Weather

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We only got about half, but it's a beautiful sunny day. Seeing the glasses view was cool, but there were no noticeable darkening effects.

It got dark here with 94% (not nighttime dark) but it was an eerie dark, not like dusk.

Great show!

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It got dark here with 94% (not nighttime dark) but it was an eerie dark, not like dusk.

Great show!

Congrats.

Odd map:


https://www.yahoo.com/news/multi-day-se ... 48371.html

It's really separate storms, but it looks like a snake's mouth is funneling crappy weather to the VA/NC/MD coast.

Rain in store for you:

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Picture perfect day yesterday, the dog got his first swims of the year in with a bunch of his dog friends.

We're already pretty saturated.

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We may not have much exciting weather, but we've got major league weather chicks.

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July 4 week, clear blue skies, 75 degrees and you can still find a free parking space on the street beside the beach. Try that anywhere in all of Florida.

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‘Drought-free’ California? Lake Oroville highlighted 2023 shift in amazing before and after images

California extremes - long term drought, atmospheric rivers immersing the state and restoring the reservoirs, now:

Billions of Gallons of Water In Northern California Disappearing into Thin Air

Hundreds of millions of gallons of water have been evaporating from Lake Shasta and other major reservoirs in northern California.

Given the region’s recent extreme heat, it’s no surprise to water managers that vast amounts of water are evaporating from the lakes.

Staggering Water Loss

On July 3, Lake Shasta lost 288.8 million gallons of water to evaporation.

In the first nine days of July, about 2.2 billion gallons, or 3,392 cubic feet per second, evaporated into the atmosphere....

Historic Heatwave

On July 6, the National Weather Service recorded a high of 119 degrees at Redding Regional Airport, the first time temperatures in Redding surpassed 118 degrees.

The heatwave continued, with daily high temperature records broken from July 5 to July 8, and temperatures above 110 degrees expected to persist through Saturday.

Other Reservoirs Affected

Lake Shasta isn’t the only reservoir affected.

During the first nine days of July, Trinity Lake near Weaverville lost 828.5 million gallons, and Keswick Lake near Redding lost 47.1 million gallons to evaporation....

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Picture perfect day yesterday, the dog got his first swims of the year in with a bunch of his dog friends.

We're already pretty saturated.

114 degrees F in Chicago yesterday, yikes! Sorry. Plus, you've got 'corn sweat' making it more miserable:

What is 'corn sweat,' and how is it making the Midwest's heat wave this week worse?

... This intense heat was largely caused by an upper ridge over the region; a ridge is an elongated area of relatively high atmospheric pressure that brings hot, humid weather from the southern Gulf states into the Midwest.

However, if you've been scrolling social media over the past day, you may have seen another, stranger term being used to explain why the region has been so hot — corn sweat.

No, the over 90 million acres of corn grown in the U.S. each year doesn't actually sweat. However, the crops' natural evaporation processes can crank up the humidity ― especially in states like Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota, which produce the highest quantities and concentrations of the nation's corn. High humidity brings higher heat indices, causing temperatures in the 90s to feel as warm as 100 or 110 degrees in and around Wisconsin this week....

Ugh 90s here

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Not much corn in my hood but there's a pretty big lake that blows in moisture.

It was miserable yesterday, walked the dog but didn't let him run at all and stayed out of the sun.

We lasted about 45 minutes. I needed a shower.

He was okay with that. Today was mid 80's and humid, much more tolerable and good squirrel chasing weather.

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77/63

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77/63

Bah humbug.

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Well, we have weather issues, too. Sheena Parveen (pic above) is preggers.

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Well, we have weather issues, too. Sheena Parveen (pic above) is preggers.

PSB.

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PSB.

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PSB.

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(Poor Sweet Baby )

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I thought maybe "poor suffering bastard"

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PSB.

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(Poor Sweet Baby )

I thought maybe "poor suffering bastard"

Storm forecasts have never been more accurate. Meteorologists have never faced so much pushback.

Nearly five days before Hurricane Milton hit Florida, National Hurricane Center forecasters predicted its track within just 12 miles of where the storm later made landfall.

Hurricane Helene forecasts were similarly precise: The National Weather Service warned long before that storm reached shore that “record flooding” in North Carolina, some 400 miles from the coast, would be “one of the most significant weather events” in the state’s history.

“The forecasts were quite accurate, and nobody can say they were surprised by the landfall location and intensity of these storms,” said John Morales, a meteorologist and hurricane specialist for NBC 6 South Florida.

And yet, at a time when hurricane forecasts are at their most accurate, some meteorologists say they’ve never faced so much skepticism, hatred and conspiracy-minded pushback.

They’ve been falsely accused, mostly on social media, of steering the hurricanes to Florida or Appalachia. Some have reported threats of violence online, while others say they’ve experienced personal attacks.

“In the past two months, there’s been such an uptick in conspiracy theories, especially on social media, it’s undermining my ability to do my job effectively,” said Matthew Cappucci, a meteorologist with MyRadar Weather and The Washington Post. “People will see an errant signal on a radar and think we’re zapping hurricanes. There are people who think we’re able to steer hurricanes into red states.” ...

Fuckin':
AGW deniers
MAGA
Russians
Fossil fuel shills
GQP
Illiterates
Morons, etc.

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Could be worse, got three inches of snow yesterday.

Very happy dog!

No snow yesterday, and for at least 700 days before that.

Very unhappy goat!

Didn't get any here, but the AVL airport broke a 997 day measurable snow drought.

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No snow yesterday, and for at least 700 days before that.

Very unhappy goat!
Didn't get any here, but the AVL airport broke a 997 day measurable snow drought.

Wow,

That's a long snow drought.

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Not that anyone asked...

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Could be worse, got three inches of snow yesterday.

Very happy dog!

No snow yesterday, and for at least 700 days before that.

Very unhappy goat!

Didn't get any here, but the AVL airport broke a 997 day measurable snow drought.

Looks like your snow personal drought is about to end.