On 9/27/19 4:45 PM, Jon Bell wrote:
I’m in the Southern Hemisphere, meaning we’re going into spring and we’re seeing longer days. How has the weather been in your neck of the woods?
We just got an email from our natural gas company, congratulating us on how much less we gas we used in September 2019 than the equivalent 2018 period.
Can't really take any credit for that: we're still running our (electric) _air conditioner_. Daytime highs have been regularly getting into the 90's (30's C) still, which is height-of-summer temps for our latitude (though nights have been cooler at least).
It's also awkward: still beach weather, but Jersey Shore lifeguards have all gone back to college. We had a drowning this week, and it may not be the last one (especially because surf is rougher and rip currents more likely this time of year).
I am pleased to report, however, that Hurricane Karen has passed without, as far as I've heard, causing significant damage or deaths, so the National Hurricane Center reports on it have been pretty much unalloyed joy: "Karen will likely meander for a day or so" and "Karen will be weak and shallow" and "Karen has had enough time to strengthen." STOP NEGGING ME NHC