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August "Ughust" 2024 Obs/Disco


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2 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

I have to violently disagree with that map. I see a day or two or average to a bit below-average behind the front but we warm very quickly

what about it do you disagree with ?

that's not below normal.

that's a 50-60% chance of being below normal.

which is what you basically just intimated -

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2 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

what about it do you disagree with ?

that's not below normal.

that's a 50-60% chance of being below normal.

which is what you basically just intimated -

Those maps (which quantify temperature/precipitation probabilities) for a given stretch of time I think are nonsense, particularly during the transition seasons. 

But yeah you're right...all that map is really indicating is there is a 50-60% chance of that period being below-average. But I would like to know what is being weighted in those forecasts. 

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looks to me like warmth is trying to make a com back during sep 1 to 10 range.

these things aren't often very coherent.  have to be look for subtleties that by definition are not easily always seen. 

 

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1 minute ago, weatherwiz said:

Those maps (which quantify temperature/precipitation probabilities) for a given stretch of time I think are nonsense, particularly during the transition seasons. 

But yeah you're right...all that map is really indicating is there is a 50-60% chance of that period being below-average. But I would like to know what is being weighted in those forecasts. 

my guess is not much prior to these last 24 hour trends but don't quote that

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50 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

Those maps (which quantify temperature/precipitation probabilities) for a given stretch of time I think are nonsense, particularly during the transition seasons. 

But yeah you're right...all that map is really indicating is there is a 50-60% chance of that period being below-average. But I would like to know what is being weighted in those forecasts. 

The official 8-14 day 500-hPa height blend consists of: 10% of Today's 0z GFS Ensemble Mean centered on Day 11, 30% of Today's 6z GFS Ensemble Mean centered on Day 11, 40% of Today's 0z European Ensemble Mean centered on Day 11, and 20% of Today's 0z Canadian Ensemble Mean centered on Day 11

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Wild uns Wednesday 

Wednesday will be the focus for impactful weather in the extended
forecast period. The forecast remains on track with hot and a very
humid airmass pushing into southern New England and though the
ensemble probabilities of 90F in the CT valley have backed off in the
last 24 hours, upper 80 are likely and it will feel quite humid
thanks to dewpoints in the 70s. All the ingredients are there for
another round of thunderstorms, though timing and details remain
uncertain. Forcing will be provided by a passing mid level
shortwave, surface frontal convergence, and placement beneath the
RRQ of an 85 kt upper jet. The atmosphere will be anomalously moist
with the aforementioned dewpoints and PWATs approaching 2 inches.
This contributes to instability on the order of 1000-2000 J/kg of
MUCAPE. This is a recipe for widespread showers and thunderstorms,
some of which could be severe given 0-6 km bulk shear of 30-40 kts.
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3 hours ago, mreaves said:

I knew it had been cold this month, KMPV is only at +0.9!

 

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+1.7 here and +1.6 St Johnsbury… but BTV down to -0.3 as the overnight lows don’t impact them as much (don’t radiate).

Been as close to a below normal month as you’ll get here.  Anything under +2 these days is a win against Earth’s inferno.

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Sign of the times is the first high elevation snows out west.

Sierra spots like Mammoth, Palisades/Alpine Meadows, Kirkwood saw snow, as did interior Rockies spots like Jackson Hole (pictured here).

It’s crazy to me these guys can get a coating of snow in August, while places in New England can be begging for it even in December.  Yes, I know they are at 10,000ft.  Still.

Though if we had 10,000ft elevations that recent ULL would’ve been a big snowstorm at that elevation, so sort of checks out.

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5 minutes ago, cardinalland said:

LOL but that’s the only way i know how to describe it

occasional giant drops, like every couple seconds a fat drop falls

I gotchya. But drizzle and rain are defined by droplet size. Drizzle is less than 0.5mm and rain is 0.5mm or greater. So if you were getting giant drops it was simply light rain (-RA) or a light rain shower (-SHRA).

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How concerned do folks get over equine encephalitis? Always worries me a bit in big years considering the time I spend outdoors. Had a classmate in elementary school die of it. If it can take a third grader I wouldn't stand a chance. 

"How dangerous is EEE?

The most serious complication associated with the disease is known as encephalitis, or inflammation and swelling of the brain, DPH says. There’s no treatment for EEE and about half of the people who contracted it in Massachusetts died from the infection, officials say.

In 2019, 12 people were infected with EEE in Massachusetts and six died

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