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Isn't this the May MR/LR thread? December a hella long way off. What a start lol.

88 here. Overperformer.

Os need a closer who isn't 35 and trying to hang on to something that's gone. Brutal loss to lose 2 out of 3 to the lowly As.

80 and humid in late April is so easy with a simple shift in the flow from NE to S/SW. It was 55 yesterday. It's gonna get really gross(as usual) in the coming months.

Monkey brains. Definitely no resemblance to an orange, other than the size. I guess that's it.

Ravens might have the most talented/deepest secondary in the league on paper after this draft. Filled needs at OT, WR, and LB too. Typical DeCosta brilliance.

Some shots from Wye Island today. A bit of a hidden gem apparently. Beautiful place. Features the Osage Orange trees forming a tunnel(way more amazing in person) and a 275+ year old Holly tree, also more impressive in person. The 'new' Wye Oak I suppose. eta- https://www.visitmaryland.org/listing/attraction/wye-island-natural-resource-management-area

I went there today. Oddly, same weather, which was awesome. It is a great spot and I haven't been there for years. That Osage trail is so cool with those trees forming a tunnel. Sort of otherworldly.

55 here with some spits and drizzle. 25 degrees warmer tomorrow. Hell of a southerly flow on the other side of that warm front.

So the commanders drafted 'Lamar 2.0', and the Ravens have the original. Should be fun to watch locally, even though they may not compete against each other very often. Good pick by the Commanders imo and probably the best QB overall in the draft.

Looks like a good radiational cooling night tonight. Probably some scattered frost with temps in the mid 30s outside of the UHI.

The Ridgely site, which is closest to me, is drier. 10 cm = 0.071 wfv. It was 0.257 on April 5.

3" here for April, but almost all of that fell the first 4 days of the month. Soil here is well drained, mostly silt and sand. This time of year it can get dry pretty quickly. Even though it was super wet with high water table a month ago, that rapidly changes with longer/warmer days and increase in transpiration underway, and enhanced by a dry spell. All that said, it would probably take another couple weeks of little to no rain to reach 'abnormally dry' category.

Any significant rain chances are probably a week away(which would be May 1st), when HP along the east coast breaks down and a front associated with LP tracking across the GLs gets closer.

I ran the sprinkler yesterday evening. Maybe a tenth of an inch over the last 20 days.