strong blocking. We got both this time. This was one of the strongest -EPO blocks we have seen this time of year.

 

[SACRUS]

2 minutes ago, bluewave said:

The GEFS weeklies are a little more bullish than the EPS weeklies for some more mid 90s potential from late August into early September. But the last time Newark saw a 100° reading after August 20th was in 1993. The only times we are able to see cooler temperatures these days is with heavy rains and strong blocking. We got both this time. This was one of the strongest -EPO blocks we have seen this time of year.

 

 

EWR has only hit 100 or more on two days in Sep 9/3, 9/4 (1954, 1993)  Came close in with either 99 or 98 in 18,15, 10, 83 most recently.  

[bluewave]

6 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

EWR has only hit 100 or more on two days in Sep 9/3, 9/4 (1954, 1993)  Came close in with either 99 or 98 in 18,15, 10, 83 most recently.  

I am a bit surprised with all our recent endless summer patterns into early October we haven’t had any 100° heat after August 20th. It may be the tendency for these summer patterns to turn wet heading into the fall.