Renee

@jg-pgh

I had that very specific late-century Florida childhood every middle grade author wishes they’d had also, if i ever complain ever ever about being tired <at ALL> on here, pls remind me to check the barometric pressure

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Renee@jg-pgh· 28d

PGH meteorologist Trey Fulbright: “concentrations of smoke particulate matter are 3-4x higher than what was observed in the Summer 2023 smoke episode. This has resulted in Air Quality Indices to range between 400-900+ which is exceptionally high-registering as code purple & burgundy air quality.”

Behind the cold front, a denser, subsiding air mass will allow thick concentrations of smoke particulate matter aloft to sink to the surface rapidly reducing air quality. The surface-based smoke plume will likely reach our I-80 counties near and before sunrise, then slowly move south toward the Pittsburgh metro between 12-6pm and continue south toward Northern WV between 6pm-midnight. Visibility will be reduced similar to the way it is when it is foggy, except the particulate matter in the air will be much more unhealthy and potentially hazardous since it is the remnants of matter from wildfires. Looking at some of our downstream air quality sensors in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota-concentrations of smoke particulate matter are 3-4x higher than what was observed in the Summer 2023 smoke episode. This has resulted in Air Quality Indices to range between 400-900+ which is exceptionally
high-registering as code purple and burgundy air quality.

Some of this particulate matter will disperse and the concentrations of smoke will decrease some as the plume moves toward our area per high-resolution modeling. However, values look to remain still at very high levels, potentially rivaling and exceeding the late June 2023 event.
I could easily see a widespread code red-purple event across Western PA by Thursday night and Friday. If air quality becomes hazardous, it is strongly encouraged to wear a cloth mask or respirator if you have to be outdoors. Outdoor burning is strongly discouraged and the use of portable air cleaners and changing of air filters is recommended by the CDC.
Smoke concentrations will decrease by Saturday
as surface winds shift to the west/southwest ahead of a shortwave that will bring storm chances. Severe storms are possible along with locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding during the evening hours.

Renee@jg-pgh· 28d

me: i’ll go to the cool, peaceful, shady woods for an hour to listen to my audiobook and hydrate and be in nature before i’m trapped in the house for 2 days the cool, peaceful, shady woods:

Renee@jg-pgh· 28d

So far, an old rubbermaid bendy-ish storage bin lid is the most popular water source, by far. i put a few stones under 1 corner to deepen the pool on the opposite side so birds can bathe. my groundhog drinks from it, & the squirrels are even coming down to drink. the mister keeps it full & cold, too

Renee@jg-pgh· 28d

strawberry mint is what’s for (butterfly) breakfast 🌱

Renee@jg-pgh· 29d

we are ready for the dome of heat, @floridanorcross.bsky.social

Freezer filled with a bunch of ice cream, including coffee, chocolate, butter, pecan rainbow, sherbet, and black cherry

Renee@jg-pgh· 29d

i’m def considering heading out to this on the 27th!

A poster of a family dinner night with cold friends kitchen the zeromile initiative and Velum fermentation. it shows a wooden kitchen table and chairs on a black-and-white checkerboard floor in an orange kitchen. The family dinner night is every last Monday of the month starting July 27. Dinner is from 6 to 8 PM. There will be three vegan sides. The theme is Cubano night. And it’s a pay what you can fundraiser event for the zeromile initiative

Velum Fermentation is at Velum
Fermentation.
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Join our friends at Zeromile Initiative for their first Family Dinner on July 27th from 6-8p. In partnership with Cold Friends Kitchen, they will be serving up some delicious dinner and some tunage for your listening pleasure!
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This fundraising event will be hosted every last Monday of the month with a different theme and music. Keep an eye out for what they cook up next!
What is the Zeromile Initiative you ask?
The mission of the Zeromile Initiative aims to put power back into the hands of the workers by building a worker-owned kitchen. The vision is to support small producers of all kinds, remove the financial barrier often seen when renting commissary kitchens, expand food education, bolster food access, strengthen mutual aid and build community capacity and connection.

Renee@jg-pgh· 29d

Meteorologist Trey Fulbright

2h
**INCOMING CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE***
Heads Up—A wildfire outbreak that began in western Ontario recently due to some lightning strikes is sending thick plumes of smoke southeast into the U.S. The steering winds around the periphery of an upper level high or heat dome across the Great Plains are going to direct smoke toward the Great Lakes State and Northeast over the next several days.
While the smoke will remain aloft through the next 24-30 hours, a weak surface cold front moving in from the north Wednesday night into Thursday morning will allow for sinking air behind the boundary. This will lead to smoke mixing down to the surface and potentially creating very unhealthy to potentially hazardous air quality across Western PA and multiple surrounding states. Be advised in the next few days.

alt text: a radar plume of wildfire smoke coming from canada forecast funnel through the upper midwest through ohio, most of PA and into the mid-atlantic states on july 16th & 17th. it’s dark pink and red which means it’ll be bad if this shakes out

Renee@jg-pgh· 29d

and the 17th looks _awful_ in western PA

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 8

y’all, my lemon tree is having a SUMMER the entire yard smells like a citrus grove rn

a lemon tree absolutely bursting with blossoms. i gave it a hard prune in mid- May and it paid off

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 8

i…what

weather underground, radar map, showing a small green blob of rain, heading southeast

The small green blob has grown into a thunderstorm that is orange and yellow, showing the hail and lightning icons. It is still heading south east.

The same storm from the previous two photos showing the lightning icon and a small storm just five minutes later, but now the storm is heading southwest?

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 7

well…i imagine this person is having an interesting day (she blocked me after this exchange, so i have no idea)

My post:
June 7 10:56 AM
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• Bluesky Elder
i hadn't realized Mamdani's spokesperson worked with brandon johnson & platner after leaving fetterman's staff and now my brain hurts at the seeming incongruence going on here
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She replies:
Margaret Forsyth
@margaretforsyth.bsky.social
Maybe, just maybe the incongruence is not with them but in your mind alone? It's always tough to have to give up our preconceived notions!
10:07 AM • Jun 7, 2026

Renee (me) @jg-pgh.bsky.social • 12s
• Bluesky Elder
you're not winning any points for platner by choosing a patronizing tone here. i included the word "seeming" deliberately, but in your assumption that i'm not well-informed, you seem to have missed that. i respect your support of him, but coming into people's mentions to chide them isn't a good look

June 7 11:03 AM
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Margaret Forsyth replies to me:
@margaretforsyth.bsky.social
Don't think I was being patronizing, just sympathizing with the feeling of realizing our minds play tricks on us sometimes when we don't want to give up believing we were right about something when evidence shows up to suggest we might be wrong. It's an uneasy queasy feeling for anybody to have.
11:00 AM • Jun 7, 2026

(me:)
Renee @jg-pgh.bsky.social • 37s
• Bluesky Elder
and yet you continue to phrase your replies as if you're talking to a child. i don't know if this is how you talk to everyone, so subsequently don't realize it, but i don't even talk to my 4 y/o students like this. i can't even take this seriously at this point.

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Renee (me) @jg-pgh.osky.social
Bluesky Elder
“and yet you continue to phrase your replies as if you're talking to a child. i don't know if this is how you talk to everyone, so subsequently don't realize it, but i don't even talk to my 4 y/o students like this. i can't even take this seriously at this point”.

Margaret Forsyth replies:
May be best not to continue to communicate with me then. Just keep thinking whatever makes you feel comfortable.
11:07 AM • Jun 7, 2026

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 6

pittsburgh bumblebees all like “whoaaaa. WHAT is THIS??!??” 🌱

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 6

omg Mme Applebottom’s boychild just did the Truffle Shuffle & i’m dyinggggg

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 5

i know we were fortunate not to go into last week’s heat dome in any kind of drought state, but i imagine we lost a decent amount of groundwater to the heat, so this is a very good afternoon!

A map of Western and Central Pennsylvania that shows lots of big storms with heavy rain across the map in Orange and yellow and green.

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 5

yeah the satellite imagery over mt lebo blew up from nothing to that green blob in the past 20 min, so strengthening looks likely (vs raining itself out)

radar showing a storm heading towards the mt lebanon and surrounding areas.

The same radar map showing the same storm but now there’s a large green satellite blob over Mount Lebanon above the storm that wasn’t there 20 minutes ago

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 5

A radar map showing a growing storm down south in Cannonsburg, heading north east towards the city

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 5

my girl has cleaned off since her mud roll yesterday, and was looking bright-eyed & very alert & healthy today

my groundhog, Madame Applebottom, standing on her hind legs and eating a piece of carrot. other than a small bulge on her left side, where she has an injury healing, she looks better than she’s looked in awhile

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 5

my pretty (quiet!) colors tonight

A bunch of multicolored globe lights in the backyard shining in the dark

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 4

😂

A screenshot from Independence Day with LA decimated

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 4

before it got a thunder-y out, i was having the perfect july 4th. but i put that away & am just chilling in the shelter now, keeping an eye on the radars

an iPad on a picnic table in a shelter, showing Independence Day with the big alien space ship over the city

an iPad on a picnic table and a picnic shelter, showing Judd Hirsch and Jeff Goldblum in the car in Independence Day

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 4

you bet i came to the park to enjoy it. the hand pump i’ve been using to fill watering bowls this week is in the upper right, but now there are veritable streams everywhere!

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 4

😃😃😃😃😃

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 4

oh heck yes

A radar map showing that a storm with a decent downpour, headed my way

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 4

🤞 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

Meteorologist Trey Fulbright
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1:49PM SAT-Severe Thunderstorm Watch coming soon for much of our area... #pawx #ohwx

Mesoscale Discussion.
crie
Expires: 4:00 PM (2h 11m)
Concerning: Severe potential...Watch likely
Watch Probability: 80%
Wind: 55-70 MPH

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 4

squirrel sploot sighting. moved the water misters up into the trees after seeing this young one panting

very young squirrel stretched out on the cherry tree limb to cool off. it had been panting just before it lay down on the limb in the shade

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 4

sooooooon! between the heat wave lifting tonight & these glorious lil’ guys opening up, tomorrow morning’s coffee on the patio is going to be the best this year, i think

a meyer lemon tree full of blossoms that are probably going to open tomorrow morning

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 4

Mme Applebottom has a PSA for everyone this Fourth of July: stay cool and hydrated today!

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 4

the quintessential 4th of july drink

A pacific cooler flavored silver Capri Sun pouch, sitting on a picnic table

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 4

good to see you again, my favorite weather message of all time

Tomorrow's temperature is forecast to be
COOLER than today.

Renee@jg-pgh· Jul 4

watching lightning from this huge cloud that’s happening in grove city, 56 mi away